Down-ballot

Just as I stepped out of the shower, I got a call from a state senator who was planning to run for a down-ballot statewide office against the mayor of a suburban city.

In 2012, Coleman again secured his reelection with more than 90 percent of the vote, and Democratic candidates in his district secured a greater share of the mean precinct down-ballot vote in 2012 than in 2000.

In down-ballot races, television advertising is rare.

One task of these developers at the party was to create tools for state parties and down-ballot candidates built from this data architecture.