The Recall Elections Blog

The recall effort against Washoe County  Commissioner Vaughn Hartung  (R) has ended, though no reason has been given. The petitioner was ap...

Franklinton Alderman  Heath Spears  (R) survived a recall vote 500-384.  Turnout was 41%. The recall was over claims that he does not live ...

New petitions have been filed against Downey Councilwoman  Catherine Alvarez , after the first one came 35 signatures short of qualifying (P...

A new petition has been taken out against Los Alamitos Unified School District Scott Fayette . Petitioners need about 1800 signatures. A pre...

Petitions have been filed against Albion City Council Member Marcola Lawler , claiming that she used council meetings for her own public rel...

Here's another article on the recall effort  being organized  against Two Harbors Mayor Chris Swanson seemingly over claims that he use...

Petitions have been taken out against Templeton School Board Trustees, President Nelson Yamagata , Trustee Ted Dubost and Clerk Mendi Swan. ...

Yamhill County Commissioner  Lindsay Berschauer  appears to have survived her recall vote, 53.4-47.6% in early voting (with 44.3% voting). ...

Yamhill County Commissioner Lindsay Berschauer is up for a recall election on March 22, The recall is over a kitchen sink of issues, includ...

Banks Fire District 13 Board Members Mark Schmidlin and Ed Ewing are facing a recall vote on April 12 over claims that they failed to quick...

Sacramento City Council member Katie Valenzuela is facing a recall effort over complaints about homelessness, crime and property values.

Alamosa District Attorney Alonzo Payne is facing a recall effort over crime victims complaints about dismissals and overly lenient plea bar...

Here's a look at Reverge Anselmo , who financial backed the Shasta County recall. There is some discussion over whether land use issues ...

The recall effort against Lancaster Planning Board Chair Russ Williston and Member Carol Jackson has been rejected by the Board of Registra...

Four petitions have been filed against Lakeshore School Board members Jason Beckrow and Rachel Wade, which is after the petitions were rejec...

A new poll out suggests significant trouble for San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin , with 68% of voters saying they will vote to r...

The effort to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon says it raised more than $3.5 million, and has collected over a 125,000 si...

Here's an op-ed I wrote for the SF Gate on whether pundits are reading way too much into the recent California recalls. The SF School B...

Mission Local notes that  Asian turnout in the school board recall was up, but not decisive. And here's additional analyzing of the vo...

Albion City Council members Nora Jackson and Linda LaNoue are facing recall efforts. Jackson is over complaints about a nonprofit led by Ja...