Author: Marielle Bricker
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More candidates filed per seat for Texas school board races in 2019 than in 2016
In 2019, Ballotpedia is covering elections across 63 Texas school districts for 184 school board seats. Fifty-five of the districts held elections in May, and eight districts are holding elections on November 5, 2019. The districts holding elections in November have a combined 26 out of their 58 school board seats up for election. …
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Primary competitiveness rises for state legislators compared to 2015 and 2017
In 2019, Ballotpedia published primary competitiveness data following each state’s major-party candidate filing deadline. Five states are holding regular statewide elections: Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi are holding elections for state executive offices, and Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia are holding elections for state legislative seats. A contested primary is defined as one in…
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New TX state legislative special election
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 28 seat in the Texas House of Representatives on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline is on September 4.
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New KY state legislative special election
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 63 seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives on November 5, 2019. The Democratic and Republican parties will nominate the general election candidates.
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Wichita mayor faces Kansas state representative in general election
The Wichita mayoral general election ballot is set following the August 6 primary. The nonpartisan general election takes place on November 5, 2019. Nine candidates appeared on the primary ballot; Mayor Jeff Longwell faced eight challengers in the first leg of his bid for re-election. Longwell received the most votes in the primary, garnering…
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August 7 filing deadline for Ohio school board hopefuls
Ballotpedia is covering school board elections in 20 Ohio school districts in 2019. The general election is on November 5, and 19 of the school districts have their candidate filing deadline on August 7. The one exception is Columbus City Schools, which had its filing deadline earlier on February 6. Columbus also had a primary…
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Three of four Hialeah City Council incumbents ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits
Hialeah, Florida, is holding elections for four of its seven city council seats, and candidates have until July 29 to file to run. The primary is scheduled for November 5. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a general election will be held on November 19. Unopposed candidates do not appear on the…
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Memphis City Council elections draw fewer candidates than in 2015
The filing deadline to run for election in Memphis passed on July 18, and all 13 city council seats are on the October 3 ballot. As of July 19, 42 candidates had qualified for the ballot, and another four potential candidates’ papers were still being verified. Including the four candidates who are still in…
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Nine file to run for potential swing seat on the Atlanta school board
Nine candidates filed to run in a special election for the District 2 seat on the Atlanta Public Schools school board. They had until July 10 to file for the seat, and the special election is on September 17. A runoff election, if needed, is scheduled for October 15. The special election was called…
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New York City holding Democratic primaries for city offices; no Republican primaries scheduled
New York is holding statewide primaries on June 25, 2019. This is the first year in which local and state primaries are being held in June instead of September. This change is due to a January decision by the state legislature to consolidate these primaries with the federal primary date. The general election is November…