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School board election data analysis, 2022

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2022 school board
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Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 372 school districts in 28 states in 2022. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,278,825 students. This report dives into the 1,169 seats that were up for election in those districts, and the 2,535 candidates who ran to fill those seats.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Of the 2,535 school board candidates who ran for election in 2022, 797 were incumbents and 1,738 were non-incumbents.
  • The average number of candidates who ran per seat was 2.17, and 24.81% of seats were unopposed.
  • Of the incumbents who ran for re-election, 78.29% won new terms.
  • 2022 saw a higher average number of candidates per seat compared to both 2021 and 2020.

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    Comparison by year

    School board elections in 2022 saw the highest average number of candidates run per seat out of three election cycles. An average of 2.17 candidates ran per seat in 2022 compared to 2.09 in 2021 and 1.96 in 2020. When looking at unopposed seats, 2022 came in the middle with 24.81% of school seats unopposed compared to 23.84% in 2021 and 35.51% in 2020.

    Elections in 2022 saw a lower percentage of incumbents run for re-election compared to 2020 but a higher percentage compared to 2021. A total of 68.18% of incumbents whose terms were up for election ran for new terms in 2022, while 64.92% ran in 2021 and 73.66% ran in 2020. This meant that elections in 2022 also had a higher percentage of open seats (31.82%) compared to 2020 (26.34%) and a lower percentage of open seats compared to 2021 (35.08%).

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