We have both a really heavy and really light week for elections. Not a lot of states, but a lot of elections, especially primaries.
Here’s the week in review as I have it.
MON - MA
TUES - CA, GA, MA, SC, VA, WI
As always please remember that even though I know a lot, I don’t know everything and am guaranteed to miss some races, so check the board of election website for your county/town and your secretary of state website to make sure I didn’t miss one of your races.
Also remember that every election matters. My best example is Rolla MO. They had a Republican city council until their recent election and that city council was going to remove floride from their drinking water, but then we flipped the council and they paused that implementation indefinitely. That is the power of voting.
Elections are life and death for so many now. It doesn’t matter how local a race is, if a Dem wins, it could keep a family together, or let a kid know that they are not a bad person just because of how they were born.
This guide is well over the email limit, so if you are reading this in your inbox, I recommend clicking on the title so you can see the whole post at once.
Now, without further ado, the guide!
THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT STARTED TO MAKE ITS ROUNDS
Mon June 16
Massachusetts
Worcester County
Board of Health (vote for 2)
Roberta Johnson (Incumbent, put a former colleague on admin leave after a lawsuit that alledged the board hurt a local business)
Anna Chojnacki-Durgan (someone accused her and her husband (not the man below, of tax fraud)
Thomas Chojnacki (former planning board member)
11 races uncontested
1 race with no candidate
Tues June 17
California
Contra Costa County
Martinez Unified School District, Area 3
Brittany Ayala, (first Latina representative)
Brenda Leal, (Union leader and teacher)
Georgia
Statewide primary
It seems like all counties have primary elections on Tuesday, Remember to check Blue Voter Guide to figure out who fits your values the best. Don’t sit this out just because it’s not a general election. This is where you really get to chose who you think is best!
Appling County
Atkinson County
Bacon County
Baker County
Baldwin County
Banks County
Barrow County
Bartow County
Ben Hill County
Berrien County
Bibb County
Bleckley County
Brantley County
Brooks County
Bryan County
Bulloch County
Burke County
Butts County
Calhoun County
Camden County
Candler County
Carroll County
Catoosa County
Charlton County
Chatham County
Chattahoochee County
Chattooga County
Cherokee County
Clarke County
Clay County
Clayton County
Clinch County
Cobb County - (link to Cobb County Dem Page)
Coffee County
Colquitt County
Columbia County
Cook County
Coweta County - (Link to Coweta County Dem Page)
Crawford County
Crisp County
Dade County - (Link to Dade County Dem Page)
Dawson County
Decatur County
DeKalb County
Dodge County
Dooly County
Dougherty County
Douglas County -
Early County
Echols County
Effingham County
Elbert County
Emanuel County
Evans County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Forsyth County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Gilmer County
Glascock County
Glynn County
Gordon County
Grady County
Greene County
Gwinnett County
Habersham County
Hall County
Hancock County
Haralson County
Harris County
Hart County
Heard County
Henry County
Houston County
Irwin County
Jackson County
Jasper County
Jeff Davis County
Jefferson County
Jenkins County
Johnson County
Jones County
Lamar County
Lanier County
Laurens County
Lee County
Liberty County
Lincoln County
Long County
Lowndes County
Lumpkin County
Macon County
Madison County
Marion County
McDuffie County
McIntosh County
Meriwether County
Miller County
Mitchell County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Murray County
Muscogee County
Newton County
Oconee County
Oglethorpe County - (Link to Oglethorpe County Dem Page)
Paulding County - (Link to Paulding County Dem Page)
Peach County
Pickens County
Pierce County
Pike County
Polk County
Pulaski County
Putnam County
Quitman County
Rabun County
Randolph County
Richmond County
Rockdale County
Schley County
Screven County
Seminole County
Spalding County
Stephens County
Stewart County
Sumter County
Talbot County
Taliaferro County
Tattnall County
Taylor County
Telfair County
Terrell County
Thomas County
Tift County
Toombs County
Towns County
Treutlen County
Troup County
Turner County
Twiggs County
Union County
Upson County
Walker County
Walton County
Ware County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County
Wheeler County
White County
Whitfield County
Wilcox County
Wilkes County
Wilkinson County
Worth County
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
3 races uncontested
1 race no candidates
South Carolina
Virginia
Because VA is a full state primary, I only have info for where you can find info in your county. So if you click on the link it should send you to the info about your primary and hopefully that will help you out at least a bit.
Accomack County - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Albemarle - DEM Primary
Alexandria - DEM Primary only
Alleghany - DEM and REP Primaries only
Amelia
Amherst - DEM Primary Only
Appomattox - DEM Primary Only
Arlington - DEM Primary Only
Augusta - DEM Primary, REP Primary in Beverley Manor District Only
Bath - DEM and REP Primary Only
Bedford - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Bland - DEM Primary Only
Botetourt - DEM Primary and REP Primary in some areas only
Bristol - DEM Primary Only
Brunswick - DEM Primary Only
Buchanan County
Buckingham - DEM Primary Only
Buena Vista
Campbell - DEM Primary Only
Caroline - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Carroll - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Charles City - DEM Primary Only
Charlotte
Charlottesville - DEM Primary Only
Chesapeake - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Chesterfield - DEM Primary Only
Clarke - DEM Primary Only
Colonial Heights - DEM Primary Only
Covington
Craig - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Culpeper
Cumberland - DEM Primary Only
Danville - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Dickenson - DEM Primary Only
Dinwiddie County - DEM Primary Only
Emporia - DEM Primary Only
Essex - DEM Primary Only
Fairfax - DEM Primary Only
Fairfax City - DEM Primary Only
Falls Church - DEM Primary Only
Fauquier - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Floyd - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Fluvanna - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Franklin County - DEM Primary Only
Franklin-City
Frederick
Fredericksburg - DEM Primary Only
Galax - DEM Primary Only
Giles - ?
Gloucester - DEM Primary Only
Goochland - DEM Primary Only
Grayson - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Greene - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Greensville
Halifax - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Hampton - DEM Primary Only
Hanover - DEM Primary Only
Harrisonburg - DEM Primary Only
Henrico - DEM Primary Only
Henry - DEM Primary Only
Highland - DEM and REP Primary Only
Hopewell - DEM Primary Only
Isle Of Wight
James City - DEM Primary Only
King And Queen - DEM Primary Only
King George
King William - DEM Primary Only
Lancaster - DEM Primary Only
Lee
Lexington
Loudoun - DEM Primary Only
Louisa - DEM Primary Only
Lunenburg
Lynchburg - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Madison - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Manassas - DEM Primary Only
Manassas Park - DEM Primary Only
Martinsville - DEM Primary Only
Mathews - DEM Primary Only
Mecklenburg - DEM Primary Only
Middlesex - DEM Primary Only
Montgomery - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Nelson
New Kent - DEM Primary Only
Newport News - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Norfolk - DEM Primary Only
Northampton - DEM Primary Only
Northumberland - DEM Primary Only
Norton - DEM Primary Only
Nottoway - DEM Primary Only
Orange - DEM and REP Primaries Only in some districts
Page
Patrick - DEM Primary Only
Petersburg - DEM Primary Only
Pittsylvania - DEM and REP Primaries in some districts only
Poquoson - DEM Primary Only
Portsmouth - DEM Primary Only
Powhatan
Prince Edward - DEM Primary Only
Prince George
Prince William - DEM and REP Primaries Only - REP only in some districts
Pulaski - DEM and REP Primaries Only - in some districts
Radford - DEM Primary Only
Rappahannock - DEM Primary Only
Richmond County
Richmond-City - DEM Primary Only
Roanoke County - DEM Primary Only
Roanoke-City - DEM Primary Only
Rockbridge - DEM and REP Primary Only
Rockingham
Russell - DEM Primary Only
Salem
Scott - DEM Primary Only
Shenandoah - DEM Primary Only
Smyth
Southampton - DEM and REP Primary Only
Spotsylvania
Stafford - DEM Primary Only
Staunton - DEM Primary Only
Suffolk - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Surry - DEM Primary Only
Sussex - already done?
Tazewell - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Virginia Beach - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Warren - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Washington - DEM Primary Only
Waynesboro - DEM and REP Primaries Only
Westmoreland - DEM Primary Only
Williamsburg - DEM Primary Only
Winchester - DEM Primary Only
Wise
Wythe - DEM and REP Primaries Only
York - DEM Primary Only
Wisconsin
Dane County
Madison
Dane County Board of Supervisors District 1
Colin Barushok (LIKELY DEM, describes himself as "progressive" on his website, is Vice Chair of the Democratic Party of Dane County where they work to elect Democrats to the state legislature and governor’s office, and progressives to the Supreme Court)
Adrian Lampron (LIKELY DEM, worked on Tammy Baldwin’s reelection campaign where they helped unionize the campaign staff with IBEW Local 494, served as Student Body President at UW-Madison in 2022, focused on advocacy for student mental health and LGBTQ+ rights and during their time was able to double availability of gender inclusive housing at UW-Madison)
I spent WAY too long researching the VA Lt Gov primary because I mistakenly thought it’d be ranked choice (like my crowded city council race was last year) and was vexed over my #2&3 slots. Nope, regular “vote for one” thing. Oops. 😬 My #1 has been solid for almost a month now
Voted in VA. What sucks for Chesapeake city you can vote for Dem or Rep. but if I vote Dem and pick out the primaries I want I can’t vote for the sheriff and we have horrible picks for sheriffs! One is ultra maga ice and the other is a more tame version of the crazy. 😭I know a few people who are voting for the rep primaries because of it.