Author: Abbey Smith
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One Texas House special election continues to runoff; the other sees a candidate win outright
Special elections for the District 79 and District 145 seats in the Texas House of Representatives were held on January 29. The race for the District 79 seat was decided outright when Democrat Art Fierro defeated two challengers with 50.8 percent of the vote, according to unofficial election night results. The race for the District…
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Seven candidates qualify to run in Orange County special election
In California, seven candidates are running in the nonpartisan special election for the vacant District 3 seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors. The candidate filing deadline passed on January 28, and the election is scheduled for March 12. The vacancy was created when former District 3 representative Todd Spitzer was sworn into…
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Orange County special election filing deadline is January 28
A nonpartisan special election to fill the vacant District 3 seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors in California is being held March 12. The candidate filing deadline is January 28. The vacancy occurred after the former District 3 representative, Todd Spitzer, was sworn into office as the county’s new district attorney. He…
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Tampa’s 2019 municipal races see twice as many candidates as 2015
A total of 32 candidates filed to run for eight offices up for nonpartisan election in Tampa, Florida, which is double the number of candidates who ran in the city’s 2015 elections. The office of mayor and all seven city council seats are on the general election ballot on March 5, 2019. If no candidate…
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23 candidates file for NYC Public Advocate special election
Twenty-three candidates filed to run for the February 26 nonpartisan special election for New York City Public Advocate, the city’s second-highest office. They include four members of the New York State Assembly and five former and current members of the City Council. The previous public advocate, Letitia James, was elected attorney general of New York…
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Republican mayor faces five challengers but no Democrats in re-election bid in Jacksonville, Florida
Sixty-four candidates filed to run for the 24 Jacksonville city offices that are up for election on March 19. The offices of mayor, supervisor of elections, property appraiser, sheriff, tax collector, and all 19 city council seats will be on the ballot. The filing deadline passed on January 11. A runoff election is scheduled for…
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Long Beach City Council votes to change election dates to coincide with state election schedule
The Long Beach City Council in California unanimously voted on January 8 to change the city’s election schedule to coincide with the state’s. Rather than holding general elections in April and runoff elections in June, the city and the Long Beach Unified School District will hold general elections in March and runoff elections in November…
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Wisconsin school board elections see more primaries, higher number of candidates compared to 2018
In Wisconsin, more candidates filed to run in six Madison-area school board elections this year compared to their last elections in 2018. A total of 30 candidates have filed to run for the 18 seats on the ballot, which is an average of 1.67 candidates per seat. Primaries for three of the seats will be…