Bond elections

Mike Duggan won another term in Detroit, and Flint's Karen Walker beat back a recall effort.

Voters in Houston approved the measure by a more than three-to-one margin.

Faced with dueling bond proposals, Portland voters overwhelmingly decided to borrow $64.3 million to renovate Longfellow, Lyseth, Presumpscot and Reiche elementary schools in a plan that was backed by a majority of school board and City Council members.

Voters in Clarkston said no to a school bond and voters in Pullman unseated two longtime school board incumbents Tuesday.

The $82.375 million bond referendum on the ballot in Winona went down by a margin of about 10-to-1.

Voters brought change to both the Atlantic City and New Jersey governments in Tuesday's election.

Kansas City voters advanced a proposed P3 to rebuild the city's airport terminal.

The top nine bond issues on ballots across the nation received approval from voters and the 10^th largest had 59.1% of the vote, with 60% needed, with slightly more than a quarter of the ballots counted.

Bill de Blasio won a second term as New York City mayor after a boisterous four-way bout that ended as many had expected — in a landslide victory.

Nearly $23 billion worth of bonds are on ballots in Tuesday’s election, which could fuel 2018 issuance.

A complaint has reportedly been filed with the Texas Ethics Commission against a group and one of its vocal leaders, claiming they have violated state laws in opposing the City of Mineral Wells' $17.26 million bond election.

The referendum asks voters in Mecklenburg County, N.C.’s to approve bonds for schools.

The statewide total exceeds the previous record of $9.1 billion in November 2015.

As the county pursues a polarizing plan to partially demolish and restore the shuttered Coconut Grove Playhouse, the mayor of Miami is waiting to see if voters will hand him a $10 million monkey wrench.

Battle Ground school district voters have a chance to build new schools and replace aging facilities.

In terms of support, the field of candidates was split in regards to the bond issue.

The Santa Fe school board voted to hold a joint election with Santa Fe Community College, with both entities asking for about $95 million in GOs.

Voters decided they will pay higher taxes to borrow $206.7 million to widen roads, build new sidewalks and bicycle lanes, and support other transportation projects.

“We’re going to bond here like crazy,” said West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice.

A proposed $78.5 million bond issue that will be decided by voters in the Nov. 7 general election puts an emphasis on "right-sizing" classrooms.