To be fair, there have also been a fair number of elections where folks ran unopposed or with not much opposition. Prior to 2021, there wasn't much competition in these races.
To be fair, there have also been a fair number of elections where folks ran unopposed or with not much opposition. Prior to 2021, there wasn't much competition in these races.
Wow, that is good context to have....would also be interesting to overlay what the turnout was (% of total electorate who voted) for those. How many of the above winners were appointed before being elected? Is it true that Omar and Donna were the only ones?
To be fair, there have also been a fair number of elections where folks ran unopposed or with not much opposition. Prior to 2021, there wasn't much competition in these races.
2023: 3 winners, 5 candidates (Wilkins, Salem, Hernandez)
2021: 4 winners, 8 candidates (Kim, Hailpern, Lindsay-Ryan, Su)
2019: 3 winners, 3 candidates (Tanyavutti, Mendoza, Hernandez)
2017: 4 winners, 5 candidates (Chow, Cohen, Hailpern, Kartha)
2017-special: 1 candidate, 1 winner (Tanyavutti)
2015: 3 winners, 4 candidates (Rykhus, Phillips, Brown)
2013: 4 winners, 4 candidates (Quattrocki, Chow, Kartha, Garrison)
Wow, that is good context to have....would also be interesting to overlay what the turnout was (% of total electorate who voted) for those. How many of the above winners were appointed before being elected? Is it true that Omar and Donna were the only ones?
Stay tuned - I got my intern working on compiling this!!