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  • Sept. 14 mayoral primary in Cleveland is first in 20 years with no incumbent

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    The primary election for Cleveland, Ohio, is on Sept. 14. Candidates are competing to advance to the general election scheduled for Nov. 2. The filing deadline to run passed on June 16. Candidates filed for mayor and the 17 wards of the city council. The general election will also include four seats on the Cleveland…

  • Redistricting Roundup: Illinois legislature enacts revised district boundaries for state House, Senate

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    Today’s redistricting roundup includes news from Illinois and Ohio. Illinois The Illinois House and Senate approved new state legislative boundaries on Aug. 31 during a special session. The maps, which passed 73-43 in the state House, and 40-17 in the state Senate, revised legislative redistricting plans enacted in June. The maps the state approved in…

  • Campaign finance update: Top fundraisers in Ohio

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    Campaign finance requirements govern the raising and spending of money for political campaigns. While not the only factor in an election’s outcome, successful fundraising can provide a candidate with advantages, such as the ability to boost name recognition and promote a message. In addition, fundraising can indicate enthusiasm for candidates and parties. This article lists…

  • Three candidates file for Toledo City Council special election

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    Three candidates have filed to run in the Sep. 14 special election for District 6 on the Toledo City Council in Ohio. The filing deadline for the special election was Aug. 5. Incumbent Theresa Morris, Kimberly Adkins, and James Nowak are running in the special election. Morris was appointed to the seat on April 20…

  • Shontel Brown wins Democratic primary in Ohio’s 11th District special election

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    Shontel Brown won the special Democratic primary for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District on Aug. 3. As of 11 p.m. ET, Brown had received 50% of the vote to Nina Turner’s 44%. Eleven other candidates split 6%. Brown serves on the Cuyahoga County Council and chairs the county’s Democratic Party. She previously served on the Warrensville…

  • Mike Carey wins Republican primary in Ohio’s 15th Congressional District special election

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    Mike Carey defeated 10 candidates to win the special Republican primary for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District on Aug. 3. As of 9:30 p.m. ET, Carey had received 37% of the vote, Bob Peterson was second with 15%, Ron Hood was third with 14%, and Jeff LaRe was fourth with 11%. The special election will fill…

  • Voters to decide special Democratic primary in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District on Aug. 3

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    Thirteen candidates are running in the Aug. 3 special Democratic primary for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District. Former incumbent Marcia Fudge (D) vacated the seat to become secretary of housing and urban development in President Joe Biden’s (D) administration. The Hill‘s Julia Manchester wrote that the race “has become a proxy battle for the Democratic Party…

  • Candidate filing deadline for school board positions in Ohio is Aug. 4

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    Candidates interested in running for their local school board in Ohio have until Aug. 4 to file, unless the district held a primary earlier in the year. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 2, and new board members will take office on Jan. 1, 2022. Ballotpedia is covering elections in 20 Ohio school districts…

  • Citizens For A Safer Cleveland submits additional signatures to place police-related initiative on November ballot

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    On July 7, Citizens for a Safer Cleveland submitted an additional 3,208 signatures to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections for verification after the committee was short 384 of the 6,270 valid signatures needed to qualify for the Cleveland ballot in November.  On June 16, the committee announced that they had submitted about 13,000 signatures…

  • Preview: Upcoming special congressional elections

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    Three special elections for the U.S. House will take place within the next month: a runoff election for Texas’ 6th Congressional District on July 27 and primaries in Ohio’s 11th and 15th congressional districts on Aug. 3. Texas’ 6th The July 27 runoff in Texas features Republicans Jake Ellzey and Susan Wright. The two advanced…