Category: Local

  • Retaliation or officer accountability? Whitehall, Ohio police union and department dispute over officer termination

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    Discipline and officer appeal provisions in Whitehall’s police collective bargaining agreement (CBA) are at play in a dispute between the police department and union over the termination of a police officer.  The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) in Whitehall, Ohio, requested the mayor to investigate the termination of officer Enrique Ortega on July 5. The…

  • All candidates for Ramsey, Minn. city council complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    All three candidates running in the at-large primary for Ramsey, Minn., City Council—Gareth Andersen, Kirsten Buscher, and Ebizimo Nagberi—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.…

  • Sequoyah Public Schools, Okla., to hold redo election after discovery of irregular votes

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    Voters in Oklahoma’s Sequoyah Public Schools will see a court-ordered redo election on their ballots on Aug. 27 after the discovery of irregularities in a close race from last spring. Greg Perry and Lyndsey Young ran in a special general election for the Office 2 seat on April 2, Oklahoma’s statewide school board general election…

  • Berkley, Seaman advance to November 5 Las Vegas mayoral election runoff

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    Thirteen candidates ran in the nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas mayor on June 11, 2024. Shelley Berkley and Victoria Seaman were the top two vote-getters, and they advanced to a general election scheduled for November 5, 2024, because no candidate received a majority of the vote. Throughout the race, Berkley, Seaman, and Cedric Crear led…

  • Anaheim City Council recall election defeated

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    In California, a recall election seeking to remove Natalie Rubalcava from her position as the District 3 representative on the Anaheim City Council was defeated by voters with 53.9% of the vote on June 4, 2024, according to the unofficial results.  The recall effort began in August 2023. Recall supporters initiated the effort after the…

  • Crisp County, Ga., magistrate judge primary ends in tie, rare runoff, following recount

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    Republican voters in Crisp County, Ga., will get a second shot to pick their nominee in the county’s chief magistrate judge race on June 18. George Holmes and Brandon Rivers faced each other in a primary on May 21. Initial returns showed Holmes leading Rivers by one vote, enough to secure the nomination. But in…

  • Suzanne LaFrance defeated incumbent David Bronson in the nonpartisan general runoff election for mayor of Anchorage, Alaska

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    Suzanne LaFrance won the nonpartisan general runoff election for mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, on May 14, 2024. LaFrance defeated incumbent David Bronson, 53.5% to 46.5%. Bronson and LaFrance advanced to the runoff from the nonpartisan general election on April 2. LaFrance received 36.3% of the vote and Bronson received 35.0%. The two advanced to a…

  • Incumbent Brandon Scott (D) defeated 12 other candidates in the Democratic primary for mayor of Baltimore, Maryland

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    Incumbent Brandon Scott (D) won the Democratic primary for mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, on May 14, 2024. Scott received 51.1% of the vote. Sheila Dixon (D) finished in second place with 41.1%. Wayne Baker (D), Wendy Bozel (D), Texas Brown (D), Kevin P. Harris (D), Wendell Hill-Freeman (D), Yolanda Pulley (D), Joseph Scott (D), Keith…

  • 5 candidates file to run for 3 seats on Lackawanna City School District school board

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    The candidate filing deadline for the Lackawanna City School District school board election in New York passed on May 1, 2024. There is no primary for this race. The general election is scheduled for May 21, 2024. Three at-large seats are up for election, which means all registered voters can vote for the seats on…

  • Thirty-six candidates are running for nine spots on the Lansing Charter Commission on May 7

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    Thirty-six candidates are running for nine spots on the Lansing Charter Commission on May 7. The winners will be tasked with revising and rewriting Michigan’s state capital’s city charter over the coming years. Last November, Lansing voters approved a ballot question calling for the creation of the charter commission, with 52% voting in favor. The…