In 2023, 29 state legislative incumbents lost their re-election bids: 13 in general elections and 16 in primaries. This was more than in 2021 (22) but fewer than in 2019 (31). In the four states that held elections – Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia – 19 Republican incumbents (10 in primaries and nine in…
Nancy Landry (R) defeated Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State. As of Nov. 18, Landry received 67% of the vote to Collins-Greenup’s 33%. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) did not for re-election. Louisiana’s secretary of state is the state’s chief election officer. According to Louisiana Illuminator‘s Greg LaRose, the…
State legislature elections on Nov. 7, 2023, in New Jersey and Virginia shifted Democratic majorities in the legislatures. This could affect legislatively referred constitutional amendments that may appear on the ballot in future elections. In Virginia, Democrats won a majority in the House of Delegates and maintained their majority in the State Senate. Previously, in…
Incumbent Judi Price, incumbent Dannielle Wells, Karen G. Overbey, and Jessica Wilson won election to the Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 7, 2023. Four of seven school board seats were up for election, and voters could choose up to four candidates. The district had approximately 3,695 students…
Incumbent Karen Smith (D), Heather Reynolds (D), Dana Foley (D), Rick Haring (D), and Susan M. Gibson (D), the Democrats who ran as the Neighbors United for School Board slate of candidates, were elected to the Central Bucks School District school board in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 7, 2023. The election resulted in a 6-3 Democratic…
Denise D’Angelo and Julie Liskany defeated incumbents Anthony Caldwell and Lee Schreiner in the general election for South-Western City Schools Board of Education in Franklin County, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2023. Two of five school board seats were up for election, and voters could choose up to two candidates. The district had approximately 21,699 students…
In 2023, seven local jurisdictions voted on local ballot measures to adopt or repeal ranked-choice voting, which is the second-highest number of measures in a year behind 2022 which had nine. Voters in East Lansing, Kalamazoo, and Royal Oak, Michigan, approved measures on Nov. 7 to adopt ranked-choice voting for local offices. The voting system…
Ten candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for four of the seven at-large seats on the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school board in Dakota County, Minnesota, on Nov. 7. The district had approximately 29,245 students during the 2021-2022 school year. Three incumbents—Sachin Isaacs, Cory Johnson, and Jackie Magnuson—are running for re-election. Incumbent Joel Albright is…
Nancy Landry (R) and Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) are running in the Nov. 18 general election for Louisiana Secretary of State. Incumbent Kyle Ardoin (R) did not run for re-election. Louisiana’s Secretary of State is the state’s chief election officer. According to Louisiana Illuminator’s Greg LaRose, the winner of the 2023 election “should expect a fairly…
Ballotpedia is covering recall elections against 34 officials on November 7, 2023. The elections against 28 of those officials are happening in Michigan. Another three are in Oregon, and the remaining three are split between Colorado, Ohio, and Texas. Thirteen of the 34 officials on recall ballots are city council members. Nine are city officials,…