not from the american continent so i just pick up on that NYC had one just recently where Zohran Mamdani won, then that there will be a Maine one with Graham Platner in november 2026 (but i may be wrong on that.)
i kinda am rooting for progressives in america so i wanna check up which places democrats have won already and which are up next.
For the most part they are held every two years in November, in even numbered years. Next year is the so-called midterms, which will elect among other things the entire House of Representatives and 1/3 of the Senate. Every 4 years (2024, 2028, etc.) is the presidential election. For the Senate and Representatives, in practice, most of the incumbents get re-elected without much difficulty, but some seats will be in play.
In odd numbered years like 2025, there are a few elections like Mamdani’s and a couple of state governorships, but there are far fewer than in even numbered years.
There are also occasionally special elections that can be anytime, i.e. in months other than November. Also, there are primary elections (not deciding who gets an office, but rather, who gets to be a party’s nominee for that office) that are held some months before the November (“general”) election.
Finally there are various kinds of local elections that are not entirely synchronized with the ones for federal or state offices. Note that Mamdani’s election was “local” (mayor of a city) though it got a lot of attention for various reasons.
thank you for the clear overview
Fun Fact: Our Presidential elections happen the same year as a leap year.
Not in 1800, 1900 or 2100…
Check out vote411.org
You can see what’s on ballots in different states. You’ll see that there will be elections in the spring for primaries - where they narrow the field for the bigger election in November.
Ballotpedia has a State and Local Election Calendar
https://ballotpedia.org/Elections_calendar#Upcoming_election_dates
Some interesting ones to watch would be Florida in December and the Miami General Runoff on November 18th.
US elections are held every year on the first Tuesday in November. Exactly which offices, national or local is variable.
Occasionally there are runoff or special elections that might happen outside that. But they tend to be pretty random, and local.
In odd numbered years it’s only local positions, like the NYC mayor. In even numbered years, it’s also the federal (national) government races. So those will be next year.
First Tuesday after the first Monday in November for federal elections.
Yes. True. Never Nov 1st.
Nov 4th (few days ago). Democrats won everything.
Federal office elections are on even years.
States/cities do whatever
There’s no legal requirement for state or city elections to synchronize with federal ones, but they tend to do it anyway because elections are expensive to run, so they like to combine them. They don’t always, just a lot of the time.
