Release notes 2026-09-25

These updates apply to the elections_by_state and elections_by_point endpoints.

Additional "disclaimer" values will be provided where relevant, which provide further detail from Ballotpedia research staff about various edge cases and unique situations, either related to a whole Race, or one part of the Race (a Stage).

Example:

"race_disclaimers": [
    {
        "id": 26,
        "sort": 1,
        "text": "This special primary was scheduled to fill a vacancy in nomination due to the death of Lindsey Graham (R)."
    }
],
"stage_disclaimers": [
    {
        "id": 67,
        "sort": 1,
        "text": "Lorna Westlake withdrew from the general election after winning the Democratic primary. John Barbo was nominated to replace her on the general election ballot."
    }
],

In most cases, these values will be NULL.