Author: Abbey Smith
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St. Louis Metro Council sees 100% incumbent re-election rate
Municipal and school board elections were held in Missouri on April 2. In St. Louis, a general election was held for metro council president and 14 council seats, and in Kansas City, a primary was held for mayor and all 12 city council seats. Ballotpedia also covered school board general elections in 11 school districts…
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Over half of Oklahoma’s school board elections canceled due to uncontested races
General elections for Oklahoma school boards were held on April 2. Of the 26 school districts Ballotpedia covered in the state, 16 canceled their general elections for 17 seats. Fourteen of those districts canceled due to lack of opposition, while the other two canceled after incumbents took more than 50 percent of the vote in…
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1,957 candidates responded to Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey in 2018
Ballotpedia introduced a new initiative in 2018: Candidate Connection. We surveyed candidates at the federal, state, and local levels to help voters choose representatives who reflected their values and upheld their ideals. A total of 1,957 candidates responded. They came from all but two of the 50 states and ran for all levels of…
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Five Jacksonville City Council races headed to May 14 runoff
Five of the 19 city council seats in Jacksonville, Florida, are headed to a runoff election on May 14 after no candidate received a majority of the votes cast in the March 19 general election. Two of the runoff races feature incumbents. At-large Position 3 incumbent Tommy Hazouri (D) is competing against Greg Rachal (R),…
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Twenty-six file to run in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District special election
Twenty-six candidates filed to run in the special election to fill North Carolina’s vacant 3rd Congressional District seat. The candidates include six Democrats, 17 Republicans, one Constitution Party candidate, and two Libertarians. The vacancy occurred when former Rep. Walter Jones (R) died on February 10. Jones had held the seat since 1995. Primaries are scheduled…
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Fourteen file to run for 4 Riverside City Council seats
Fourteen candidates filed to run in the June 4 general election for Riverside City Council in California. The Ward 1, 3, 5, and 7 seats are on the ballot. The filing deadline was March 8. Ward 1 incumbent Mike Gardner filed to run for another term and faces two challengers. The races for the open…
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Recall effort begins in California school district
An effort to recall Marnie Glickman from her position on the Dixie School District Board of Trustees in California began on March 5 in the midst of a debate over changing the school district’s name. Glickman is a supporter of the name-change effort. Supporters of the name change said the name Dixie is connected…
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Recall effort begins in one of two NC school districts that allow school board recalls
An effort to recall three of the seven members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education in North Carolina began on February 28. Board Chairwoman Margaret Samuels and members James Barrett and Pat Heinrich were targeted for recall after the board voted 4-3 to turn Glenwood Elementary School into a Mandarin dual-language magnet…
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Eleven file to run for three Newark Board of Education seats
Eleven candidates filed paperwork to run in the April 16 general election for three of the nine at-large seats on the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. The filing deadline was February 25. The withdrawal deadline is March 4. Two of the three incumbents whose seats are on the ballot—Leah Owens…
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Candidate filing deadline coming soon in Riverside, California
The filing deadline for the Riverside City Council in California is March 8. The Ward 1, 3, 5, and 7 seats are on the ballot on June 4. When city council elections were last held in 2017, the Ward 2, 4, and 6 seats were on the ballot. All three incumbents who held those…