# What's the best website to keep track of House races?

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**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-website-to-keep-track-of-house-races/792158 "2017-07-26T14:04:14Z")\
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Let’s say I want to keep track of the various House races across the country, such as who is running in the Democratic and Republican primaries, the date of the primaries, etc. Is there a good web site that keeps track of all this stuff?

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**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-website-to-keep-track-of-house-races/792158/2 "2017-07-26T15:14:49Z")

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Ballotpedia has decent info:

> **[United States Congress elections, 2018](https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Congress_elections,_2018)**
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> Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

270towin also:

> **[2018 House Election Results - 270toWin](https://www.270towin.com/2018-house-election/)**
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> Results for the 435 House races contested in 2018.

And wiki:

> **[2018 United States elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2018)**
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> The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.\[c\] These midterm elections occurred during Republican Donald Trump's term. Although the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate, unified Republican control of Congress and the White House was brought to an end when the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives. The election was widely characterized as a "blue wave" election. However, both Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelos...

Can’t seem to find concise list of primary dates though.

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**Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-website-to-keep-track-of-house-races/792158/3 "2017-07-27T15:23:30Z")

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Local newspapers from the house districts you are interested in.