Category: Local
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Five candidates are running in the primary for mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Five candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, on April 1, 2025. Three lead in polling and fundraising: Mayor Jean Stothert, John Ewing Jr., and Mike McDonnell. The filing deadline for this election was Feb. 28, 2025. Stothert was first elected in 2013. She is campaigning on her record: “My vision for the future is obviously to make sure that…
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Ten candidates are running for mayor of Oakland on April 15
Ten candidates are running in the April 15 nonpartisan, special general election for mayor of Oakland. Incumbent Kevin Jenkins is not running. The Oakland City Council selected Jenkins to serve as interim mayor after voters recalled former mayor Sheng Thao 60.6%-39.4% on Nov. 5, 2024. Click here to learn more about the recall. This was…
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Four candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri on March 4
Incumbent Tishaura Jones, Michael Butler, Andrew Jones Jr., and Cara Spencer are running in the nonpartisan primary for Mayor of St. Louis on March 4, 2025. St. Louis Public Radio’s Lara Hamdan and Rachel Lippmann wrote, “The next mayor of St. Louis will come into office with crime numbers mirroring the national downward trend…But he…
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Voters to decide on creating city of Starbase, Texas, home of SpaceX, on May 3
Voters in the unincorporated area of Cameron County, Texas, known as Starbase—home to SpaceX—will decide on May 3 whether to incorporate it as a city. If approved, Starbase would become a Type C general law municipality with a commission form of government comprising a mayor and two commissioners. Elections for mayor and commissioner will be…
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Two school board recall efforts start collecting signatures in first week of February
Petitioners attempting to recall school board members in Arizona and Idaho were approved to collect signatures in the first week of February 2025. In Arizona, two members of the Liberty Elementary School District Governing Board—Kristopher Kenyon and Bryan Parks—were named in recall petitions. Supporters of the recall said over a dozen teachers had resigned since…
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Voters in Seattle deciding on four local ballot measures on Feb. 11, including two competing measures
Seattle voters will be deciding on two competing propositions as well as two school district levy renewals on Feb. 11. The competing measures are Propositions 1A and 1B. Proposition 1A (previously Initiative 137) is a citizen-initiated measure, and Proposition 1B is an alternative measure referred to the ballot by the Seattle City Council. Voters will…
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98% of voters approve Maine school board recall
Voters approved a recall election against Kirstin Shapiro, member of the Regional School Unit 21 Board of School Directors in Maine, on December 17, 2024. A total of 171 voters cast ballots in favor of the recall, and three voters cast ballots against it, according to unofficial election night results. Shapiro resigned from her position…
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Pamela Price first district attorney in Alameda County’s history to be recalled
Voters recalled Alameda County, California, District Attorney Pamela Price on Nov. 5 by a margin of 65.2%-34.2%. The office is nonpartisan, but Price is affiliated with the Democratic Party. This is the first time in the county’s history that voters recalled a district attorney. The county must certify election results no later than Dec. 5,…
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Sheng Thao first mayor in Oakland’s history to be recalled
Oakland, California, voters recalled Mayor Sheng Thao by a margin of 61.5%-38.5% on Nov. 5. The office is nonpartisan, but Thao is affiliated with the Democratic Party. This is the first time in the city’s history that voters recalled a mayor. Official results will be certified on Dec. 5, at which time Thao must vacate…
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Idaho school board recall election on November 5 ballot
A recall election against Kathy Egan, Zone 1 representative on the Marsh Valley Joint School District board of trustees in Idaho, is being held on November 5, 2024. The official reasons for recall listed on the ballot are “poor performance of the school district, declining enrollment, poor financial oversight.” Voters will be able to vote…