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- Leffingwell Surprises in Austin -- or Not
- We've conclusively determined that Ballot Box commenters are better informed than the Associated Press. On Saturday, Lee Leffingwell took first place in the Austin ...
- Categories: Local Offices
- Bing and Sullivan Win
- In mayoral races yesterday, Detroit opted for a businessman and basketball star who had never served in public office, while Anchorage went for a Republican ...
- Categories: Local Offices
- In May, a Feast of Mayoral Elections
- Big city mayors often are rising political stars, generally command powerful political machines and invariably make important policy decisions. The national media ignores them almost ...
- Categories: Local Offices
- 12 Comments
- Omaha Mayor: Partisan Showdown Looms
- Shame on me! Omaha, Nebraska held the first round of an interesting mayoral election yesterday and I haven't said a word about it until ...
- Categories: Local Offices
- Anchorage Mayor: Sullivan v. Croft
- Dan Sullivan didn't quite make it past the critical 45% threshold in yesterday's Anchorage mayoral election. That means the Sarah Palin-backed Republican will have ...
- Categories: Local Offices , State Offices
- Anchorage Mayor: Sullivan Strives for Forty-Five
- Today, Anchorage elects a new mayor. Or, perhaps not. I sketched the general contours of the contest a few weeks ago. But, I didn't ...
- Categories: Local Offices , Voting Process & Voting Rules
- Detroit Mayor: Cockrel, the Insider, Faces Bing, the Outsider
- Detroiters face a classic choice on May 5, when they'll pick a new mayor to lead their troubled city. Do they choose the acting mayor, ...
- Categories: Local Offices
- NYC Mayor: Bloomberg Faces Early Tests
- When New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ran for reelection in 2005, the votes of nearly 1.3 million New Yorkers determined his fate. This year, five votes ...
- Categories: Local Offices
- Burlington's Thrilling Mayoral Election
- You'd be hard-pressed to find a wackier election than this week's Burlington mayoral race that was conducted using instant-runoff voting. There were five ...
- Categories: Local Offices
- 2 Comments
- Anchorage Mayor: A Fifteen Candidate Free-for-All
- Last year, the nation was fixated on the presidential race. Next year, Congress and 36 governorships will be up for grabs. This year, though, belongs to ...
- Categories: Local Offices
- 5 Comments
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