Running for school board
Run a campaign that knows the district.
Most first-time candidates learn how their district actually works after the filing window has closed. We do the campaign research: the seat, the field, the issues, and the numbers, so you walk in knowing more than anyone else on the ballot.
What we do for campaigns
Research that helps you win
School board campaigns rarely have a research team. Yours does.
Pick the right seat
Who holds it, whether they are running again, how they got there, and who else is in. The difference between a winnable seat and a long shot is usually visible before the filing window opens.
Know the district better than the incumbent
Enrollment, budgets, staffing, demographics, and what the board has been dealing with, pulled from the district's own record and turned into the things voters in your district actually care about.
A research team in your corner
Filing rules, deadlines, who just entered, and what changed on the board, through election day. Ask a question and get an answer with the source attached, written so you can use it on the doorstep.
Scope
What we look at
Every line below comes out of records we hold and check ourselves, with the source kept against each one.
The seat
- /Who holds it now, their seat, and their role
- /Term lengths and expiry where the district publishes them
- /Whether the incumbent has filed again
- /How the current holder won it, and by how much where results exist
- /Board size, structure, and how members are elected
- /Partisan or nonpartisan ballot, by state law
The race
- /Everyone who has filed, with filing dates
- /Contested and uncontested seats across the district
- /Filing window, deadlines, and the calendar after it
- /Opponents' websites and public statements where they exist
- /The same picture for every other district in your state
- /Sourced to the state filing record, not to hearsay
The district
- /Enrollment and its multi-year trend
- /District finances: revenue, spending, and debt
- /Child poverty rate and student demographics
- /Teacher, counselor, and psychologist staffing ratios
- /Urban, suburban, town, or rural classification
- /The state legislative districts it sits inside
Agenda-level research: recurring topics, the board's vote history, and public comment, is rolling out district by district. We tell you exactly where your district stands before you engage, rather than promise it and send you something thin.
How it works
Three steps
Tell us your race
The district and your state is enough. If you already know which seat you're looking at, say so and we'll centre the work on it.
We do the research
We start from what we already hold on your district and dig into the seat, the field, and the issues. If the record is thin, we say so.
You run with it
Written plainly, every fact with its source, so you can use it on the doorstep, in a forum, or in front of a reporter.
Get started
Which race?
Tell us the district and the seat you're thinking about, and where you are in the process.