Election Day is Every Tuesday: 4/27-5/3
It’s a pretty massive election week, if you’re in Texas, at least, it’s the municipal elections for the entire state on Saturday 5/3. This is the absolute best way you can make your state more blue. The best thing about municipal elections is there is no gerrymandering, it’s purely about the county or the city or the town limits.
And if you don’t live in TX that doesn’t mean you don’t have an election. There are also races in CA, and MA on Mon, CA, DE, FL, GA, MA, and MN on Tues, and LA, MA and of course TX on Sat.
As always, please remember that there is no such thing as a national databases for all elections, so, that means it’s inevitable that I miss some. I will be going through the states individually to hopefully catch as many as possible, but even doing that, I’ll still probably miss some. So, please check with your own county or town election website to double check that you don’t have a race this week.
And, in the coming weeks I will be working directly with Blue Voter Guide, so check their website to see if they have more info about a given race than I do.
Let’s get started!
Mon April 28
California
Los Angeles
Neighborhood Council Region 8 registration deadline
Arroyo Seco
Boyle Heights
Eagle Rock
Glasses Park
Greater Cypress Park
Hermon
Historic Highland Park
LA-32
Lincoln Heights
Hopefully you know by now that LA has neighborhood council races and they are, without a doubt, one of the least publicized races in the country. Making turnout way less than 1%. These races are special, you can vote as young as 16, and you have to live there OR have a stake in the neighborhood. This means the eligible voting population for any given one of these is probably around 50k-100k, turnout is typically maybe 300. And besides not being well promoted, they also don’t use the same system as the other elections, so you have to reregister every time. MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS
Massachusetts
Middlesex
Ashby
10 seats uncontested
4 seats have no one running at all….
Question 1
Board of Public Works
Thomas Nephew (incumbent, but first election, formerly in high tech, volunteer firefighting, current realtor)
David I Walsh III (constructor, really understands how to cut down costs especially when it comes to salting the road)
Select Board
Charles Walkovich (Incumbent, was previously on the climate change council, policies: the greater good, and individual property rights)
Michael Morgan (realtor, at the very least, he respects Ed Markey)
School Committee
Alexander Bankuti (current teacher, no idea should be off limits for a while to learn about, against the cookie cutter curriculum, against politicians controlling curriculum)
Jackie White x (WRITE IN, one republican called her a Democrat based on her answer about parental rights)
9 other seats are unopposed
Ballot Question 1
Board of Health
Charles Paul Serene III (incumbent)
Todd Arsenault
Town Clerk
5 races are uncontested
10 races have no one running at all…
Question 1
Tues April 29
California
Los Angeles
Neighborhood Council Region 7:
Atwater Village
Echo Park
Elysian Valley Riverside
Los Feliz (YOU VOTE IN PERSON AND DON’T NEED TO PREREGISTER)
Rampart Village
Silver Lake
You can only vote if you’ve already received your ballot. You can mail your ballot in, but it’s much safer to put it in a participating drop box. You can check out the candidate statements here.
Delaware
Smyrna
George Coates(LIKELY REPUB owns a mechanic shop, disqualified)Tabitha Gott, (current, District 1 rep, supports religious inclusion, dedicated to vets)
At large
Deborah Camaratta
Ayonne Miles (supports Gott whose been trying for transparency for over a year)
Ken Olson (LIKELY REPUBLICAN “Less government, less taxes)
Michael Rasmussen, (incumbent, posts a video breaking down every single town meeting)
Florida
Gadsden
Havana
Town Council Member Group 2
Ronny Butler (Registered DEM)
Tabatha Nelson (REPUBLICAN incumbent)
Midway
City Council Member District 4
Valerie Ford (Registered DEM)
Charles “Chuck” Willis (Registered DEM, Incumbent)
Quincy
City Commissioner
District 2
Devonta Knight (Registered DEM, focused on progress and growth)
Angela Grant Sapp (Registered DEM, endorsed by Al Lawson)
District 4
Freida Bass-Prieto (Registerd DEM)
Lane Stephens (former Lobbyist for dog hunters)
Polk County
City Commission Seat 5 runoff
Anne Huffman (incumbent, working housing rehabilitation, wants to bring more public transportation to the city)
Horrace West (Registered DEM, Former commissioner and mayor)
Georgia
Cobb County
County Commission
District 2
Dem - Erick Allen
District 4
Dem - Monique Sheffield (Incumbent)
Massachusetts
Essex
Select Board (Vote for 2)
Mary Ellen Fletcher x (LIKELY DEM incumbent, issues: Seniors and vets, seems to be supported by Dem town committee)
Catherine “Katie” Phelan (incumbent, most people saying vote for fletcher say vote for phelan too)
Liz Smith (priorities: fully funded schools, clean beaches)
9 uncontested races
1 race has no one running
Middlesex
Select Board (vote for 2)
Dean Charter (incumbent, LIKELY REPUBLICAN)
David Martin (Incumbent, LIKELY DEM, very pro diversity equity and inclusion)
June Leslie (advocate for seniors and special needs kids as well as the disablility community)
School committee (vote for 2)
Lisa Marie Adil (LIKELY DEM “All students deserve the opportunity to learn in the safe, inclusive environment)
Glen Cote (DEM, Organizing labor officer at town Dem committee)
Jason Fitzgerald
Barry Rosen (incumbent)
John Petersen (strong belief in water conservation)
3 uncontested races
Ballot Questions
Norfolk
Planning Board (vote for 2)
Maureen Collins-White (issues: environmental conservation, vets)
Michael Derderian (focused on zoning that promotes walkability and protecting the environment, deputy chief counsel for MA State House)
Nancy Hyde x (current member of the board of assessors, former member of select board)
Howard Messing (passion for fostering science education, former CEO of MedTech, but will recuse himself for any discussions about the company)
7 uncontested races
Worchester
Board of Health (vote for 2)
Scott Sibley (incumbent)
Glenn Hathaway (incumbent)
Donna Michael
Library trustee (vote for 2)
Paula St Laurent Kuehl (incumbent, LIKELY DEM)
Elisabeth Ann Brahnam (incumbent
Barbara Freidman (LIKELY DEM librarian, has she/her in her linked in bio)
8 uncontested races
Board of selectman (vote for 2)
Mary Krumsiek (incumbent)
Allan D’Allessandro Jr. (liked a comment on his post that said “Let’s Make Millsbury Great Again)
Juliette Marie Isabella Somerset (works with seniors
Brian Tagg
School committee (vote for 2)
Sean Michael Cooper
Christine Pugliese Savage (elementary school drama teacher)
Michael Taber (programmer)
7 uncontested races
1 race with no candidate
Westminster
All 12 races are uncontested
Minnesota
State Senate District 6
Dem - Denise Slipy
Sat May 3
Massachusetts
Franklin
11 races are uncontested
Middlesex
Selectman (vote for 2)
Jennifer Copcinski (incumbent)
Tony Archinski (incumbent, endorsed Dem State Senator Barry Finegold)
Donald Plummer x
School Committee (vote for 2)
Allison Volpe (incumbent, LIKELY DEM, given the the republican local paper said they don’t align with her on national politics)
Allison Stilian
Linda Trouville (incumbent)
3 races are uncontested
Weston
Plymouth
Lynn Fidler x (Incumbent)
Patricia Fullen Simpson (running after her husband was forced out as fire chief)
School Committee
Lara Elisabeth Brait (Cofounder of Atlanic RII)
Richard John Greer
Scott Swain
Crystal Kelly (LIKELY DEM, part of the town Dem committee, directly mentions climate change in her candidate interview)
Thomas Patch (residents unclear if he even lives in Hingham)
9 races are uncontested
Suffolk
selectman
Karen Spiewak (had run for DEM office before)
Texas
There are municipal elections throughout most of the state. You can find your school board race here, created by Frank Strong, the founder of Texas Freedom to Read Project
I know a lot of these elections don’t seem like a big deal, but I promise they are. These races are now about life and death for so many people, even if they aren’t for you. So VOTE and make sure your voice is counted.
Your vote is your voice and that voice is your superpower!
Do you have the TX election info laid out anywhere? I would like to share it.
Yup this is true. I filled out my local absentee ballot. Though I need people who have the special skills and not well...jerks...to run for local offices, and not leave write-in spaces on the ballots.