Election results from Tuesday’s races
We followed elections in five states yesterday. They included local primaries, special elections for state legislative seats and a local council seat, and school funding measures. Here’s a quick rundown of what voters decided across the country.
Oklahoma primaries
Primary elections were held for four out of nine city council seats in Oklahoma City and for school board races that had more than two candidates file to run per seat.
The primaries for Wards 2, 5, 6, and 8 on the Oklahoma City council were all decided outright. If no candidate had received at least 50 percent of the vote, a general election would have been held on April 2. Newcomers James Cooper and Jobeth Hamon were elected in Ward 2 and Ward 6, respectively, while incumbents David Greenwell and Mark Stonecipher were re-elected in Wards 5 and 8.
Three of the 26 Oklahoma school boards within Ballotpedia’s coverage scope held primaries. Incumbent Robert West was re-elected to the Catoosa Public Schools school board, and incumbent Staci L. Pruett won re-election to the Moore Public Schools Board of Education. In Tulsa Public Schools, Jania Wester won a special election to fill a vacancy in District 2. In the race for the District 1 seat, Nicole Nixon and Stacey Woolley advanced to the April 2 general election after neither candidate won a majority of the vote in the primary.
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State legislative special elections
Special elections took place for two state House seats, one in Texas and the other in Georgia, featuring five and four candidates, respectively. Runoff elections will be held for both races as no candidate received a majority of the votes for either seat.
In the special election for the District 176 seat on the Georgia House of Representatives, James Burchett (R) and Franklin Patten (R) defeated Barbara Griffin (D) and Barbara Seidman (D). Burchett and Patten earned 43.1 percent and 42.5 percent of the vote, respectively. The two candidates will face off in a runoff election on March 12. Republicans currently have a majority in the chamber with 103 seats. Democrats have 75 seats, and there are two vacancies.
In the special election for the District 125 seat on the Texas House of Representatives, Fred Rangel (R) and Ray Lopez (D) defeated Steve Huerta (D), Coda Rayo-Garza (D), and Arthur Reyna (D). Rangel and Lopez earned 38 percent and 19 percent of the vote, respectively. The date of the runoff election has not yet been announced by Gov. Greg Abbott (R). Republicans currently have a majority in the chamber with 83 seats. Democrats have 65 seats, and there are two vacancies.
Both Georgia and Texas have Republican trifectas. A state government trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and both state legislative chambers.
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Washington school funding measures
Residents of Seattle passed two school funding measures on Tuesday. Proposition 1 was for an education property tax, and it was approved with over 65.8 percent of the vote. Proposition 2 was for a capital improvements property tax, and it was approved 68.2 percent of the vote. Both propositions replaced expiring tax levies.
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Nashville Metro Council
A nonpartisan special election for the District 29 seat on the Nashville Metro Council advanced to a runoff after no candidates received over 50 percent of the vote during the general election. Candidates Nicola La Mattina and Delishia Porterfield will face each other for the second time in the runoff scheduled for March 19. They defeated Constance Smith-Burwell and Vicky Tataryn in the general election. The winner of the runoff will have to stand for re-election in the regular election on August 1. All 41 metro council seats will be on the ballot that day along with the mayor. Nashville is the second-largest city in Tennessee and the 24th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
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