Weekly Candidate Update
This week's scrape of all 2026 federal races is complete. Here's what changed since last week.
What's New This Week
We tracked 54 candidate changes across all 435 House districts, 33 Senate races, and 39 governor races this week. All changes were in House races — no movement in the Senate or governor fields.
- 37 candidates entered House races
- 9 candidates exited House races
- 8 party reclassifications or district moves
Notable Changes
- Vern Buchanan (R) — Incumbent congressman exited Florida's 16th District
- Rick Allen (R) — Incumbent congressman entered Georgia's 12th District race
- Brian Jack (R) — Recent special election winner entered Georgia's 3rd District race
- Shay Williams (R) — Moved from Florida's 12th District to the 14th District
- Louisiana's 5th District — Four new Republican candidates entered the open race
- Cassandra Lin Leach — Switched from Republican to Democrat in New York's 25th District
- New York — 8 changes across 7 districts, the most active state this week
States With Most Activity
- New York — 8 candidate changes across 7 districts
- Florida — 7 changes across 5 districts
- Texas — 6 changes across 5 districts
- Georgia — 4 new candidates across 3 districts
- Louisiana — 4 new candidates in the 5th District alone
By the Numbers
The full changes report is available at quarex.org/docs/candidate-changes-2026-01-30.html
Also This Week
We published a new explainer video: "What Is Quarex?" — a conversation about how the curiosity engine works, why contextual placement matters, and what makes Quarex different from search or AI chatbots. You can find it on both the Quarex and TakeAmericaBackAgain channels.
As always, click any candidate question on quarex.org and paste it into your preferred AI for instant, context-aware research.