Uncontested school board seats

Showing the percentage of school board seats that were uncontested and contested in 2023. States are ordered from the largest percentage of uncontested seats to the smallest. The total uncontested v. contested rates are bolded.

South Dakota is omitted from this analysis. All uncontested elections were canceled and Ballotpedia was unable to determine the number of seats affected by those cancelations. Of the state's 149 districts, 32 held elections and 117 canceled elections, representing 78.5% of all school districts in the state.
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