High Turnover With Low Accountability: Local School Board Elections in 16 States
We analyze the most comprehensive dataset on U.S. school board elections. We find that nearly half of races go uncontested and that incumbents are reelected more than 80% of the time when they run. Because many incumbents retire instead of running for another term, however, turnover is high (with 53...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2025-06-01
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| Series: | AERA Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584251349180 |
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