Tag: Top 100 cities
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Five candidates are running in the primary for mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Five candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, on April 1, 2025. Three lead in polling and fundraising: Mayor Jean Stothert, John Ewing Jr., and Mike McDonnell. The filing deadline for this election was Feb. 28, 2025. Stothert was first elected in 2013. She is campaigning on her record: “My vision for the future is obviously to make sure that…
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Number of local ballot measures in the 100 largest cities and state capitals has increased every election cycle since 2018
In 2024, Ballotpedia covered local measures that appeared on the ballot for voters within the top 100 largest cities in the U.S. and in the state capitals not among the 100 largest cities. There were 502 local measures across 37 states on the ballot for voters in the top 100 largest cities and state capitals…
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao faces a recall election on Nov. 5, 2024
An election to recall Mayor Sheng Thao is scheduled to take place on Nov. 5, 2024, in Oakland, California. Governing’s Joshua Spivak wrote this election, along with the recall of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price also on Nov. 5, “were in part launched due to pushback against approaches to crime and the criminal justice…
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Chicago to hold first ever elections for Chicago Public Schools school board on Nov. 5, 2024
Thirty-five candidates are running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for 10 seats on the Chicago Public Schools school board (CPS) in Illinois. This is the first year Chicago residents will vote for board members to oversee CPS. Since 1995, Chicago’s mayor has appointed all seven board members. In 2021, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D)…
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Six candidates are running for three districts in the Nov. 5 general elections for Los Angeles Unified School district board
Six candidates are running in the Nov. 5, 2024, general elections to represent Districts 1, 3, and 5 on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board. The candidates advanced from the March 5 primaries because no candidate in their respective races won a majority of the vote. Incumbent Tanya Ortiz Franklin won her…
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Berkley, Seaman vie for Las Vegas mayor in Nov. 5 general election
Shelley Berkley and Victoria Seaman are running in the general election for mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 5, 2024. Berkley and Seaman were the top-two vote-getters in the June 11, 2024, primary, and both advanced to the general election because neither won a majority of the votes. Incumbent Carolyn Goodman, who was first elected in 2011, is term-limited. Goodman’s…
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Berkley, Seaman advance to November 5 Las Vegas mayoral election runoff
Thirteen candidates ran in the nonpartisan primary for Las Vegas mayor on June 11, 2024. Shelley Berkley and Victoria Seaman were the top two vote-getters, and they advanced to a general election scheduled for November 5, 2024, because no candidate received a majority of the vote. Throughout the race, Berkley, Seaman, and Cedric Crear led…
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29% of Democratic-led, 42% of Republican-led top-100 cities holding elections in 2024
Forty-one cities out of the 100 largest U.S. cities by population and 50 state capitals are holding mayoral elections in 2024. Thirty-four of the 100 largest cities are holding mayoral elections this year. Eighteen of those cities currently have a Democratic mayor, meaning 29% of the 63 Democratic-led cities are holding mayoral elections in 2024.…