Tag: school board elections
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Filing deadline passes to run for school board in Oregon
On March 18, 2021, the filing deadline passed to run for school board in eight school districts in Oregon. Candidates filed to run in the following districts: Beaverton School District Centennial School District 28J David Douglas School District Parkrose School District 3 Portland Public Schools Reynolds School District 7 Salem-Keizer Public Schools Scappoose School District…
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All 5 Idaho school board members retain seats in March 9 recalls
Recall elections in three Idaho school districts—Pocatello-Chubbuck, Idaho Falls, and Nampa—were held on March 9, 2021. A majority of voters in all three school districts voted against the recalls, defeating the efforts and allowing the board members to retain their seats. Three school board members—Zone 1 representative Jackie Cranor, Zone 2 representative Janie Gebhardt, and…
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Recall elections to be held in 3 Idaho school districts
Recall elections in three Idaho school districts—Pocatello-Chubbuck, Idaho Falls, and Nampa—are scheduled for March 9, 2021. Five board members are facing recall across the three districts. Three school board members—Zone 1 representative Jackie Cranor, Zone 2 representative Janie Gebhardt, and Zone 5 representative Dave Mattson—will be on the ballot in the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District. The…
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Judge rules Idaho school board recall qualifies for ballot
A district court judge ruled on February 22, 2021, that a recall effort against Idaho Falls School District 91 board of trustees member Lara Hill had successfully qualified for the ballot. A recall election against board member Elizabeth Cogliati is already scheduled for March 9. The recall effort against Cogliati and Hill began after the…
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Oklahoma voters decide school board primary elections
Primaries for school board elections were held in Oklahoma on February 9. Ballotpedia is covering elections for 35 seats across 27 Oklahoma school boards in 2021. These 27 school districts served a combined total of 261,543 students during the 2016-2017 school year. Seventeen seats were won outright by unopposed candidates. There were 13 seats where…
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Colorado school board recall election to be held Feb. 16
A recall election seeking to remove Lance McDaniel from his position as the District A representative on the Montezuma-Cortez School District Board of Education in Colorado is being held on February 16, 2021. The recall election ballot has two questions. One asks if voters are in favor of recalling McDaniel with the option to vote…
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Oklahoma school districts to hold primary elections on Feb. 9
The nonpartisan primary election for school board seats in Oklahoma is on February 9, 2021. Candidates are competing to advance to the general election scheduled for April 6, 2021. The filing deadline passed on December 9, 2020. Five school districts within Ballotpedia’s coverage scope are holding primary elections for five seats. In Oklahoma, school districts…
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Filing deadline approaches for Texas school board elections
The filing deadline to run for school board in 57 Texas districts is on February 12, 2021. The general election is scheduled for May 1, 2021. If no candidate wins the majority of the vote in the general election, the top two vote-getters will advance to a runoff election. The date of the runoff election…
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Oklahoma school board candidates vie for 33 seats in 2021
On December 9, 2020, the filing deadline passed to run for 33 school board seats across 26 school districts covered by Ballotpedia in Oklahoma. Of the 58 candidates who filed in these school board races, 24 are incumbents seeking re-election to their seats. The primary is scheduled for February 9, 2021, and the general election…
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Idaho school board recall election scheduled for Mar. 9
A recall election seeking to remove Elizabeth Cogliati from her position as the Zone 4 representative on the Idaho Falls School District 91 board of trustees in Idaho is being held on March 9, 2021. Recall supporters initially sought to recall three of the five members of the board. In addition to Cogliati, Chairman and…