Author: Mandy Gillip
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No candidates file for seat on Kansas City school board in Missouri
Seven seats on the Kansas City school board in Missouri are up for nonpartisan general election on April 2, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was January 15, and the community will only see contested races in Sub-district 1 and Sub-district 5 where two candidates filed to run per seat. In Sub-district 4,…
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Trio of southern states holding gubernatorial elections in 2019
Only three states—Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi—are holding elections for governor in 2019. In 2018, elections for governor were held in 36 states. Republicans won 20 of the 36 seats up for election, and Democrats won the other 16. Out of all the state executive offices, only the governor is elected in all 50 states. The…
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No incumbents file in St. Louis school board race
A total of six candidates filed to run for two at-large seats on the St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education in Missouri. The general election is on April 2, and the filing deadline passed on January 15. Both seats are open since neither incumbent chose to file for re-election. Former incumbent Bill Haas lost…
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24 candidates file for seven vacant Louisiana House seats
On January 11, 2019, the candidate filing deadline passed to run in Louisiana’s special primary on February 23. The election was called to fill vacancies in seven Louisiana House of Representatives districts: 12, 17, 18, 26, 27, 47, and 62. A total of 24 candidates filed to run for these open seats. Of these candidates,…
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Deadline passes to run in Missouri school board elections
The filing deadline to run in Missouri school board elections passed on January 15, 2019. General elections are on April 2. Ballotpedia is covering elections for 24 school board seats across 10 Missouri school districts. These districts served a combined total of 120,068 students during the 2015-2016 school year, with the largest district being St.…
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Candidate filing deadline passes to fill seven vacant Louisiana House of Representatives seats
On January 11, the filing deadline passed to run in the special primary on February 23 to fill vacancies in seven Louisiana House of Representatives districts: 12, 17, 18, 26, 27, 47, and 62. Louisiana’s filing deadline was the sixth special election filing deadline covered by Ballotpedia this year. If no candidate receives at least…
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Date set for Pennsylvania State Senate special election
A special election has been called for the District 37 seat of the Pennsylvania State Senate on April 2, 2019. This is the third special state legislative election scheduled in Pennsylvania this year; Pennsylvania House Districts 114 and 190 are up for election on March 12. District 37 was left vacant after its previous…