Category: Local
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Ballotpedia is covering general elections in eight Oregon school boards on May 18
The general election for eight school boards in Oregon is on May 18. These districts do not hold primary elections for school board races. The filing deadline to run passed on March 18. School board candidates are competing in the following districts: • Beaverton School District • Centennial School District 28J • David Douglas School…
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Jean Stothert wins re-election to third term as mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Incumbent Jean Stothert (R) defeated RJ Neary (D) in the nonpartisan mayoral general election in Omaha, Nebraska, Tuesday, winning election to a third term. Unofficial results showed Stothert received 67% of the vote to Neary’s 33% at the time of his concession. Stothert described her campaign for re-election as an effort to continue projects that…
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Anchorage mayoral race remains uncertain as ballots continue to be counted
The outcome of the Anchorage, Alaska, mayoral election remains unclear after preliminary results posted by the city showed Forrest Dunbar leading Dave Bronson with 50.8% of the vote. As of the posting, at least 6,600 ballots had not yet been counted, and mail-in ballots continued to arrive. Mail-in ballots postmarked no later than election day,…
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Voters in two Idaho school districts to decide recall elections on May 18
Two Idaho school districts are holding recall elections for two school board members on May 18. In Idaho Falls School District 91, voters will be asked if they want to recall Zone 3 representative Lara Hill, and in the Nampa School District, they will be asked if they want to recall Zone 4 representative Kim…
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Voters to decide Lackawanna City (N.Y.) School District elections on May 18
The general election for Lackawanna City School District in New York is May 18. The filing deadline to run passed on April 29. Five candidates will be on the nonpartisan ballot. Incumbents Kimberly Bukaty, Leonard Kowalski, and Mohamed Munassar face challengers Raymond Braxton and Azaldeen Mohamed. Bukaty was appointed to the board in March to…
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Incumbents sweep school board election in Lincoln, Nebraska
Four incumbents were re-elected to the Lincoln Public Schools school board in Nebraska in the nonpartisan general election on May 4. Kathy Danek (District 1), Barbara Beier (District 3), Lanny Boswell (District 5), and Don Mayhew (District 7) each won new four-year terms on the seven-member board. Baier and Boswell ran unopposed in the general…
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Omaha, Nebraska, voters to decide mayoral, city council races on May 11
The nonpartisan general election for Omaha, Neb., will be held on May 11. The top-two primary was held on April 6. Candidates will be competing for mayor and seven city council seats. On election day, the polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. In the mayoral race, incumbent Jean Stothert and RJ…
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Cincinnati voters defeat Issue 3, Affordable Housing Trust Fund Charter Amendment
Cincinnati voters defeated Issue 3 on Tuesday with 73% of voters opposing the measure and 27% of voters approving the measure. Issue 3 was a citizen initiative that would have established the Cincinnati Affordable Housing Trust Fund and created a board of private citizens to manage the fund. It would have also provided guidelines for…
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Pureval, Mann advance to general election for Cincinnati mayor
Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval and councilman and former mayor David Mann advanced from the May 4 primary for mayor of Cincinnati. The two will meet in the general election on Nov. 2. The other four candidates in the primary election were Gavi Begtrup, Herman Najoli, Raffel Prophett, and Cecil Thomas. Pureval received…
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Minneapolis group submits signatures for Nov. 2 initiative to replace police department with department of public safety
On April 30, Yes 4 Minneapolis submitted over 20,000 signatures for an initiative to repeal and replace provisions in the city charter governing the police department. This initiative would remove language concerning the city’s police department from the city charter, including provisions requiring minimum funding for the department and giving the mayor control over the…