April 9, 2026

Anchorage General Election: Assembly Remains Left of Center (Same site)

I HAVE TO GIVE THIS GUY CREDIT FOR AT LEAST COVERING ANCHORAGE


The Municipality of Anchorage held its General Election yesterday, April 7, 2026. Despite conservatives’ efforts to flip the Assembly and position Anchorage right-of-center, the unofficial results show only two conservative candidates won their races: Donald Handeland (District 2, Seat C) and Dave Donley (District 4, Seat G). District 1, Seat B was taken by Syndey Scout; District 3, Seat E by Anna Brawley; District 5, Seat I by George Martinez; and District 6, Seat K by Zac Johnson.




https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-general-election-assembly-remains-left-of-center/

April 9, 2026

Anchorage General Election: School Board Seats Go to "Left-wing" Candidates (From right wing site)

APOLOGIES UP FRONT BUT ALASKA NEWS IS SPARSE.



In yesterday’s General Election, Anchorage voters decided on two School Board seats. According to the unofficial election results, Seat C went to Rachel Blakeslee and Seat D went to Paul McDonough.

Blakeslee won against Alexander Rosales with 54.38% of the vote. She was a former educator in Texas and Colorado before moving to Alaska. Her priorities include environmental justice, equity and inclusion in education, and growing and retaining a diverse teaching workforce.

Rachel Blakeslee received endorsements from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 959, Anchorage Education Association, Alaska Public Employees Association (APEA), Alaska Center for Climate and Choice (ACLC), Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates – Alaska; and from individuals including Les Gara, Anchorage School Board Members Margo Bellamy, Kelly Lessens, and Andy Holleman, School Board President Carl Jacobs, School Board Member Pat Higgins, Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel, State Representative Zack Fields, Anchorage Assembly Member Zac Johnson, Anchorage Parent Jessica Noble, Anchorage Parents Ellen and Leon Jaimes, and Parent and former high school teacher Megan McBride.

McDonough won against Sharon Gibbons and Dustin Darden with 46.87% of the vote. He formerly taught in the Anchorage School District. His priorities include ending the teacher retention crisis, advocating for more state funding for education, advancing whole-student learning, and seeking equity solutions for Anchorage’s diverse community. Learn more about Paul McDonough here aul McDonogh for Anchorage School Board.




https://mustreadalaska.com/anchorage-general-election-school-board-seats-go-to-left-wing-candidates/

April 9, 2026

Amendment requiring Pledge of Allegiance and prayer in schools headed to Alabama voters

The Alabama Senate on Wednesday passed a bill requiring schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and allowing students to initiate and lead school prayer.

HB 511, sponsored by Rep. Reed Ingram, R-Pike Road, is a constitutional amendment that would allow student-led and student-initiated prayer within public school classrooms.

The upper chamber passed the amendment with no discussion. The amendment passed the House 94-4 on March 10 after nearly two hours of debate.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, students are allowed to pray in school provided it is not disruptive to school activities. After being amended, it was unclear how the bill would change or challenge existing law.





https://alabamareflector.com/2026/04/08/amendment-requiring-pledge-of-allegiance-and-prayer-in-schools-headed-to-alabama-voters/

April 9, 2026

Effort to protect voting rights in Louisiana law falters

A Louisiana legislative committee blocked a bill Wednesday that would have established a state Voting Rights Act to strengthen protections against gerrymandering and voter suppression.

Senate Bill 365, sponsored by Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, failed to advance from the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, whose Republican majority defeated the measure in a 4-3 vote.

The proposal sought to create state-level standards modeled after the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. It would have established a state-level commission to prevent legislators and local governments from enacting laws or drawing political districts in ways that intentionally diluted the voting power of racial minorities and any other protected classes of people.

Similar oversight had long been the responsibility of the U.S. Department of Justice until conservative rulings from the Supreme Court and Trump administration policy significantly weakened federal civil rights authority.




https://lailluminator.com/2026/04/09/louisiana-voting-rights-bill-falters/

April 9, 2026

Conservative Losses in School Board Races Raise Concerns for GOP Ahead of Midterms

Democratic-backed candidates have won several high-profile school board races in conservative-leaning areas across Missouri, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma, raising concerns among Republican strategists that the party may be losing ground on education issues heading into the November midterm elections. Experts say the results could signal a broader backlash against GOP-aligned education platforms focused on book bans and anti-LGBTQ policies.

WHY IT MATTERS
School board elections have increasingly become proxies for national political battles, with party-aligned groups openly backing competing slates. The recent Democratic victories in these races, even in traditionally Republican strongholds, suggest voters may be growing fatigued with education-related culture wars and that GOP messaging on these issues may be losing its appeal.

THE DETAILS
In Missouri's Francis Howell School District, three Democratic-backed candidates swept school board races, removing the board's last conservative member following a campaign centered on book bans and LGBTQ-inclusive policies. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a conservative incumbent lost to a Democratic-backed challenger following controversy over anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ remarks. Similar dynamics played out in suburban Wisconsin districts, including parts of Waukesha County, long considered a Republican stronghold.

- On April 7, voters in Missouri, Wisconsin and Oklahoma went to the polls for local school district elections.
- In Wisconsin on Tuesday, a liberal candidate flipped a seat on the state Supreme Court, replacing a conservative justice, while a Democrat also won the mayoral race in Waukesha, a traditionally Republican-leaning suburb.




https://nationaltoday.com/us/ok/tulsa/news/2026/04/08/school-board-races-offer-early-warning-for-gop-ahead-of-midterms/

April 9, 2026

Frederick Town Board election: Hickman (?), Padia (?), Healy (?) leading

Voters elected Matt Hickman, Windi Padia and Suzanna Healy to the Frederick Board of Trustees, according to unofficial election results released late Tuesday evening.

Voters also overwhelmingly voted yes on the town’s ballot question asking whether the town’s regular municipal election should move from April to November in even-numbered years. Almost 93% of voters who answered the ballot question (106 voters left it blank) voted yes on the ballot measure. The change will go into effect in 2028, the next even-numbered election year.

According to the unofficial results, 1,591 ballots were counted. Hickman received the most votes, receiving 21.9% of all combined votes cast in the trustee race. Voters could select three candidates, meaning about half (50.8%) of voters marked Hickman as one of their choices.

Padia, who currently serves on the board and ran for re-election, was not far behind, receiving 19.8% of all combined votes.



https://www.coloradohometownweekly.com/2026/04/08/frederick-town-board-election-hickman-padia-healy-leading/

April 9, 2026

A Landslide in Wisconsin Will Make It Much Harder for MAGA to Steal Elections

Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election received far less attention than a similar contest a year ago, when Elon Musk spent $25 million trying to flip the balance of power on the court. Back then, the world’s richest man—who, at the time, was also a key White House adviser—personally hand-delivered $1 million checks to voters while wearing a cheesehead hat.

This time, majority control of the state’s highest court wasn’t at stake. But the outcome was still hugely significant for politics in Wisconsin and nationally.

The massive 20-point victory by Chris Taylor, a former Democratic state legislator and appellate judge in Madison, expands the progressive majority on the court from 4-to-3 to 5-to-2. That extends a remarkable winning streak for Democratic-backed judicial candidates, who’ve now won five of the last six Supreme Court races in the swing state. It’s a stunning turnaround from a decade ago, when a conservative majority dominated the court and upheld much of then-Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) right-wing agenda, such as his efforts to crush unions, make it harder to vote, and gerrymander in the GOP’s favor.

In 2020, when conservatives on the Wisconsin court held a 4-3 majority, Donald Trump and his allies attempted to convince the justices to overturn the state’s presidential election results. They nearly succeeded. Just one of the conservatives, Justice Brian Hagedorn, sided with the liberals in narrowly upholding Joe Biden’s win.



https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-chris-taylor-musk-trump/

April 9, 2026

Lyons Town Board election: Mark Browning (?) claims mayoral seat

Lyons residents have chosen Mark Browning as the town’s new mayor, based on unofficial municipal election results posted Tuesday night.

Browning was elected with 64.1% of the vote, with 1,019 ballots counted in the mayoral race. He went up against one other mayoral candidate, Paula Williams.

Browning is currently serving on the Lyons Board of Trustees. Williams is mayor pro tem.

After election results were posted Tuesday, Browning wrote in an email that he is “extremely grateful” for the support from Lyons residents and congratulated his opponent Williams on running an issues-focused campaign. He shared that he intends to involve Lyons citizens and local businesses in government matters to help accomplish the town’s goals.




https://www.dailycamera.com/2026/04/08/lyons-town-board-election-mayor/

April 9, 2026

These are the Kansas City-area election results you might have missed

Kansas City has wrapped up its spring local elections, deciding on dozens of important municipal, school and tax issues across the Missouri side of the metro.

The Star was up late providing live results, discussing the implications of votes like the earnings tax and listening to winners’ comments — including some surprising grocery store news out of Lee’s Summit.

Each tax and bond issue tracked by The Star was passed by voters, as well as a property tax cap in Platte County, which still faces legal hurdles.

But if you’re just catching up now on the outcome of races across the area or in your community specifically, we’ve got a roundup for you.




https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article315337882.html#storylink=cpy

April 9, 2026

Fond du Lac school referendum fails in spring election results

FOND DU LAC – The unofficial results are in for the Tuesday, April 7, spring election.

Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg reported 25,898 ballots were cast in the election, representing 43% turnout of 59,875 registered voters.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Chris Taylor is the projected winner of the state Supreme Court race over opponent Maria Lazar, citing Decision Desk HQ and the Associated Press. In Fond du Lac County, Lazar received 13,543 votes to 11,734 for Taylor.

Here's a look at the unofficial election results in local contested races. Unofficial winners are in bold. The unofficial election results report can also be found at fdlco.wi.gov.



https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/04/07/fond-du-lac-county-election-results-april-7-city-council-school-board-ripon-referendums/89449314007/