Category: Local

Memphis, Tennessee, is holding nonpartisan general elections for mayor and all 13 seats on the city council on October 3. The filing deadline to run is July 18.   The same positions were last up for election in 2015. Mayor Jim Strickland won his first term that year in an open-seat race. He received 41%…

Seattle’s nonpartisan primary elections on August 6 include four open-seat city council races and three council incumbents facing challengers. As of July 8, there were 55 candidates running across the seven races.   This is the second city council election in which members will be elected by district and have the option to participate in…

As of early July, Seattle’s city council elections have seen $1.2 million in public financing and $308,000 in satellite spending. The nonpartisan primary elections for seven of nine city council seats—three with incumbents facing challengers and four open-seat races—take place August 6. General elections will be held November 5.   Public financing comes through the…

Five members of the Merrill City Council in Wisconsin are on the ballot in a recall election set for July 16. In District 1, Alderman Paul Russell is facing Becky Meyer. In District 2, Alderman John Van Lieshout is facing Shannon Collins. In District 6, Alderman Dave Sukow is running unopposed. In District 7, Council…

Candidates interested in running in the Atlanta Public Schools school board special election for District 2 have until July 10 to file. The special election is on September 17. A runoff election, if needed, has been scheduled for October 15.   The special election became necessary after Byron Amos resigned his seat on January 29,…

The deadline for independent candidates to run for office in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne passed on June 1.   In Indianapolis, the elections for mayor and all 25 city council seats are on November 5. The filing deadline for major-party candidates was February 8, and partisan primaries were held on May 7. Mayor Joseph Hogsett…

The four top candidates in Nashville’s mayoral election appeared in the race’s first televised debate on June 25. Incumbent Mayor David Briley, state Rep. John Clemmons (D), City Councilman John Cooper, retired professor Carol Swain, and six other candidates are running in the August 1 general election.   The candidates discussed property taxes, economic incentives…

Voters in Humboldt, Nebraska, are currently submitting ballots in a recall election of City Councilwoman Dolores Martinez. The election is being held with vote-by-mail ballots, and voters have until July 9 to submit their ballot to the Richardson County Clerk. Ballots were sent out to voters on June 17.   The recall effort began in…

Sixteen candidates have filed to run for four city council seats in St. Petersburg, Florida. A primary is scheduled for August 27, and the general election is on November 5. The filing deadline for this election was June 21.   District 1 incumbent Charlie Gerdes and District 5 incumbent Steve Kornell are both ineligible to…

Public defender Tiffany Cabán won the Democratic primary election for Queens County District Attorney. Former Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown (D)-who announced in January that he would not run for re-election-died in May after serving in the office for 28 years. Queens County is the state designation for the Borough of Queens in New…