Category: Local

The Houston Independent School District (ISD), the nation’s seventh-largest school district by student enrollment, may move to a different school board election system if a new bill introduced in the Texas State Senate is enacted into law.   The Houston ISD school board is currently composed of nine members who are all elected by separate…

Eleven candidates filed paperwork to run in the April 16 general election for three of the nine at-large seats on the Newark Public Schools Board of Education in New Jersey. The filing deadline was February 25. The withdrawal deadline is March 4.   Two of the three incumbents whose seats are on the ballot—Leah Owens…

The filing deadline for the Riverside City Council in California is March 8. The Ward 1, 3, 5, and 7 seats are on the ballot on June 4.   When city council elections were last held in 2017, the Ward 2, 4, and 6 seats were on the ballot. All three incumbents who held those…

Matt Martin and Michael Negron, both candidates that advanced to a runoff in Chicago’s Ward 47 alderman race, completed Ballotpedia’s special Chicago candidate survey, which was developed with input from more than 100 Chicagoans.   Martin and Negron will face one another in a runoff election to serve as Ward 47 alderman on April 2…

Jumaane Williams, a New York City councilman representing parts of Brooklyn, won the New York City public advocate special election on February 26. He defeated 16 other candidates in the nonpartisan election, receiving about 33 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns.   He will be the city’s fifth elected public advocate. The previous public…

The fraud trial for Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell (R) began on Monday in a federal court in Wichita, Kansas. The trial is expected to last five days.   O’Donnell is accused of taking $10,500 from campaign funds for his personal use. In May 2018, O’Donnell was indicted by a federal grand jury on 23…

On Tuesday, Chicago voters will cast ballots for mayor, city treasurer, city clerk, and all 50 seats on the city council. Any race in which no candidate receives a majority of the vote will go to a runoff on April 2. The elections are nonpartisan.   Fourteen candidates are running for mayor. Incumbent Rahm Emanuel…

Incumbent Sophia King faces Ebony Lucas in the election for the 4th Ward seat on Chicago’s City Council Tuesday. Both King and Lucas filled out Ballotpedia’s Chicago 2019 candidate survey, which was developed with input from more than 100 Chicagoans in the months preceding the 2019 election.   King was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel…

Three of nine seats on the Dallas Independent School District school board in Texas are on the ballot this year, and none of the three incumbents are seeking re-election. The general election is on May 4. If no candidates receive a majority of the vote in the election, the top two vote recipients will advance…

Cities and school districts across Wisconsin held primaries on February 19 for any office that attracted more than two candidates per seat. The winners advanced to the general election on April 2.   In Madison, primaries were held for mayor, four common council seats, and three school board seats. Out of those races, only the…