Category: Local

On Tuesday, voters in Tampa will elect a successor to term-limited Mayor Bob Buckhorn (D). Former police chief Jane Castor and philanthropist David Straz are running in the election after being the top two finishers in the March 5 general election. Castor received 48 percent of the vote, while Straz received 16 percent.   Heading…

An effort to recall three of the five members of the Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1 school board in Colorado was approved to move forward on April 17. Board President Timothy Braun, Treasurer Dennis Jones, and Secretary Tonya Martin were targeted for recall due to “multiple violations of Colorado state statutes, school board policies and…

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…

A special election for District 4 on the Honolulu City Council was held on April 13, 2019. It was called after the Hawaii Supreme Court invalidated the results from the district’s regular election on November 6, 2018. Both candidates who ran in the regular election, Trevor Ozawa and Tommy Waters, were on the ballot in…

April 22 is the deadline to register to vote in local California elections taking place May 7. Voters in nine counties across the state are set to decide on local ballot measures at the special election.   Issues on the ballot include a residential care facility initiative for Solana Beach voters in San Diego County…

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (D) and challenger Anthony Williams (D) each picked up noteworthy endorsements Thursday in Philadelphia’s Democratic mayoral primary election.   Kenney, who was first elected in 2015, was endorsed by seven political figures including Gov. Tom Wolf (D) and all three of Philadelphia’s representatives to the U.S. House.   Williams, who was…

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…

All nine seats on the Buffalo Public Schools school board in New York are up for general election on May 7, 2019. Three at-large seats and six by-district seats are on the ballot. At-large members are elected to five-year terms, and by-district members are elected to three-year terms. The filing deadline was April 9.  …

In New Jersey, a nonpartisan school board election is being held in Newark Public Schools on Tuesday. Three of the nine at-large seats on the school board are on the ballot. Two incumbents, Leah Owens and Tave Padilla, are running for re-election. Incumbent Kim Gaddy did not file for re-election. All three incumbents were first…

A nonpartisan primary for four of seven seats on the Lincoln City Council and one of five elected seats on the Lincoln Airport Authority was held on Tuesday. The general election is on May 7.   In the races for city council, only one incumbent filed for re-election – Jane Raybould in District 3 –…