Category: Local

  • Berkley, Seaman vie for Las Vegas mayor in Nov. 5 general election

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    Shelley Berkley and Victoria Seaman are running in the general election for mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 5, 2024. Berkley and Seaman were the top-two vote-getters in the June 11, 2024, primary, and both advanced to the general election because neither won a majority of the votes. Incumbent Carolyn Goodman, who was first elected in 2011, is term-limited. Goodman’s…

  • Twenty-two candidates running for Detroit Public Schools Community District school board

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    Twenty-two candidates are running in the November 5, general election for Detroit Public Schools Community District school board. Three of the board’s seven seats are up for election. Board members are elected at large. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo is the only incumbent running for re-election. Misha Stallworth and Sonya Mays are not. The Michigan Chronicle’s Donald James…

  • Both candidates for county commissioner in Sandoval County, N.M., complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Both candidates running in the general election for County Commissioner Board District 4 in Sandoval County, N.M.—Jordan Conner Juarez and Madigan Diana Ray—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 what they…

  • Allison Cartwright (D) and Erin Murphy (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Suffolk County clerk of supreme judicial court on September 3, 2024

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    Allison Cartwright (D) and Erin Murphy (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Suffolk County clerk of supreme judicial court on September 3, 2024. Incumbent Maura Doyle (D), who was appointed in 1996, is not running for re-election. The Boston Herald’s Gayla Cawley wrote that the race “is shaping up to be a battle…

  • Recall efforts against four members of the Milwaukee Public Schools Board fails to go to a vote

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    The Milwaukee Election Commission announced on Aug. 19 that the MPS School Board Recall Collaborative did not collect enough signatures to recall Milwaukee Public Schools Board of School Directors At-Large Representative Missy Zombor. The commission previously announced on Aug. 15 that the collaborative did not collect enough signatures to recall District 1 Representative Marva Herndon,…

  • Seven candidates are running for two seats on the Tallahassee City Commission

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    Seven candidates are running for two seats on the Tallahassee City Commission in nonpartisan primaries on Aug. 20, 2024. Four lead in endorsements, fundraising, and local media attention: incumbent Jacqueline Porter and Rudolph Ferguson in the election for Seat 1, and incumbent Curtis Richardson and Dorothy Inman-Johnson in the election for Seat 2. According to…

  • 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…