Category: Local
-
New members could make up majority of Buffalo school board following election
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. …
-
Eleven candidates competing for 3 Newark school board seats
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…
-
Trio of open-seat Lincoln City Council races on general election ballot
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 –…
-
Baird and Lamm advance in open-seat Nebraska mayoral primary
A nonpartisan primary for mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, was held on Tuesday. Candidates Leirion Gaylor Baird and Cyndi Lamm advanced to the general election after defeating Jeff Kirkpatrick, Krystal Gabel, and Rene Solc. The filing deadline was March 7, and the general election is on May 7. The city’s current mayor, Chris Beutler (D), was…
-
Five candidates in open-seat mayoral primary in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Tuesday
The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, is holding primaries for mayor, four city council districts, and one of five elected seats on the airport authority on April 9. A general election is scheduled for May 7. The filing deadline for this election was March 7. The open mayoral primary includes five candidates—Leirion Gaylor Baird, Krystal…
-
Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers re-elected with 72.5% of vote
On April 2, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Mayor John Suthers faced three challengers in the nonpartisan general election. With 72.5 percent of the vote, Suthers won the election outright. Juliette Parker, the candidate finishing in second place, received 11.9 percent of the vote. Colorado Springs also held a nonpartisan general election for three of nine…
-
Majority of Anchorage Assembly serving first term after April 2 election
In Alaska, five of 11 seats on the Anchorage Assembly and two of seven Anchorage School District school board seats were up for nonpartisan general election on April 2, 2019. Seats on these two governing bodies have three-year terms, and the filing deadline to run in the election was February 1. The five seats…
-
St. Louis Metro Council sees 100% incumbent re-election rate
Municipal and school board elections were held in Missouri on April 2. In St. Louis, a general election was held for metro council president and 14 council seats, and in Kansas City, a primary was held for mayor and all 12 city council seats. Ballotpedia also covered school board general elections in 11 school districts…
-
Over half of Oklahoma’s school board elections canceled due to uncontested races
General elections for Oklahoma school boards were held on April 2. Of the 26 school districts Ballotpedia covered in the state, 16 canceled their general elections for 17 seats. Fourteen of those districts canceled due to lack of opposition, while the other two canceled after incumbents took more than 50 percent of the vote in…
-
Madison Mayor Soglin loses re-election bid, nine new members will join city’s Common Council
In Madison, Wisconsin, Satya Rhodes-Conway defeated incumbent Mayor Paul Soglin in the general election on April 2, 2019. With all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed Rhodes-Conway received 61.9 percent of the vote to Soglin’s 37.7 percent of the vote. The general election candidates advanced from a five-way primary on February 19. Soglin came in…