Author: Mandy Gillip
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Pair of runoffs on Tuesday for Phoenix City Council
Special general runoff elections for Districts 5 and 8 of the Phoenix City Council are being held on Tuesday. The nonpartisan runoff was called because no candidate received at least 50 percent of the vote in the special election held on March 12. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in the election…
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Two advance to June runoff in San Antonio mayor race
The city of San Antonio held nonpartisan general elections for mayor on Saturday. None of the nine mayoral candidates, including incumbent Ron Nirenberg, won at least 50 percent of the vote in the election. As a result, the top two vote recipients—Nirenberg (49,297 votes) and challenger Greg Brockhouse (46,129 votes)—advanced to a general runoff election…
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Virginia Beach holding 3 regular and 3 special elections in 2019
The city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is holding regular elections for clerk of court and two positions on the Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District on November 5, 2019, as well as a special election for treasurer after the 2018 retirement of John Atkinson, who served in the position for 41 years. Atkinson’s son—Clay…
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Trio of open-seat Lincoln City Council races on general election ballot
A nonpartisan primary for four of seven seats on the Lincoln City Council and one of five elected seats on the Lincoln Airport Authority was held on Tuesday. The general election is on May 7. In the races for city council, only one incumbent filed for re-election – Jane Raybould in District 3 –…
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Baird and Lamm advance in open-seat Nebraska mayoral primary
A nonpartisan primary for mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, was held on Tuesday. Candidates Leirion Gaylor Baird and Cyndi Lamm advanced to the general election after defeating Jeff Kirkpatrick, Krystal Gabel, and Rene Solc. The filing deadline was March 7, and the general election is on May 7. The city’s current mayor, Chris Beutler (D), was…
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Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers re-elected with 72.5% of vote
On April 2, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Mayor John Suthers faced three challengers in the nonpartisan general election. With 72.5 percent of the vote, Suthers won the election outright. Juliette Parker, the candidate finishing in second place, received 11.9 percent of the vote. Colorado Springs also held a nonpartisan general election for three of nine…
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95 percent of New Jersey Assembly incumbents file for re-election
The major-party filing deadline passed on April 1 to run for seats in the New Jersey General Assembly. The filing deadline for independent candidates is on June 4. All 80 seats in the state Assembly are up for election this year; the primary is scheduled for June 4, and the general election is on November…
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Ballotpedia covering local elections across seven states on Tuesday
Ballotpedia is covering local elections on April 2, 2019, across seven states—Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. *The city of Anchorage, Alaska, is holding nonpartisan general elections for five of 11 seats on the Anchorage Assembly. The filing deadline for this election was February 1. The contested races for District 2 Seat…
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Special primaries on March 26 for California Senate vacancies
On March 26, 2019, special primary elections will be held for California State Senate Districts 1 and 33. If no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the primary, a general election will take place on June 4. Candidates wishing to run in these elections were required to file by January 31. The…
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Idaho mayor survives recall effort in Elk River
An effort in Elk River, Idaho, to recall Mayor Dave Brown was defeated on March 12, 2019, with 44 votes cast to retain the mayor and 21 votes cast to recall the mayor. According to The Lewiston Tribune, there are 81 registered voters in Elk River, meaning the recall election saw an 80.2 percent voter…