This week's question was, How many school board recall efforts were successful between 2009 and 2022?

You answered: 145.
The correct answer was 136.

Between 2009 and 2022, Ballotpedia tracked an average of 34 recall efforts against an average of 80 school board members each year. A total of 19.6% of the school board members included in the efforts faced recall elections, and 10.0% of school board members were removed from office.

On Aug. 29, voters in the West Bonner County School District in Idaho recalled two school board members—Zone 4 Representative Keith Rutledge and Zone 2 Representative Susan Brown. Rutledge was the board’s chairman and Brown was vice chairman.

Unofficial results from the Bonner County Elections Department showed a 63-37% majority voted in favor of recalling Rutledge, and a 66-34% majority voted in favor of recalling Brown. A majority of voters had to cast ballots in favor of each recall for them to be successful.

Rutledge and Brown are the fifth and sixth school board members recalled this year.

So far this year, Ballotpedia has identified 219 recall efforts against 325 officials. The efforts against 37 of those officials appeared on the ballot, and 28 were successfully recalled. Recall elections against another 31 officials will occur later this year.

Click here to read our 2023 mid-year recall report.

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