Category: Local

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…

An effort is underway to recall Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. The recall is being organized by Alexandra Datig in response to homelessness in Los Angeles. A notice of intent to recall was submitted on June 19, and it accused Garcetti of failing to adequately address the issue of homelessness. The notice cites a report…

New York is holding statewide primaries on June 25, 2019. This is the first year in which local and state primaries are being held in June instead of September. This change is due to a January decision by the state legislature to consolidate these primaries with the federal primary date. The general election is November…

Candidates had until June 18 to file for a Milwaukee City Council special election for District 13. A primary is scheduled for July 16, and the general election is August 13.   Seven candidates filed by the deadline, including a former state assembly member, Josh Zepnick. The six other candidates are Patty Doherty, James Krickeberg,…

Recall efforts to remove Tim Winkle, Alicia McConkie, and Marianne Blackwell from their positions on the Middleton School District board of trustees in Idaho have been certified for the August 27 ballot.   The recall effort against Winkle and McConkie began after they voted to accept the superintendent’s personnel recommendations at a board meeting on…

On June 18, voters in Kansas City defeated Question 1, a citizen initiative that would have limited the property tax abatement or redirection that could be used toward economic development projects in the city to 50% of the revenue that would have otherwise been generated.   According to election night results with 97% of precincts…