Since 2020, more than one in three local election offices has changed hands.
This chart shows the percent of local election officials nationwide who have left their position in the previous four years. That value was 28% in 2004, increased to 31.5% in 2008, declined for four years then increased to 33.9% in 2016, peaking at 38.7% in 2022. According to preliminary numbers, it was 36% in 2024.