Author: Tyler King
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Mayor-endorsed candidates for Newark school board win election for ninth consecutive year
Three at-large seats on the Newark Public Schools school board in New Jersey were up for general election on April 16. Incumbent Tave Padilla, A’Dorian Murray-Thomas, and Shayvonne Anderson ran together on the Moving Newark Schools Forward slate and were endorsed by Mayor Ras Baraka. They won the 2019 election and were the only candidates…
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Two candidates running in Honolulu City Council rematch
The city of Honolulu, Hawaii, is holding a special election for the District 4 seat of the city council on April 13. Trevor Ozawa and Tommy Waters are running in the special general election. The special election was called after the results of the election on November 6, 2018, were invalidated by the Hawaii…
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Georgia to hold third consecutive election for state House seat after two cancellations
Both Florida and Georgia have state legislative special primaries on the ballot on April 9. In Georgia, Chris Erwin and Dan Gasaway are running in a Republican primary for the state House’s District 28 seat. The special election will be the third contest between Gasaway and Erwin. The regularly scheduled primary on May 22,…
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Louisiana holding three state House special elections on Saturday
Special general elections are being held for three seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives on March 30. In District 17, Rodney McFarland Sr. (D) and Pat Moore (D) are facing off. The seat became vacant after Marcus Hunter (D) was elected to serve as a judge on the Fourth Judicial District. Hunter had represented…
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Judge rules in favor of Fall River election certification
On March 12, an effort in Fall River, Massachusetts, to recall Mayor Jasiel Correia II was approved. On the same night, Correia was elected to serve as mayor again on a separate ballot. Following the election, a group of 10 voters involved in the recall process filed a lawsuit seeking to block the certification…
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Two city officials competing in Minnesota House special
The special election for District 11B of the Minnesota House of Representatives is on March 19. Hinckley City Councilman Tim Burkhardt (D) and Clover Township Board Supervisor Nathan Nelson (R) are facing off in the general election. The seat became vacant after Jason Rarick (R) won a special election for District 11 of the Minnesota…
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Special primary held for Tennessee Senate district
A special primary for District 22 of the Tennessee State Senate was held on March 7. Bill Powers earned 37.3 percent of the vote in the Republican primary, defeating Jeff Burkhart, Betty Burchett, and Jason Knight. Juanita Charles ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Independent candidates Doyle Clark and David Cutting will join Charles and…
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Republicans ahead in early 2019 state legislative special elections
Special elections have been held for 14 state legislative seats so far in 2019. Ten of those seats were in districts vacated by Democrats, and the other four seats were previously held by Republicans. As of the start of March, three seats had flipped from Democratic control to Republican control. On February 5, Jason…
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Republicans gain two seats in Connecticut state legislative special elections
Special elections were held for Districts 3, 5, and 6 of the Connecticut State Senate and Districts 39 and 99 of the Connecticut House of Representatives on February 26. All five seats were vacated by Democrats who joined Gov. Ned Lamont’s (D) administration. In Senate District 6, Gennaro Bizzarro (R) defeated state Rep. Rick…
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One Democrat and six Republicans file for Minnesota House special election
The candidate filing deadline for the special election in District 11B of the Minnesota House of Representatives passed on February 19. Tim Burkhardt was the only Democratic candidate to file, but Michael Cummins, Ayrlahn Johnson, Traci LeBrun, Nathan Nelson, Carl Pederson, and Joe Wolf will face off in the Republican primary on March 5. The…