Welcome to Brew on Tuesday, June 27th.
Author: Samuel Wannacott
Here’s what’s ready for you to start your day:
- School Board recalls still above pre-pandemic averages – and other findings from mid-year recall report
- Click here for updates on the 2024 election calendar
- Last week, 86 candidates applied for federal and statewide offices.
School Board recalls still above pre-pandemic averages – and other findings from mid-year recall report
We have released our annual interim report examining our recall efforts in the first half of this year.
The report has a lot to cover. Three important points are discussed below. First, here’s the big picture:
From January 1 to June 21, we covered 149 recall activities against 227 officials..
- This is a slight decrease from last year, which tallied 152 recall actions against 240 officials through June. By comparison, the highest number of recall efforts we tracked by mid-year was 189 in 2016, and the lowest was 72 in 2019.
- Between 2010 and 2022, we tracked an average of 210 total recall activities.
- The recall election resulted in the dismissal of 7.49% of the 227 officials covered this year, down from 8.33% so far in 2022 (and higher than 3.42% in 2021).
- Like last year, Michigan had the most recalled officials, with 71. The next two states are California with 28 and Colorado with 24.
School board recalls still up compared to pre-pandemic years
We’ve tracked 30 school board recall efforts so far this year. This is more than the average of 27 recall efforts per year by school boards tracked between 2009 and 2020.. In 2021, we tracked his 92 school board recall efforts. By 2022 he has reduced to 53 cases. His two years account for the highest number of recalls and the second highest number of recalls we have tracked.
The pandemic has contributed to a surge in recall activity against school board employees. In 2020, 10 of 29 school board recall efforts included pandemic-related reasons, accounting for 34% of all school board recalls. In 2021, 54 of 92 school board recall efforts (59%) will be COVID-related, and in 2022, 22 of 53 school board recall efforts (42%) will be COVID-19 related. %) were related to the new coronavirus.
By 2023, the number of school board recalls related to COVID-19 has dropped to 1, or 3% of the total.
of Recall efforts by 30 boards of education In 2023, we tracked eight recalls to public misconduct and four decisions to dismiss superintendents or not fill superintendent posts in a timely manner. . Another three of his initiatives cited support for gender identity or transgender policies, and two cited financial problems or mismanagement. Reasons cited in 13 other 2023 efforts ranged from curriculum decisions and mascot changes to pleading guilty to misdemeanors and academic underperformance.
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City officials have attempted more recalls this year than ever before, a return to recent historical norms.
In 2023, a total of 105 city council and town commissioners will face the recall campaign, attracting more petitions than any other group, reestablishing the pattern seen between 2016 and 2020, with a view to 2022. It took place again in 2013. As discussed above, school board members faced recall campaigns. Top recall petitions in 2021 and first half of 2022.
County Commissioner Recalls Decline in 2023
So far in 2023, eight county commissioners (or equivalent county-level officials) are subject to the recall. This is a significant drop from the 2022 current recall target of 33 county commissioner’s and county commissioner’s equivalents.
The Commission serves as the county’s primary legislative and policy-making body. Most boards also manage county land use, oversee environmental affairs, and have executive powers so they can appoint or remove department heads.
Recall attempts against county commissioners slowed significantly in the second half of 2022, with a total of 40 recalls by the end of the year. 47 recalls have been attempted in 2021.
Our report highlights five notable recall campaigns:
- Addressing Oregon Congressman Paul Holvey (Democrat)
- Addressing Arizona Senator Justin Wadsak®
- Commitment to Three Members of the Richland School District School Board in Washington
- Efforts for Two Members of the Orange Unified School District School Board, California
- Addressing Cochise County Superintendent Tom Crosby, Arizona.
You can read more about these initiatives and details at the links below. In January, we will publish another report looking back at all of our 2023 recall efforts.
Click here for updates on the 2024 election calendar
With less than six months until the end of the year, states are busy setting election dates for 2024. Let’s check the situation.
As of this writing, 28 states have confirmed their statewide primary dates and 30 states have confirmed their presidential primaries.. States that have recently announced their presidential primary dates include Michigan, Montana, and Hawaii (Democratic primaries only). States that have recently confirmed dates for statewide primaries include Illinois, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
When we last looked at the 2024 election calendar, May 31st Edition of this newsletter. At this point, 22 states have confirmed their statewide primary dates, and 23 have confirmed their presidential primaries.
In some states, presidential primaries are scheduled at the same time as other office primaries statewide. In other states he has two separate elections. Alabama, California, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota and Texas are among the 30 states that have set the date for the 2024 presidential primary.
- South Carolina is the earliest state to set a date for its 2024 presidential primary, with the Democratic primary scheduled for February 3.
- Montana, New Mexico, and South Dakota share June 4 as the most recently confirmed presidential primary date.
- Twelve other states share March 5, the most popular fixed date, commonly known as Super Tuesday: Alabama, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia.
- Iowa and New Hampshire held their first presidential elections in 2020 on February 3 and 11, respectively. Neither state has disclosed a date for the 2024 presidential election. On February 4th of this year, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted to create South Carolina The primary election is the nation’s first, and the New Hampshire legislature Constitutional amendment The 2024 ballot instructs the Secretary of State to “ensure that the presidential primary election is held no less than seven days before any other state holds a similar election.” .
- Puerto Rico held its latest 2020 presidential primary on July 12. Super Tuesday was held on March 3, with 15 states holding presidential primaries.
- Alabama, California, North Carolina, and Texas have March 5 as the earliest and most popular confirmed date for their 2024 statewide primaries. Due to Louisiana’s own majority voting system, the latest confirmed statewide primary date is his Nov. 5.
Click the link below for more information on the 2024 election calendar.
Last week, 86 candidates applied for federal and statewide offices.
The pace of candidate submissions for elections has continued to accelerate in recent weeks.
Last week, 86 candidates applied to run for congressional and state offices, including the 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 elections. That’s three more than the number of people who declared their candidacy for congressional and state office two weeks ago.
We tracked an average of 45 candidates running for congressional or state elections between January 2 and March 27. Between March 27th and June 19th, the average number of candidates rose to 65.
This year, we tracked 1,381 declared candidates for congressional and statewide public office. As of 2021, it had identified 2,518 declared candidates for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 races.
Here’s a breakdown of the candidates declared last week:
Regarding the partisan nature of the declared candidates:
- 40 are Democrats.
- 37 are Republicans.
- Nine are candidates for minor parties.
Of the offices tracked:
- 52 candidates ran for parliament.
- Seventeen candidates ran for state legislature.
- Seventeen candidates applied for the junior state executive office.
We cover elections for tens of thousands of offices across the country, and part of that job includes monitoring candidates who apply to run for those offices. Regular updates on the number of candidates registered to run for state and legislative elections. Handles both official candidates and declared candidates.
Click here for more information on candidate definitions. Click the link below to view a list of all declared candidates for the 2024 parliamentary elections.
