Lansing School Board Member, Partial Term Ending 12/31/2030
Lansing Public School District, Michigan
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 70 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 118,248 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,077,761 ÷ 118,248) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.54, measured against a statewide vote in MI (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Deciding how school district money is spent
- Picking the superintendent
- Choosing curriculum, within state rules
Affects: Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction, Public Safety and Crime Control,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
President of the Lansing school board, first appointed in 2000, and a retired City of Lansing equal opportunity specialist of 30 years. Chairs the board's building and facilities work and serves on its student achievement and Latino advisory committees.
Nonpartisan · declared
Former two-term Lansing City Council member for the 1st Ward who works for the Michigan Department of Corrections. Priorities: public safety and gun violence prevention, and neighborhood housing and infrastructure.
Nonpartisan · declared
Former Lansing social studies teacher at Sexton High School who has since worked in the arts and in electoral politics. Priorities: restorative discipline instead of suspensions, and more mental-health staff in schools.
Sources: clerk.ingham.org · dropbox.com