Category: Local
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Mapping errors in two Georgia school board races result in redo elections on Nov. 5
On Nov. 5, 2024, voters in Georgia’s Ben Hill and Tift County School Districts will return to the polls and weigh in on two redo elections. In Ben Hill County, the redo features District 6 incumbent Kenneth Palmer and Austin Futch. This is a nonpartisan special general election, with the winner filling out the remainder…
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Chicago to hold first ever elections for Chicago Public Schools school board on Nov. 5, 2024
Thirty-five candidates are running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for 10 seats on the Chicago Public Schools school board (CPS) in Illinois. This is the first year Chicago residents will vote for board members to oversee CPS. Since 1995, Chicago’s mayor has appointed all seven board members. In 2021, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D)…
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Six candidates are running for three districts in the Nov. 5 general elections for Los Angeles Unified School district board
Six candidates are running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general elections to represent Districts 1, 3, and 5 on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board. The candidates advanced from the March 5 primaries because no candidate in their respective races won a majority of the vote. Incumbent Tanya Ortiz Franklin won her…
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Both candidates for Marina, Calif. city council complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the general election for Marina, Calif. City Council District 3—Jenny McAdams and Mike Moeller—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All survey respondents are asked to tell voters about their three key campaign messages. In…
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School board members in California and Michigan face November recall elections
Recall elections are being held in the Reef-Sunset Unified School District in California and the Onaway Area Community School District in Michigan on November 5, 2024. The names of three board members are on the ballot in Reef-Sunset Unified, and one is on the ballot in Onaway. Two of the three Reef-Sunset Unified board members…
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Incumbent Suzy Lopez (R) and Andrew Warren (D) are running in the general election for state attorney in Hillsborough County, Florida
Incumbent Suzy Lopez (R) and Andrew Warren (D) are running in the general election for Hillsborough County State Attorney in Florida on Nov. 5, 2024. The election is taking place after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) removed Warren from office in August 2022 and appointed Lopez in his place. DeSantis suspended Warren after Warren signed a pledge…
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Berkley, Seaman vie for Las Vegas mayor in Nov. 5 general election
Shelley Berkley and Victoria Seaman are running in the general election for mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 5, 2024. Berkley and Seaman were the top-two vote-getters in the June 11, 2024, primary, and both advanced to the general election because neither won a majority of the votes. Incumbent Carolyn Goodman, who was first elected in 2011, is term-limited. Goodman’s…
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Twenty-two candidates running for Detroit Public Schools Community District school board
Twenty-two candidates are running in the November 5, general election for Detroit Public Schools Community District school board. Three of the board’s seven seats are up for election. Board members are elected at large. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo is the only incumbent running for re-election. Misha Stallworth and Sonya Mays are not. The Michigan Chronicle’s Donald James…
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Both candidates for county commissioner in Sandoval County, N.M., complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the general election for County Commissioner Board District 4 in Sandoval County, N.M.—Jordan Conner Juarez and Madigan Diana Ray—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All survey respondents are asked to tell voters what they…
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Allison Cartwright (D) and Erin Murphy (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Suffolk County clerk of supreme judicial court on September 3, 2024
Allison Cartwright (D) and Erin Murphy (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Suffolk County clerk of supreme judicial court on September 3, 2024. Incumbent Maura Doyle (D), who was appointed in 1996, is not running for re-election. The Boston Herald’s Gayla Cawley wrote that the race “is shaping up to be a battle…