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Daily Brew: February 12, 2019

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February 12, 2019

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Today’s Brew looks back on how many U.S. House seats without incumbents flipped in 2018 and updates on elections in Columbus and Chicago

  
The Daily Brew

Welcome to the Tuesday, February 12 Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

  1. U.S. Rep. Woodall (R-Ga.) announced his retirement after the current term. Twenty-five percent of seats without incumbents flipped in the last election.
  2. Lowest numbers of candidates filed for Columbus, Ohio, school board election since 2011
  3. Early voting begins throughout Chicago ahead of February 26 city elections

Georgia’s Woodall (R) is third U.S. House incumbent who won't run for re-election. How many seats without incumbents flipped in 2018?

U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall (R) recently announced that he would not seek re-election to Georgia’s 7th Congressional District when his current term ends. Woodall had the closest election of his career in 2018, defeating Carolyn Bourdeaux (D) by 433 votes. It was the second smallest margin of victory by percent of votes of all House and Senate elections.

Woodall is one of two members of the House who will not run for re-election in 2020. The other is Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah). Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) had also announced he would not seek re-election prior to his death on February 10

What happened in congressional districts with retiring incumbents in the 2018 elections?

Fifty-two incumbents—18 Democrats and 34 Republicans—did not run for re-election to the House in 2018, leaving open seats to be filled in the November elections.

Thirteen of the 52 districts changed party hands: 10 seats flipped from Republican to Democrat, and three seats flipped from Democrat to Republican.

Forty-six total seats changed party hands in November, giving Democrats a net gain of 40 seats.

Keep track of congressional incumbents that will not run for re-election in 2020.

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Majority of Columbus school board members will have served a year or less following November 2019 election

The filing deadline for Ohio’s Columbus City Schools Board of Education was February 6, 2019. Five at-large seats are up for nonpartisan general election on November 5—four for a full term and one for an unexpired term. Six candidates filed, the fewest since 2011.

Incumbent James C. Ragland, who was appointed to a vacant seat, was the only candidate to file for the unexpired term. Five candidates filed for the four remaining seats up for election. Incumbent Eric Brown and recently-appointed incumbent Jennifer Adair will face challengers Carol Beckerle, Kimberley Mason, and Tina Pierce.

The Board of Education is guaranteed two new members since incumbents Gary Baker and Shawna Gibbs are not running for re-election. This means that the incoming Board of Education will have either four or five of seven board members who have served roughly one year or less on the board; Ragland took office in November 2018 and Adair took office in January 2019.

The current board has two members who joined the board less than a year ago, two who joined the board in 2007, and one each who joined the board in 2009, 2014, and 2015.

Columbus City Schools was the largest school district in Ohio and served 50,028 students during the 2015-2016 school year.

Early voting in all 50 Chicago wards started Monday

Chicago residents can vote early right within their wards as of Monday, February 11. Locations are open for early voting seven days a week through Feb. 25, the day before the election.

One early voting location—the Loop Super Site at 175 W. Washington St.—has been open since January 29. The Loop Super Site will remain open for all Chicago voters to cast early ballots through February 25.

The offices of mayor, city treasurer, and city clerk, as well as all 50 city council seats, are on the ballot. A runoff election is scheduled for April 2 for any race in which no candidate received a majority of the vote on February 26.

Important notes from the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners:

"Government-issued photo ID is not required but is helpful if there is a question about the registration, address, signature or if there are two voters with the same or similar names at the same address.

Registration services are available at every Early Voting site. NOTE: Any voter who needs to register for the first time or file an address update or a name change must show two forms of ID, one of which shows the voter's current address."


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