Tag: school board election
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Six candidates are running for three seats on the South-Western City Schools Board of Education on Nov. 4, 2025
Six candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for three at-large seats on the five-member South-Western City Schools Board of Education on Nov. 4, 2025. The three candidates who receive the most votes will serve four-year terms on the board. Incumbents Camille Peterson and Chris Boso are running for re-election, while incumbent Kelli Martindale is not running for re-election. The six candidates are running…
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Mentor School Board election to decide majority control of the board
Incumbent Maggie Cook, Robert Haag, Daniel Hardesty, Robert Izzo, Linda O’Brien, and Don Schutz are running in the nonpartisan general election for three at-large seats on the Mentor Exempted Village School District school board on Nov. 4, 2025. The candidates are divided into two slates: the first including two Democratic-affiliated candidates (Cook and Haag) and…
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School board incumbents won by larger margins in 2024 than in their previous races
How did school board incumbents fare in 2024 compared to their last elections? Ballotpedia’s core school board election coverage includes the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment and the school districts that overlap the 100 largest cities by population. In 2024, we covered 1,058 seats up for election that fell within our core coverage…
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Seattle school board August 5 primary election results
In the August 5 nonpartisan primaries for Seattle school board, incumbent Sarah Clark and Kathleen Smith advanced in District 2, incumbent Joe Mizrahi and Laura Marie Rivera advanced in District 4, and Vivian Song and Janis White advanced in District 5. The District 7 nonpartisan primary was canceled, and the only two candidates — Jen…
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Seven candidates are running in the nonpartisan general elections for the Conway School Board in Arkansas
Seven candidates are running in the nonpartisan general elections for Conway School Board in Arkansas on May 13. Three of the board’s seven seats are up for election. The Conway School District consists of seven members serving five-year terms. During the 2023 school year, 10,251 students attended one of the district’s 16 schools. This is…
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Incumbent Brandi Lautigar and Pollyann Sorcan running in the nonpartisan special election for Minnesota’s Rock Ridge Public School Board
Incumbent Brandi Lautigar and Pollyann Sorcan are running in the nonpartisan special election for an at-large seat on the Rock Ridge Public School Board on April 8, 2025. Sorcan is running for the seat that she previously held before the board voted to expel her and appoint Lautigar to her seat. Sorcan was re-elected in…
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Jonathan Curtis and Melinda Lemke won two Wrightstown School Board seats in Wisconsin
Jonathan Curtis and Melinda Lemke defeated Amber Cox and Jeff Nelson for two seats on the seven-member Wrightstown Community School District Board of Education in Wisconsin on April 1, 2025. Lemke received 28.7% of the vote, Curtis received 25.4%, Cox received 23.3%, and Nelson received 22.7%. Curtis and Lemke, an incumbent, ran a joint campaign…
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Idaho school board recall election on November 5 ballot
A recall election against Kathy Egan, Zone 1 representative on the Marsh Valley Joint School District board of trustees in Idaho, is being held on November 5, 2024. The official reasons for recall listed on the ballot are “poor performance of the school district, declining enrollment, poor financial oversight.” Voters will be able to vote…
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Maine school board recall scheduled for December 17
A recall election against Kirstin Shapiro, member of the Regional School Unit 21 Board of School Directors in Maine, has been scheduled for December 17, 2024. The recall effort started in October 2024 during stalled contract negotiations between the school board and the Kennebunk Arundel Kennebunkport Educators’ Association. Teachers started the 2024-2025 school year without…
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Seven candidates are running for three seats in the Grant Public Schools District, Michigan
Elections for three Grant Public School District seats will be held on Nov. 5, 2024. Grant Public School District is a school district in Michigan (Muskegon and Newaygo counties). During the 2023 school year, 1,638 students attended one of the district’s five schools. The elections are happening after an effort to recall two board members…