Year: 2024
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80% of elections in Georgia are uncontested
Of 1,825 regular elections in Georgia—1,453 (80%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Georgia has the second highest rate of…
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30% of elections in Florida are uncontested
Of 1,059 regular elections in Florida—316 (30%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 26 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, Florida has the 25th highest rate of…
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Idaho school board recall election on November 5 ballot
A recall election against Kathy Egan, Zone 1 representative on the Marsh Valley Joint School District board of trustees in Idaho, is being held on November 5, 2024. The official reasons for recall listed on the ballot are “poor performance of the school district, declining enrollment, poor financial oversight.” Voters will be able to vote…
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Kansas House’s veto-proof majority at stake in first state legislative elections under new maps
All 125 seats in the Kansas House are up for election on Nov. 5, 2024. Republicans hold an 85-39 majority in the House, with one vacancy, and members will be elected to two-year terms. With more than two-third control in each chamber, Republicans hold a veto-proof majority, giving them the power to override Gov. Laura…
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Maine school board recall scheduled for December 17
A recall election against Kirstin Shapiro, member of the Regional School Unit 21 Board of School Directors in Maine, has been scheduled for December 17, 2024. The recall effort started in October 2024 during stalled contract negotiations between the school board and the Kennebunk Arundel Kennebunkport Educators’ Association. Teachers started the 2024-2025 school year without…
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Kansas Senate’s veto-proof majority at stake in 2024 elections under new legislative maps
All forty seats in the Kansas State Senate are up for election on Nov. 5, 2024. Republicans hold a 29-11 majority in the chamber, and members will be elected to four-year terms. This is the first year since redistricting Kansas is holding state Senate elections, since new maps went into effect in August 2022. The…
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All 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate are up for election Nov. 5
All 24 seats in the New Hampshire State Senate are up for election on November 5, 2024. Heading into the election, Republicans hold a 14-10 majority. Control of the New Hampshire State Senate has changed twice between 2012 and 2024. Democrats gained a majority in 2018, followed by Republicans in 2020. Politico listed the New…
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao faces a recall election on Nov. 5, 2024
An election to recall Mayor Sheng Thao is scheduled to take place on Nov. 5, 2024, in Oakland, California. Governing’s Joshua Spivak wrote this election, along with the recall of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price also on Nov. 5, “were in part launched due to pushback against approaches to crime and the criminal justice…
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Incumbent Andrew Bain and former incumbent Monique Worrell are running for Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney in Orange County, Florida
Incumbent Andrew Bain (I) and former state attorney Monique Worrell (D) are running for Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney, which encompasses all of Orange County, Florida. The election is taking place after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) removed Worrell from office in August 2023 and appointed Bain in her place. DeSantis suspended Worrell, claiming she…
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Seven candidates are running for three seats in the Grant Public Schools District, Michigan
Elections for three Grant Public School District seats will be held on Nov. 5, 2024. Grant Public School District is a school district in Michigan (Muskegon and Newaygo counties). During the 2023 school year, 1,638 students attended one of the district’s five schools. The elections are happening after an effort to recall two board members…