What's on the ballot? - September 15, 2015
September 14, 2015
By Ballotpedia staff Follow @ballotpedia
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| Elections on September 15, 2015 |
| Arkansas |
| New Hampshire |
| North Carolina |
| Ohio |
| South Carolina |
Local elections will dominate ballots in four states on Tuesday, September 15. Citizens in Arkansas, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Ohio will cast their votes to determine a wide variety of elections, including school board seats, local ballot measures and city council races. There are also two special state legislative elections taking place in South Carolina.
Arkansas:
General elections for 11 seats in six of Arkansas' school districts, all of which are among America's largest school districts by enrollment, will be held September 15, 2015. Six of the seats are unopposed in the general election with five incumbents and one newcomer heading for victory without challengers.
New Hampshire:
One of New Hampshire's school districts, which also ranks among America's largest school districts by enrollment, will hold a primary election. Six of the 14 seats on the Manchester School District Board of School Committee drew enough candidates to require primary elections. The top two vote recipients in the primary races will advance to the general election ballot with the candidates for eight other seats on November 3, 2015.
North Carolina:
In Charlotte, Mayor Dan Clodfelter (D) faces five challengers in a Democratic primary field that includes two current city council members. Edwin B. Peacock III and Scott Stone will meet in the Republican primary to decide that party's nominee. An August 2015 poll placed Democratic challenger Jennifer Roberts ahead of Clodfelter by 18 points while Peacock was ahead of Stone by the same margin.
Meanwhile, 12 Democratic candidates are running for the four at-large seats with four advancing to the November 3 general election. If four candidates do not receive 40 percent of the vote, a runoff on October 6 will determine the four Democratic candidates. Only two of the four incumbents are running for re-election; the other two are running for mayor. Only three Republicans filed to run for the at-large seats, so all of them will advance to the general election.[1]
Ohio:
Voters in Ohio will cast ballots on a city council race and a local ballot question. Primaries will take place in four Toledo City Council districts. Three of those feature incumbents facing two challengers each. The other seat is open and has a field of four candidates.
Also in Toledo, voters will decide on Issue 1. If approved by voters, this ballot measure will decriminalize marijuana by decreasing the penalties of marijuana use to the absolute minimum, while keeping the substance technically illegal in order to comply with state law. Toledo would become the first city in Ohio to decriminalize or legalize marijuana by local ordinance if Issue 1 is approved. The state law may change this November if voters approve Issue 3, which would legalize the recreational and medical use of marijuana across Ohio.
South Carolina:
In South Carolina's House of Representatives District 106, Russell Fry, Sanford Cox Graves, Tyler Servant and Roy Sprinkle faced off in the Republican primary on July 28.[2] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Fry and Servant, met in a runoff election on August 11, which Fry won.[3] Fry is unopposed in the special election on Tuesday.[4]
An election is also being held in State Senate District 45, where a primary election runoff will take place following the special primary election on September 1. Margie Bright Matthews, R. Keith Horton, Richmond Truesdale, Korey Williams, John E. Washington, Kenneth Hodges, William Bowman, Chauncey Barnwell, Sheree Darien, Libbie Henry Green and Kent Fletcher faced off in the Democratic primary. Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Bright Matthews and Hodges, will meet in a runoff election. Alberto Fernandez was unopposed in the Republican primary, as Leilani Bessinger withdrew from the race before the Republican primary occurred.[5][6]
Note: Click on the links below for more details about each race and election results.
Arkansas
School boards
- See also: Arkansas school board elections, 2015
- Arkansas school districts - 11 seats up in six districts:
- One seat in Bentonville School District
- One seat in Cabot Public School District
- Two seats in Conway Public Schools
- Two seats in Rogers School District
- Two seats in Springdale Public Schools
- Three seats in Fort Smith Public Schools
New Hampshire
School boards
- New Hampshire school districts - Primary for six of the 14 seats on the Manchester School District
North Carolina
Municipal
- See also: United States municipal elections, 2015
- Mayoral and city council primary elections in Charlotte, North Carolina
Ohio
Municipal
- See also: United States municipal elections, 2015
Local ballot measures
South Carolina
State legislatures
- Special primary runoff election for District 45 of the South Carolina State Senate
- Special election for District 106 of the South Carolina House of Representatives
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Charlotte Observer, "Charlotte at-large council primary: Meet the candidates," August 22, 2015
- ↑ ABC 15 News, "Four Republicans file for open South Carolina State House seat," June 9, 2015
- ↑ SCVotes.org, "State House of Representatives District 106 Republican Primary," July 28, 2015
- ↑ Myrtle Beach Online, "Fry takes Republican nod for S.C. House District 106 seat," August 11, 2015
- ↑ SCVotes.org, "State Senate District 45 Special Election," accessed September 10, 2015
- ↑ WRDW.com, "UPDATE| Matthews, Hodges set for runoff in District 45 primary," September 2, 2015
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