We've reached the final election day of 2021, and we're ending it with a handful of special elections from across the country. We really appreciate you following along with us this year as we have brought you election results from every state legislative special election run in 2021 and much more. Expect all of that and more out of DDHQ in 2022 as we lead up to the midterms, … [Read more...] about Election Results: Special State Legislative Elections in Arkansas, Connecticut, Iowa, and Massachusetts
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Previewing The Boston Mayoral Runoff Election
Decision Desk HQ last examined the Boston Mayoral Election before the September 14th nonpartisan ‘primary’ election. We concluded that previous article stating that City Councilor Michelle Wu possessed a coalition that guaranteed her one of the two positions in the runoff, but speculated she could struggle to win the November runoff. The former occurred, but the latter has not … [Read more...] about Previewing The Boston Mayoral Runoff Election
Election Results: California Gubernatorial Recall, Boston and Cleveland Mayoral Elections, and More
California Gubernatorial Recall DDHQ will once again be providing the most up-to-the-minute election results anywhere at results.decisiondeskhq.com where you can find detailed maps and breakdowns of tonight's results. Polls close at 8 p.m. (PDT). Until then check out Benjamin Lefkowitz's preview for us here and follow along with other race results coming in from across the … [Read more...] about Election Results: California Gubernatorial Recall, Boston and Cleveland Mayoral Elections, and More
Previewing Tomorrow’s Boston Mayoral Primary
Boston votes on September 14th in the first of two elections to choose the city's next mayor. Voters elect the mayor through a nonpartisan “top-two primary” system. In this system all candidates appear on the September primary ballot, and then the top two candidates advance to a runoff in November. Former mayor Marty Walsh resigned from his position to join President Biden’s … [Read more...] about Previewing Tomorrow’s Boston Mayoral Primary
An Early Look at the Boston Mayoral Election
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh became President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor on March 22nd. His confirmation leaves the 2021 Boston mayoral race wide open and without a clear frontrunner. Boston uses a nonpartisan “blanket primary” system. The top two candidates will advance from the September 14th preliminary election (official term, henceforth referred to as a primary) to the … [Read more...] about An Early Look at the Boston Mayoral Election