2022 Arabin presidential election
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The 2022 Arabin presidential election is scheduled for Saturday, December 3, 2022. It will be the 47th quadrennial presidential election. Voters will select presidential electors who in turn on December 12, 2022, will elect a new president and vice president.[1]
Lona Freeman, the 29th and incumbent president, announced on Demcember 12, 2020, that she will not run for re-election. Five major candidates have launched campaigns for the Republican Party. Five major candidates have launched campaigns for the Democratic Party. The winner of the 2022 presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 10, 2023.
Nominations
Democratic Party nomination
Declared candidates
- Chelsea Pickering - Representative from New Cambridge's 11th district and current Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Kari Henry - 42nd Secretary of State
- Grace Potter - 45th Attorney General[2]
- Jay Jenkins - Representative from New Bristol's 6th district
- Anna Woods - Representative from Dellcourt's 2nd district
Dropped out
- Winnie Kimes - Former Senator from New Cambridge (Dropped out April 29, 2021)
- David Todd - Representative from Owens 14th district (Dropped out on December 20, 2021)
Declined to run
- Lona Freeman - 29th and incumbent President of Arabi
- Melissa Hewitt – 32nd Vice President of Arabi
- Samuel Ingram - 27th President of Arabi
- Walter Freeman - 28th President of Arabi
Primaries
The 2022 Presidential Primaries will take place from March 12, 2022 through June 25, 2022.
Republican Party nomination
Declared candidates
- Lucien Orton - Senator from Windsor
- Matthew Boyle - CEO of Boyle's Oil
- Todd Simpson - Radio host
- Sean Blackburn - Senator from New Bristol
- Abby Whitehouse - Representative from New Plymouth's 12th district
Declined to run
- Jonathan Clark - 26th President of Arabi
Primaries
The 2022 Presidential Primaries will take place from March 12, 2022 through June 25, 2022.
Primary elections
Bold indicates a future date.
| State | Filing deadline for candidates |
Primary election |
General election |
Poll closing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burberry | February 26, 2022 | April 16, 2022 | December 3, 2022 | 7:00pm
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| Dartmoor | June 11, 2022 | |||
| Dellcourt | March 5, 2022 | March 26, 2022 | ||
| Drakeland | February 26, 2022 | May 14, 2022 | ||
| Lochcoast | April 30, 2022 | |||
| New Bristol | February 26, 2022 | March 12, 2022 | ||
| New Cambridge | March 12, 2022 | June 18, 2022 | ||
| New London | May 28, 2022 | |||
| New Plymouth | February 26, 2022 | April 9, 2022 | ||
| Owens | March 19, 2022 | |||
| Saint George | March 5, 2022 | May 21, 2022 | ||
| Severn | April 23, 2022 | |||
| Terranova | April 2, 2022 | |||
| Walpole | May 7, 2022 | |||
| Welwald | June 25, 2022 | |||
| Windsor | February 19, 2022 | June 4, 2022 |
Polling
Democratic
| Polling | Candidate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Pickering |
Kari Henry |
Grace Potter |
Jay Jenkins |
Anna Woods |
Undecided | |
| Arabin News Journal December 2, 2021 |
28% | 22% | 9% | 4% | 4% | 33% |
| Political Forecasting December 1, 2021 |
24% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 7% | 34% |
| PolitiTrade December 13, 2021 |
19% | 28% | 8% | 16% | 10% | 19% |
Republican
| Polling | Candidate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucien Orton |
Matthew Boyle |
Todd Simpson |
Sean Blackburn |
Abby Whitehouse |
Undecided | |
| Arabin News Journal December 2, 2021 |
26% | 31% | 17% | 11% | 12% | 2% |
| Political Forecasting December 1, 2021 |
27% | 23% | 11% | 5% | 19% | 15% |
| PolitiTrade December 13, 2021 |
30% | 33% | 21% | 6% | 7% | 3% |
Notes
- ↑ Lona Freeman announced she will not seek a second term, resulting in a new president and vice president.
- ↑ Potter is an Independent but will run as a Democrat