This week's question was, How many states require or allow for partisan school board races?

You answered: nine.
You are correct!

• Forty-one states hold nonpartisan school board elections where every candidate appears on the same ballot without party labels.
• Four states—Alabama, Connecticut, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania—hold partisan school board elections, where candidates can choose to run under a specific party’s label.
• The rules vary in Georgia, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Some districts use partisan elections, while others use nonpartisan elections with differences typically based on specific state or local laws.

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