Recall campaigns in Alaska
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Legend:
= The recall target was recalled by voters.
= When a recall vote was held, voters rejected the attempt to recall the politician (that is, voters decided to keep/retain the targeted politician).
= The recall effort did not collect enough signatures to force a recall vote.
= The targeted politician resigned after a recall campaign was begun, and before the vote on the recall would have taken place.
= A judge prevented the recall from going forward.
= A recall election is scheduled.
State legislature: Albert Kookesh
City of Houston: Roger Purcell
City of North Pole: Doug Isaacson
Nome: Nome School Board
Chatham School Board (in Ankoon): Edward Gamble
Chatham School Board (in Ankoon): Irene Paul
Chatham School Board (in Ankoon): Shelly Wilson
Ballotpedia's 2012 Recall Analysis
| State | Targeted officials | Recalled | Retained | Resigned |
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| Arkansas | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Alaska | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| California | 87 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
| Colorado | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | 79 | 5 | 13 | 3 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oregon | 24 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 370 | 54 | 54 | 24 |
Mayoral recall petitions in Houston, Alaska miss a beat
HOUSTON, Alaska: A clerical error in the petitions that were circulated to force a recall election of Roger Purcell means that even if voters turn Purcell out of the mayor's seat, he will still be seated on the Houston City Council.
Houston City Clerk Steve Cunningham says he is responsible for the clerical error.[1]
Mayors in Houston are first elected to the city council and then chosen by their fellow city council members to be mayor. Thus, it is possible to remove a person from the position of "mayor" and not simultaneously recall that person from his or her position on the city council. In order to recall Purcell from both the mayoral seat and his position on the city council, the petitions would have had to mention both positions, according to the current understanding of the situation from area election officials.
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