Election Day 2025
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, is Election Day in my community (Woodbury, ISD #833, Senate District 47). I voted on October 16; my personal recommendations and my rationale are here: succinctly, my choices State Representative Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger for State Senate; School Board incumbents, Katie Schwartz, Louise Hinz, Sharon Van Leer and first time candidate Elizabeth Bockman Eckman.
There are relatively few elections tomorrow. This isn’t a Presidential election year; nor is it the off-year election, which is 2026. Every election is important.
Virtual certainty tomorrow is the prospect of a lower than normal voter turnout, which has its own implications. Non-voters can easily decide elections as certainly as voters do. In a representative democracy, which we still are, whether you vote or not matters, a great deal.
For sure, vote, and cast a well informed vote tomorrow.
As I always do, Wednesday I’ll be most interested in the number of eligible voters, and how many actually voted, and who the majority elected.
Low-profile elections generally have low turnout. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to be an informed voter, especially in local elections. News has become more and more nationalized, as have our politics in general. In our area, we had a school board candidate run mainly on his support for Donald Trump. Small town and regional newspapers continue to disappear. And, fewer people subscribe to newspapers of any sort. Of course, we can all “do our own research” on the internet. But then most of us turn to websites, blogs, social media, etc. that parallel our positions. The fact of the matter is in today’s polarized world, the single most important factor in choosing who to vote for is whether they have an “R” or a “D” after their name.
School board lection here as well Dick with four candidates for the three open spots. Only one of the candidates is a MAGA supporter. There is also a referendum on the ballot. We voted by absentee several weeks ago.