Category: Local
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Idaho school board recall election scheduled for Mar. 9
A recall election seeking to remove Elizabeth Cogliati from her position as the Zone 4 representative on the Idaho Falls School District 91 board of trustees in Idaho is being held on March 9, 2021. Recall supporters initially sought to recall three of the five members of the board. In addition to Cogliati, Chairman and…
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Idaho school board recall elections scheduled
Recall elections seeking to remove three of the five members of the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 board of trustees in Idaho have been scheduled for March 9, 2021. The recall ballots will ask voters if they are in favor of recalling Zone 1 Representative Jackie Cranor, Zone 2 Representative Janie Gebhardt, and Zone 5…
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Filing deadline passes for successor candidates in Colorado school board recall
A recall election seeking to remove Lance McDaniel from his position as the District A representative on the Montezuma-Cortez School District Board of Education in Colorado is being held on February 16, 2021. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to replace McDaniel if the recall is successful was January 8. One candidate—Cody Wells—filed. The recall…
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Mayoral partisanship control changed in 2020’s elections in seven of the 100 largest cities
Mayoral elections were held in 29 of the 100 largest U.S. cities in 2020. Seven party changes took place as a result of these elections. Five offices held by Republican incumbents and two offices held by Democratic incumbents changed partisan control: Scottsdale, Arizona: Independent David Ortega won the open seat. Incumbent Jim Lane (R) was…
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Candidate filing deadline in Dane County, Wisconsin, is Jan. 5, 2021
The filing deadline to run for elected office in Dane County, Wisconsin, is on January 5, 2021. Prospective candidates may file for county executive, two of the 37 county supervisor seats, and seven circuit court judgeships. The offices of county executive and circuit court judges are up for regular election in 2021, but the county…
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Guajardo defeats McComb in Corpus Christi, Texas, mayoral runoff
The general runoff election in Corpus Christi, Texas, was held on December 15, 2020. In the nonpartisan mayoral race, Paulette Guajardo defeated incumbent Joe McComb, earning 56% of the vote to McComb’s 44%. The general election in Corpus Christi was held on November 3. If no candidate earned a majority of the vote in the…
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Leeser wins mayoral runoff election in El Paso, Texas
A runoff election was held on December 12 in El Paso, Texas. Oscar Leeser defeated incumbent Donald “Dee” Margo in the mayoral election. Leeser received 79.5% of the vote, while Margo received 20.5%. Leeser will assume office in early January. Leeser previously served as the mayor of El Paso from 2013 to 2017. He did…
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Idaho county verifies school board recall petition signatures
Petition signatures to recall three of the five members of the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 board of trustees in Idaho were verified by the Bannock County Elections Office on December 10, 2020. Zone 1 representative Jackie Cranor, Zone 2 representative Janie Gebhardt, and Zone 5 representative Dave Mattson have until December 17 to step…
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Second school board member in Idaho resigns following recall effort
Philip Neuhoff resigned from his position as the Zone 4 representative on the West Ada School District board of trustees in Idaho on December 8, 2020, saying that other areas of his life needed his attention. Neuhoff is the second member of the board to resign since a recall petition was approved for circulation against…
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Colorado school board recall scheduled for February 2021
A recall election seeking to remove Lance McDaniel from his position as the District A representative on the Montezuma-Cortez School District Board of Education in Colorado is being held on February 16, 2021. The recall effort started in July 2020. Recall supporters said McDaniel had shown a “lack of leadership and has proven to be…