Author: Mandy Gillip
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Massachusetts mayor loses recall but wins election on same night
On March 12, 2019, an effort in Fall River, Massachusetts, to recall Mayor Jasiel Correia II was approved. However, on the same night, Correia was also elected to serve as mayor of the city again. According to The Herald News, Correia qualified to run as a candidate to be mayor in case the recall…
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Filing deadline passes for Mississippi House
The candidate filing deadline passed on March 1 to run in the Mississippi House of Representatives elections in 2019. This year, all 122 seats are on the ballot. The primary is on August 6, and the general election is on November 5. A primary runoff could be held on August 27 for seats where no…
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Special election to fill vacant Kentucky Senate seat
A special general election for District 31 of the Kentucky State Senate is scheduled for March 5, 2019. The seat was vacated when Ray Jones (D) resigned in January 2019 after becoming the Pike County Judge-Executive. The candidate filing deadline was January 15, 2019. Two candidates are vying for the seat: Democrat Darrell Pugh…
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Special election held Tuesday in Rhode Island after member-elect declines oath of office
A special general election for District 68 of the Rhode Island House of Representatives is scheduled for March 5, 2019. The primary was held on February 5, and the candidate filing deadline passed on December 28, 2018. The special election was called after Representative-elect Laufton Ascencao (D) announced he would not take the oath…
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Three Oklahoma school districts hold February primaries
Three Oklahoma school boards within Ballotpedia’s coverage scope held primaries on February 12. Incumbent Robert West was re-elected to the Catoosa Public Schools school board, and incumbent Staci L. Pruett won re-election to the Moore Public Schools Board of Education. In Tulsa Public Schools, Jania Wester won a special election to fill a vacancy in…
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Candidate filing deadline passes in Las Vegas
On February 8, 2019, the filing deadline passed to run for mayor and three of six city council seats in Las Vegas, Nevada. The mayor of the city occupies the seventh seat of the city council. The primary is on April 2, and the general election is on June 11. Both elections are nonpartisan. In…
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Oklahoma City holds city council primary
Primaries were held for four of nine city council seats in Oklahoma City on February 12. The city council consists of nine members, including the mayor. While the mayor is elected at large, the other council members are elected by the city’s eight wards. The races for Wards 2, 5, 6, and 8 were all…
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Two incumbents, eight challengers file in 2019 Anchorage Assembly races
On February 1, 2019, the filing deadline passed to run in the Anchorage Assembly elections in Alaska. Five of the assembly’s 11 total seats are on the ballot in the nonpartisan general election on April 2. Two incumbents filed and are unopposed in their re-election bids: Forrest Dunbar representing District 5 (Seat H) and John…
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Seven file, two withdraw in contested Anchorage School District races
On February 1, 2019, the filing deadline passed to run in nonpartisan elections for two seats on the Anchorage School District Board of Education in Alaska. The general election is on April 2. Both seats have contested elections with two candidates running for Seat A and incumbent Starr Marsett facing two challengers to retain…
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Ballotpedia covering elections for 496 school board seats in 2019
In 2019, Ballotpedia is covering school board elections for 496 seats across 176 school districts. These districts span 23 states, and collectively, they served 6,425,522 students during the 2015-2016 school year—approximately 12.8 percent of all public school students in the nation. In addition to the 200 largest school districts as measured by student enrollment, Ballotpedia…