Election Day is Every Tuesday 4/20-4/26
Imagine if all the people who attended protests in a given area also voted in every single election.
I look at the numbers from the Fighting Oligarchy tour in places that had and are having local municipal elections. We need to make voting in weekly elections as big a deal as attending rallies and protests.
We can do that, right?
This week we have elections in CA, CT, FL, KS, MA, MS and WA. It seems like a pretty light week, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an important one. And, there may very well be more elections than I have listed. There is no federal database, so it’s pretty much a given that I will miss some. That means you must check your own county board of elections or Town website to see if you have any elections I didn’t find.
And make sure to check Blue Voter Guide they focus on endorsements, so this is especially helpful during primaries and for non partisan races.
On that note, let’s begin
Mon April 21
California
Los Angeles
Neighborhood Council Region 7
Atwater Village
Echo Park
Elysian Valley Riverside
Rampart Village
Silver Lake
Los Feliz (how to vote)
If you’ve been reading the election guide every week, you know where this is going. Monday is the last day to register to vote in the neighborhood council elections that get a turnout of maybe 1%. The rules are different than other local elections. You can vote as young as 16 and you just have to be a resident or work in the district, and still the turnout is 1%. Just cause you’re registered for other elections does not mean you are for this one, blame LA city for that decision. You register here.
Tues April 22
California
Los Angles
Neighborhood Council region 6
Arts District Little Tokyo
Downtown Los Angeles
Historic Cultural North
Olympic Park
Westlake North
Westlake South
Wilshire Center-Koreatown
You can mail in your ballot, but I wouldn’t. I’d turn it into one of the listed drop boxes
Connecticut
CT House District 113
Dem is Mike Duncan
This would be a FLIP, Dem hasn’t run since 2020
Florida
Bay County
Lynn Haven
Commissioner
seat 3 (Would be a FLIP)
Johnnie Beshearse x (LIKELY DEM vice chairman of tax oversight committee, endorsed by CAIR action FL, expand and relocate sewage treatment plant, doesn’t support bond proposal to pay for a new library)
Jamie Warrick (REPUBLICAN incumbent, wife works with autistic kids in school)
Seat 4
Jamie Marler x (REPUBLICAN, stay at home dad, endorsed by CAIR action FL, former police officer
Jeff Snyder (REPUBLICAN, focus on youth sports)
Judy Tinder x (REPUBLICAN incumbent, small business owner, takes conflicts of interest seriously, if she wins this will be her last term cause she believes in term limits)
Mexico Beach
Council Member Group 2
Gary Cox (has run for years)
Erik Fosshage (has lived there for 7 years, former engineer, priority: tax relief)-
Panama City
Mayor
Allan Branch x (REPUBLICAN, supports United Way, works with LEAD, seems extremely transparent, does his own trash pickup around the city)
Michael Rohan (REPUBLICAN, incumbent, sexual harassment and moving city money without permission complaints against him)
Ward 1 (would be a FLIP)
Robbie Hughes x (REPUBLICAN, chair of Bay Education Foundation, real estate broker)
Daniel Robert Schultz x (LIKELY DEM, 21 years old, Bob Dylan is his inspiration for getting involved in politics)
Ed Young (REPUBLICAN)
Ward 4
Demetrius Rease x (REPUBLICAN, supposedly cares about the environment)
Josh Street (REPUBLICAN, incumbent)
Kansas
Mcpherson County
USD 419 School District
Massachusetts
Bristol
Acushnet
every single seat is uncontested, however, there is a ballot question, so please vote
Middlesex
Wakefield
Town treasurer
Edward F. Dombroski, Jr (DEM currently on the town council, has run for State Senate)
Andrew McCarthy x x
Michael J. McLane (“fiercely independent”, at least back in 2022)
Peter McManama (financial director)
Constable
Christian Kevin Lopes (incumbent)
Michael Joseph Viselli
Mississippi
State House District 82 runoff
Gregory Elliott x (Endorsed by family of Charles Young the Dem who previously held the seat, focus on reducing “brain drain”)
Joseph Norwood (ward 3 councilman, boosting programs for youth, strengthening economic development)
Jackson Dem Runoffs
Mayor
John Horhn (State Senator, almost won the primary but didn’t quite get 50%)
Chokwe Antar Lumumba (incumbent, imbattled in many legal scandals)
City Council
Ward 6
Emon Thompson (priorities: restoring integrity in the local gov, homelessness, public schools)
Lashia Brown-Thomas (priorities: Addressing crime, city business)
Ward 7
Kevin Parkinson (priorities: transparency, safety, infastructure)
Quint Withers (endorsed by LGBTQ victory fund)
Washington
There are elections in 23 out of 39 counties. Most of these are bonds and levies, from what I understand, but there are also other special elections as well. You can find more info at voteWA.gov, and you already recieved your ballot, so remember to fill it out and mail it in!
Thurs April 24
Massachusetts
Essex
Sat April 26
Massachusetts
Bristol
Planning Board
Matthew Andrade (incumbent, real estate broker)
Pamela Menconi (has been working in local government for a while, former real estate paralegal)
School Committee
Alison Marie Conroy
Andrea Rose Hoy Thomas (expresses concerns about school choice)
Catherine MacDonald(dropped out but will still be on the ballot)Housing Authority
Ginny Jacques (currently on the public library board of trustees)
Rebecca Mello (member of the cable TV advisory committee)
Norton
Select board (Would be a FLIP)
Steven Hornsby (MAGA, incumbent, called a constituent a c*nt)
Robert Kimball Jr. (MAGA member of the traffic safety committee, closed police station due to lack of funding)
Kevin O’Neil (independent. “I've found him quite reasonable.” - trickycrayon on Blue Sky)
Planning board (Could be a FLIP is Carr and Parker win)
Laura Parker (DEM, Incumbent, chair of the charter commission, excellent member -@trickycrayon on BlueSky)
Steven Warchal ( Incumbent, FORWARD PARTY)
Bridget Carr (incredibly tuned in to town politics -trickycrayon on Blue Sky)
Kenneth Darling (MAGA “make norton great” signs '[as I understand it is running based on a single issue he was upset about. His signs were likely left up by accident, not on purpose, and were removed soon after I alerted Hornsby (who was campaigning with him and Kimball on Saturday- they are all MAGA types, and the MAGAs in town are the ones running their signs -trickycrayon on Blue Sky, real estate appraiser)
School Board only has 3 candidates running for 3 seats, and one of them is MAGA. His name is Nick Schleicher. He will win, by default, but, you don’t have to vote for him.
“He ran an anti-mask parents' group during Covid (I don't recall the name of it, something about stop the mandates), ran for School Committee on "Children First", and then campaigned against the Prop 2 1/2 override (I'm the one in the purple tights there...), which lost. That resulted in the schools having to lay off a couple dozen teachers and the loss of multiple programs.” - Trickycrayon on Blue Sky
Essex
Michael Manning (was selectman from ‘95 till ‘16 and is running again, support of existing organizations and schools, not really supporting the MA plan for affordable housing
Patrick O’Reilly (LIKELY DEM values education, currently on the planning committee, advocate for environmental preservation, “I will uphold Nahant’s Democracy and Laws”)
David Wilson (former fire fighter and DWP employee, as well as school committee and conservation committee, priorities: low income housing)
Planning board (Unexpired Term)
Michael Cullinan (maybe canabis seller?)
School Commitee (unexpired Term)
Judith Murphy
Meredith Tibbo (retired science and math teacher)
Ballot Question
vote to increase the term of treasurer and collector from 1 year to 3 years
Middlesex
Wilmington
Select Board (pick 2)
Kevin Anthony Caira (Incumbent, advocate for affordable housing, inclusionary bylaws, the new substance abuse coordinator position and vets
Jacob Gearwar (background in finance)
Steven Hunt (former AFSCME union president, former DWP employee, advocates for housing affordability and accessibility)
School Committee (Pick 3)
Jesse Lee Fennelly (Incumbent, supports yes for Wilmington schools)
Stephen Gregory Turner (incumbent “quality public education is critical to our democracy)
Rebecca “Becky” Lord (former public school teacher, special ed consultant, focus on burn out for teachers, especially special ed)
Mallory Mahoney (DEM product manager in healthcare tech, donated to Yes for Wilmington schools campaign instead of making yard signs)
Plymouth
Abington
All races are uncontested except for…
Water commissioner (I think this would be a FLIP)
John Tassinari Jr. (incumbent, LIKELY REPUBLICAN)
Amanda Hunter (LIKELY DEM, liked this post from last sept on the Dem town committee page)
Carver
All races are uncontested, except for…
5 year Planning Board
Curtis Lake (LIKELY REPUBLICAN)
Allen Maynard
So there you have it. at least 7 states, at least 5 flips, let’s do this!
Your vote is your voice and that voice is your superpower!
Thanks for writing this post- very true, we need to get engaged in the local level! So few people vote locally, it's really a lost opportunity to make an impact.