Elections and Government Reform

Ranked-choice voting

29 public statements from 2026 candidates

§1The range of views

Why this matters: It changes how winners are chosen and how votes for less popular candidates count, and it can affect how quickly results are known.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

Whether voters should rank candidates in order of preference, with last-place candidates dropped and their votes moved to the next choice until one candidate wins a majority; Alaska and Maine use it in statewide elections, and 19 states bar it in some or all elections.1

  1. Use ranked-choice voting in more elections
  2. Let each state or city decide
  3. Ban ranked-choice voting

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Use ranked-choice voting in more elections (20)

  • Lateefah Simon CA-12
    Her campaign website says she supports ranked-choice voting.2
  • Samantha Mota CA-37
    Her campaign website says she would cosponsor the Ranked Choice Voting Act.3
  • Joe Krzeczkowski CO-7
    His campaign website supports ranked-choice voting so that winners have majority support and independent candidates can compete without being accused of splitting the vote.4
  • Mike Sell FL-4
    His campaign's platform supports the Ranked Choice Voting Act, which it says would establish ranked-choice voting in House and Senate elections.5,6
  • Todd Schaefer FL-4
    His campaign website says he will support any effort to bring ranked-choice voting to voters, while noting that it is decided at the state level.7
  • Michael J. Quirk FL-17
    His campaign website says he supports ranked choice voting for general elections.8
  • Nikema Williams GA-5
    An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she has proposed measures to promote automatic voter registration, restoring voting rights for people convicted of a felony, same day voter registration, standardizing vote by mail and ranked choice voting.9
  • Christopher Campbell KY Senate
    His campaign website says he supports a constitutional amendment on elections that would include ranked-choice voting and abolish the Electoral College.10
  • Andy Ellis MD Governor
    His campaign website says he would sponsor legislation for ranked-choice voting in statewide, federal and state senate races and let parties and counties opt in to it for primaries and general elections.11
  • Moshe Y. Landman MD-6
    His campaign website says every state should implement ranked-choice voting in local, county, state and federal elections.12
  • LaVeta Davenport MI-1
    The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for passing ranked-choice voting and extending preferential voting from cities to townships and villages.13
  • Zebulon Featherly MI-1
    His campaign website says he supports ranked-choice voting, including bringing it to Michigan, so that voters can back their preferred candidate without wasting their vote.14
  • Jim Bronke MI-5
    His campaign website says the two-party system is failing and winning candidates should get a majority of the vote, points to Maine and Alaska as states using ranked-choice voting, and links to a campaign to put it on Michigan's ballot.15
  • Ray Pooley MI-9
    His campaign website says he supports moving toward a ranked-choice voting system.16
  • Jordan Herrera MO-4
    His campaign website says he would support ranked-choice voting systems.17
  • Guy Meilleur NC-4
    His campaign website says plurality voting should be replaced with instant runoff voting, in which voters rank candidates and the votes for last-place finishers are redistributed until one candidate has a majority.18
  • Winston Jordan NJ-12
    His policy platform website lists support for ranked-choice voting.19
  • William B. Redpath OH Senate special
    His campaign website supports ranked-choice voting for single-winner elections, including nationwide for president, and multi-member U.S. House districts.20
  • Chris Henry OR Senate
    His platform calls for STAR voting or ranked-choice voting in federal elections and for multi-member congressional districts.21
  • Dave Seeman TN Governor
    His campaign website calls for ranked ballots, including in the governor's race starting in 2034.22

Let each state or city decide (3)

  • Lydia Christensen MI Senate
    Her campaign website says she opposes any national ban on ranked-choice voting and would leave the choice to states and voters.23
  • Lauren Pinkston TN Governor
    Her campaign website supports repealing Tennessee's ban on ranked-choice voting so the state and local governments can choose to use it.24
  • Pat Dixon TX Governor
    His campaign website says he would support letting Texas cities use other voting systems, naming approval voting as his favorite and saying he also supports ranked-choice voting.25

Statements that don't match one option (6)

  • Bernadette M. Wilson AK Governor
    Her campaign website says she was one of the three main sponsors of the most recent effort to repeal ranked-choice voting in Alaska.26
  • Jeff Wadlin AR Senate
    His campaign website says he supports ranked-choice voting, that states and communities should be free to adopt it, and that Arkansas's ban on it should be reversed.27
  • Jamie Joyce CA-12
    The MAD Act's website says the bill would let states choose ranked-choice or STAR voting voluntarily and provide $1 billion over five years in grants to states and localities that adopt them.28,29
  • Bob Chew CO Senate
    His campaign website says open primaries, ranked-choice voting or proportional representation could help make Congress more independent of the president.30
  • Jordan S. Conley HI-1
    His campaign website lists ranked-choice voting among the topics on its home page.31
  • Hannah M. Pingree ME Governor
    Her campaign website says she cosponsored early ranked-choice voting legislation in Maine.32