Category: Local
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The 100 most populous U.S. cities have more Democratic mayors and fewer Republican mayors than they have had since 2016
Ballotpedia is covering 30 mayoral elections in the top-100 most populous cities and state capitals in 2026. Of the 30 cities with mayoral elections in 2026, 29 hold nonpartisan elections, and one holds partisan elections. Click here to learn about how Ballotpedia identifies the partisan affiliation of mayors in cities with nonpartisan mayoral elections. Below…
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Alaska becomes fifth state with 2026 ballot measure on citizenship requirement for voting
Voters in Alaska will decide on a ballot initiative designed to prohibit noncitizens from voting in 2026, unless the legislature approves substantially similar legislation during its upcoming session. Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced that officials verified 34,944 qualified signatures across 40 house districts on March 17, 2026. This exceeds the required minimum of 34,098 qualified…
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Voters in Colorado will decide on ballot initiatives related to sex requirements for school sports teams and surgeries for transgender minors in Nov. 2026
Voters in Colorado will decide on two ballot measures that would require interscholastic sports teams to be designated based on sex and prohibit healthcare professionals from performing surgeries on persons under the age of 18 for the purpose of treatment in response to a minor's perception of sex or gender on Nov. 3, 2026. On…
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Maine ballot initiative requiring public school sports teams designated for girls or boys to be limited to students of the corresponding sex is certified to go before the legislature
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) announced on March 17 that Protect Girls Sports in Maine had submitted a sufficient number of signatures to qualify its initiative for the ballot. The initiative would require that public school sports teams designated for girls or boys be limited to students of the corresponding sex, as recorded…
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Incumbent Jim Ross, Steve Cavender, Hunter Crow, and Shaun Mallory are running in the general election for mayor of Arlington, Texas, on May 2, 2026
Incumbent Jim Ross, Steve Cavender, Hunter Crow, and Shaun Mallory are running in the general election for mayor of Arlington, Texas, on May 2, 2026. As of March 2026, Ross and Cavender led in endorsements and local media attention. The Arlington Report's Chris Moss reported that in a press release, Cavender said "he was urged…
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Two seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are up for special election on June 2, 2026
Two seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are up for special election on June 2, 2026. Incumbent Stephen Sherrill, Lori Brooke, and Jeremy Kirshner are running in District 2. Incumbent Alan Wong, Albert Chow, Natalie Gee, Jeremy Greco, and David Lee are running in District 4. As of February 2026, Sherrill and Brooke…
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Three Democrats are running for Buncombe County, North Carolina District Attorney on March 3
Three candidates– Courtney Booth, Katie Kurdys, and Martin Moore – are running in the Democratic primary for North Carolina’s 40th Prosecutorial District Attorney, also known as the Buncombe County District Attorney, on March 3. No Republican candidates are running. This means the winner of the primary will succeed incumbent Todd Williams (D), who is not…
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Craighead County, Ark., Tax Collector candidates talk transparency in Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the March 3 Republican primary for Craighead County, Ark., Tax Collector—Jenny Ruth Crisler and Stephanie A. Hoffman—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…
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Voters to decide 12 ballot measures at March 3 Town Meeting Day in Montpelier, Vermont
Voters in Montpelier, Vermont, will decide on 12 measures on the Town Meeting Day ballot on March 3, including a measure that would advise the mayor and city council to adopt a pledge to "join others in working to end all support to Israel's apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation." Town Meeting Day is…
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Janesville, Wisconsin, voters to decide Nov. 3, 2026, initiative requiring approval for development projects exceeding $450 million at GM/JATCO site, such as proposed data center
Voters in Janesville, Wisconsin, will decide on a ballot initiative on Nov. 3, 2026, that would require voter approval before a proposed $8 billion data center can be developed. On Feb. 9, 2026, the Janesville City Council voted to include the ballot initiative on the general election ballot. No Janesville Data Center organized the petition…