Category: 2023 elections

  • Nancy Landry and Gwen Collins-Greenup are running in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State

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    Nancy Landry (R) and Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) are running in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) did not run for re-election. Louisiana’s Secretary of State is the state’s chief election officer. According to Louisiana Illuminator’s Greg LaRose, the winner of the 2023 election “should expect a fairly…

  • 34 officials face recall elections on Nov. 7

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    Ballotpedia is covering recall elections against 34 officials on November 7, 2023. The elections against 28 of those officials are happening in Michigan. Another three are in Oregon, and the remaining three are split between Colorado, Ohio, and Texas. Thirteen of the 34 officials on recall ballots are city council members. Nine are city officials,…

  • Five candidates running for Mentor Exempted Village School District school board

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    Christine Henninger, Rose Ioppolo, Lauren Marchaza, Gil Martello, and Lyndsie Wall are running in the nonpartisan general election for Mentor Exempted Village School District school board in Ohio on Nov. 7, 2023. Two at-large seats are up for election in the district. Issues in the race include curriculum content, prohibiting certain books in school libraries,…

  • Seventy-three races this year have candidates that share the same last names

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    Among the elections Ballotpedia is covering in 2023, 73 are between 148 candidates who share last names with one or more of their opponents. Pennsylvania had the most such races (27), followed by Wisconsin (19). North Carolina and Wisconsin each had races where three candidates share the same last name. This data includes the elections…

  • Beshear’s campaign outspends Cameron’s 4-1 ahead of the Nov. 7 Kentucky gubernatorial election

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    Two weeks before the Nov. 7 Kentucky gubernatorial election, incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) campaign had raised nearly three times and spent more than four times the amount Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) had since the May 16 primaries, according to the most recent campaign finance reports filed on Oct. 25. The reports, filed with…

  • Five state financial officers are on the ballot in November 2023

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    In November 2023, voters will elect five of the 105 state financial officerships (SFOs) nationwide (4.8%). Two auditor positions (Kentucky and Mississippi) and three treasurer positions (Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi) are on the ballot. Republicans currently hold all five positions. Different states have different names for these elected officials, but they all fall into three…

  • Six candidates are running for three seats on the Wichita Public Schools school board in Kansas on Nov. 7

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    Six candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for three seats on the Wichita Public Schools school board in Kansas on November 7, 2023.  Wichita Public Schools (WPS) is the largest school district in Kansas by enrollment, with 46,657 students during the 2021-2022 school year. The school board consists of seven members elected to…

  • Jeff Landry wins Louisiana gubernatorial election; state becoming Republican trifecta

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    Jeff Landry (R) won election as governor of Louisiana on Oct. 14, 2023. He won outright with 51.6% of the vote. Shawn Wilson (D) finished second with 25.9%. Gov. John Bel Edwards (D)—first elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019—was term-limited. As a result of the party change, Louisiana will become a Republican trifecta.  Louisiana…

  • Landry and Collins-Greenup advance to the general election for Louisiana Secretary of State

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    Nancy Landry (R) and Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) advanced from the all-party primary for Louisiana secretary of state on Oct. 14, 2023. Landry received 19.4% of the vote, followed by Collins-Greenup with 19.2%. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) did not run for re-election. Louisiana’s secretary of state is the state’s chief election officer. According to Louisiana Illuminator’s Greg LaRose,…

  • Seven candidates running for three seats on the Anoka-Hennepin School Board in Minnesota

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    Seven candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for the Anoka-Hennepin School District school board in Minnesota on Nov. 7, 2023. Districts 1, 2, and 5 are up for election. The Anoka-Hennepin School District covers both Anoka and Hennepin counties. The district had 38,230 students during the 2021-2022 school year. The school board has…