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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Main Authors: Vladimir Kogan, Stéphane Lavertu, Zachary Peskowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2025-06-01
Series:AERA Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584251349180
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