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What's on the ballot today? - August 26, 2014
August 26, 2014
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Crowded primaries in Arizona, five races in U.S. House battleground districts, runoff primaries in Oklahoma and school board elections in a district facing federal involvement will be among the races decided by voters in five states today.
The Republican primary for Arizona governor has grown more competitive as the primary approaches, with front-runner Doug Ducey, the current Arizona Treasurer, leading an eight-candidate field by only eight points. He was leading the field by 18 points in late June but former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith has made up ground. Smith's decision to run for governor has left the mayor's seat in Mesa, Arizona up for election following Smith's resignation.[1]
With three U.S. House battleground districts in Arizona, the primaries in Districts 1, 2 and 9 will be of interest.
In Alabama, Huntsville City Schools is in mediation with the U.S. Department of Justice over desegregation issues. Also, a community petition calling for Superintendent Casey Wardynski's resignation began circulating in July 2014. The petition accuses Wardynski of mishandling a desegregation case happening currently in Huntsville. It claims an apparent disregard of parents by Wardynski and argues that the superintendent created a hostile work environment.[2]
In Florida, five of the six largest school board districts having elections this year are having their "primaries," although they are serving as general elections with the possibility of a runoff. Those five districts are: Miami-Dade County Public Schools (346,842 students), Broward County Public Schools (256,472), Hillsborough County Public Schools (194,525), Orange County Public Schools (176,008) and School District of Palm Beach County (174,663). Combined, the 38 Florida districts that fall into Ballotpedia's coverage of the elections in the Top 1,000 Districts educated 2,517,857 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year.
Two U.S. House battleground districts in Florida are holding primaries today: the 18th and 26th Districts.
In Oklahoma, three congressional primary runoffs are being held: Democratic primary in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat and both the Democratic and Republican nominations in 5th Congressional District.[3]
Alabama
- See also: Alabama elections, 2014
School boards
- Huntsville City Schools
- No incumbents are running for re-election
- District 2 general election between Beth Wilder and Richard V. Buchanan
- District 3 general election between Ellen Brusick, Elisa Ferrell, Anson Knowles, Kathie Rooker and Pat Sanders
- District 4 general election between Kimberly Battle and Walker McGinis
Arizona
- See also: Arizona elections, 2014
Congress
Municipal government
Primaries in the cities of Gilbert, Mesa and Scottsdale.
State executives
- Republican primaries for governor, attorney general and secretary of state, treasurer
- Democratic and Republican primaries for superintendent of public instruction and corporation commissioner.
State legislatures
Florida
- See also: Florida elections, 2014
Congress
School boards
- Primary elections for 124 seats over 38 school districts
- This includes Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which is the largest school district in the United States holding a school board election in 2014
- Although referred to as primary elections, any candidate who wins 50 percent or more of the vote will win the seat as though it were a general election. When no candidate receives a simple majority of the vote, the race will proceed to a runoff election between the top two vote recipients on November 4, 2014
State executives
- Democratic and Republican primaries for governor
- Democratic primary for attorney general
State legislatures
Oklahoma
- See also: Oklahoma elections, 2014
Congress
There are three runoff primaries in Oklahoma: Democratic primary in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat and both the Democratic and Republican nominations in 5th Congressional District.
State legislatures
Republican primary runoffs are being held in State Senate Districts 22 and 40. District 8 will see a Democratic primary runoff.
Districts 29, 38, 43, 61, 65 and 69 of the State House are holding Republican primary runoffs, while Districts 88, 89 and 99 hold runoffs for the Democratic Party.
Vermont
- See also: Vermont elections, 2014
Congress
State executives
- Democratic and Republican primaries for governor
- Democratic primary for attorney general
State legislatures
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Miami Hearld, "Doug Ducey, Scott Smith lead Arizona governor race," August 22, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Alabama Live, "Petition on Change.org calls for Huntsville Superintendent Casey Wardynski's resignation," July 9, 2014
- ↑ KFOR, "Oklahoma voters go to the polls Tuesday for statewide runoff election," August 25, 2014
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