instructions: pick the winners of 21 elections. that’s it.
players will earn the # of points next to each winning candidate they pick. Candidate points are based on candidate odds. Upset picks are worth more points than favorites. Players earn no points for picking a losing candidate. Whoever gets the most points wins.
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below are the 21 elections for this year’s tournament
All races have been called by the game organizers.
Thank you for playing! We will see you in 2022.
Michigan’s 3rd congressional district
(called WINNER)
Peter Meijer, Republican: 4 points
Hilary Scholten, Democrat: 6 points
(called WINNER)
Susan Collins, Republican (Incumbent): 6 points
Sara Gideon, Democrat: 4 points
Utah’s 4th congressional district
Ben McAdams, Democrat (Incumbent): 4 points
(called WINNER)
Burgess Owens, Republican: 6 points
New Jersey congressional district 3
(called WINNER)
Andy Kim, Democrat (incumbent): 4 points
David Richter, Republican: 6 points
Illinois congressional district 13
(called WINNER)
Rodney Davis, Republican (incumbent): 4 points
Betsy Londrigan, Democrat: 6 points
Texas congressional district 24
Candace Valenzuela, Democrat: 6 points
(called WINNER)
Beth Van Duyne, Republican: 4 points
New Mexico congressional district 2
Xochitl Torres Small, Democrat (incumbent): 4 points
(called WINNER)
Yvette Herrell, Republican: 6 points
Georgia congressional district 6
(called WINNER)
Lucy McBath, Democrat (incumbent): 4 points
Karen Handel, Republican: 6 points
Theresa Greenfield, Democrat: 4 points
(called WINNER)
Joni Ernst, Republican (incumbent): 6 points
California congressional district 39
Gil Cisneros, Democrat (incumbent): 3 points
(called WINNER)
Young Kim, Republican: 7 points
New York congressional district 2
(called WINNER)
Andrew Gabarino, Republican: 3 points
Jackie Gordon, Democrat: 7 points
Jon Ossof, Democrat: 7 points
(called WINNER)
David Perdue, Republican (incumbent): 3 points
Washington congressional district 3
(called WINNER)
Jamie Herrera Beutler, Republican (incumbent): 3 points
Carolyn Long, Democrat: 7 points
Martha McSally, Republican (incumbent): 7 points
(called WINNER)
Mark Kelly, Democrat: 3 points
New Jersey congressional district 2
(called WINNER)
Jeff Van Drew, Republican (incumbent): 3 points
Amy Kennedy Democrat: 7 points
(called WINNER)
Steve Daines, Republican (incumbent): 3 points
Steve Bullock, Democrat: 7 points
Cory Gardner, Republican (Incumbent): 8 points
(called WINNER)
John Hickenlooper, Democrat: 2 points
(called WINNER)
Lindsey Graham, Republican (incumbent): 2 points
Jaime Harrison, Democrat: 8 points
Kansas congressional district 3
(called WINNER)
Sharice Davids, Democrat (incumbent): 2 points
Amanda Adkins, Republican: 8 points
Colorado congressional district 3
(called WINNER)
Lauren Boebert, Republican: 2 points
Diane Mitsch Bush, Democrat: 8 points
(called WINNER)
Joe Biden, Democrat: 3 points
Donald Trump, Republican (Incumbent): 7 points
Tiebreaker 1: Choose the state with the closest % popular presidential vote: absolute value(%R-%D)
Michigan: 6 points to your total
Pennsylvania: 6 points to your total
Nevada: 6 points to your total
Wisconsin: 5 points to your total
North Carolina: 5 points to your total
Ohio: 5 points to your total
Arizona: 5 points to your total
Georgia: 4 points to your total (called winner .002488 diff)
Florida: 4 points to your total
Texas: 3 points to your total
Iowa: 3 points to your total
any other state: 2 points to your total
Tiebreaker 2: The electoral college vote difference between Trump and Biden: absolute value (E.C. vote difference)
Number between 0-538
EC difference is 74 = abs|306-232|