Tag: school board elections

  • Filing deadline approaches to run for school board in Texas

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    The filing deadline to run for school board in seven Texas school districts is on Aug. 16. Prospective candidates may file to run in the following districts: Aldine Independent School District (3 seats) Alief Independent School District (3 seats) Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (3 seats) Houston Independent School District (5 seats) Klein Independent School District…

  • 22 states allow for the recall of school board members

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    Of the 39 states that allow for the recall of elected officials at some level of government, 22 specifically allow for the recall of school board members. School board recalls are the process of removing school board members from office via a public effort before their term is completed. Six of the states that allow…

  • 29 candidates file for 14 school board seats in Manchester, New Hampshire

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    On July 23, the filing deadline passed to run for elected office in the Manchester School District in New Hampshire. The primary is scheduled for September 21, and the general election is scheduled for November 2, 2021.  Candidates filed for all 14 of the school district’s Board of School Committee seats–two at-large seats and 12…

  • 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…

  • Recall elections defeated in 2 Idaho school districts

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    Two Idaho school districts held recall elections for school board members on May 18. In Idaho Falls School District 91, voters were asked if they wanted to recall Zone 3 representative Lara Hill, and in the Nampa School District, they were asked if they wanted to recall Zone 4 representative Kim Rost. Both recall efforts…

  • Ballotpedia is covering general elections in eight Oregon school boards on May 18

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    The general election for eight school boards in Oregon is on May 18. These districts do not hold primary elections for school board races. The filing deadline to run passed on March 18.  School board candidates are competing in the following districts: • Beaverton School District • Centennial School District 28J • David Douglas School…

  • Voters in two Idaho school districts to decide recall elections on May 18

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    Two Idaho school districts are holding recall elections for two school board members on May 18. In Idaho Falls School District 91, voters will be asked if they want to recall Zone 3 representative Lara Hill, and in the Nampa School District, they will be asked if they want to recall Zone 4 representative Kim…

  • Voters to decide Lackawanna City (N.Y.) School District elections on May 18

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    The general election for Lackawanna City School District in New York is May 18. The filing deadline to run passed on April 29.  Five candidates will be on the nonpartisan ballot. Incumbents Kimberly Bukaty, Leonard Kowalski, and Mohamed Munassar face challengers Raymond Braxton and Azaldeen Mohamed. Bukaty was appointed to the board in March to…

  • Incumbents sweep school board election in Lincoln, Nebraska

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    Four incumbents were re-elected to the Lincoln Public Schools school board in Nebraska in the nonpartisan general election on May 4. Kathy Danek (District 1), Barbara Beier (District 3), Lanny Boswell (District 5), and Don Mayhew (District 7) each won new four-year terms on the seven-member board. Baier and Boswell ran unopposed in the general…

  • Lincoln voters to decide city council, school board, and Airport Authority races on May 4

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    The nonpartisan general election for Lincoln, Neb., will be held on May 4. The primary was held on April 6. Three city council seats, two seats on the Lincoln Airport Authority, and four seats on the Lincoln Public Schools school board will be on the ballot. Incumbent Roy Christensen, incumbent Bennie Shobe, incumbent Sändra Washington,…