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Main article: Political recall efforts

Recalls are the process by which an elected official can be removed from office via a public vote. Click on the tabs below for more information about political recall efforts in 2017 by type of office. Click here to learn about how recall procedures vary from state to state.

In 2017, Ballotpedia tracked 250 recall efforts against 344 elected officials. Of the 65 elected officials who faced recall elections, 37 officials were recalled, for a rate of 56.9 percent. This was higher than the 56.3 percent rate for 2016 recalls and lower than the 64.5 percent rate for 2015 recalls.

# City councils[edit]

See also: City council recall efforts

* Treva Gage, Linda Hill, and Manuel Davila recall, Healdton, Oklahoma (2017)
* Kendra Dumont and Robert Prescott recall, Shirley, Massachusetts (2017)
* Daniel Dick and John Hamlin recall, Federal Heights, Colorado (2017)
* Cortney Niland recall, El Paso, Texas (2017)
* Chris Moreno recall, Lee's Summit, Missouri (2017)
* Kevin Jackson recall, Providence, Rhode Island (2017)
* City council and official recall, Maywood, California (2017)
* Elias Chalet recall, Bloomfield, New Jersey (2017)
* Roderick Jackson recall, Hearne, Texas (2017)
* Nick Fish recall, Portland, Oregon (2017)
* Harold Gray recall, Nisland, South Dakota (2017)
* Samuel Parham and W. Howard Myers recall, Petersburg, Virginia (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2017)
* Wes Bellamy recall, Charlottesville, Virginia (2017)
* City council recall, Otis, Colorado (2017)
* Gordy Clark and Cindy King recall, Townsend, Massachusetts (2017)
* Greg Stokes recall, Broomfield, Colorado (2017)
* City council recall, Homer, Alaska (2017)
* City council recall, Algonac, Michigan (2017)
* James Godbout recall, Westland, Michigan (2017)
* Andrew Hamilton recall, Lake Forest, California (2017-2018)
* Dave Piepkorn recall, Fargo, North Dakota (2017)
* Scott Peotter recall, Newport Beach, California (2017)
* City council recall, Colbert, Oklahoma (2017)
* Carolyn Louviere and Jacob Colby Perry recall, Welsh Town Council, Louisiana (2017)
* Kristi Fulnecky recall, Springfield City Council, Missouri (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Frederick, Colorado (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Hopkins, Minnesota (2017)
* Sal Tinajero recall, Santa Ana, California (2017)
* John Ezzy recall, Frenchville, Maine (2017)
* Julie Johnson recall, Kindred, North Dakota (2017)
* Steve Johnson and Kim Sieckmann recall, Gladstone City Council, Oregon (2017)
* Chad Bell and Kevin Nielsen recall, Star, Idaho (2017)
* Quincey Smith recall, Rulo Village Board, Nebraska (2017)
* Derek Dobies recall, Jackson City Council, Michigan (2017)
* Thomas Tsilonis recall, Roseland Borough Council, New Jersey (2017)
* Ali Taj, Miguel Canales, and Victor Manalo recall, Artesia, California (2017)
* Francisco Ramirez recall, Hanford City Council, California (2017-2018)
* Sergio Farias recall, San Juan Capistrano City Council, California (2017)
* Diane Polangin recall, Bowie, Maryland (2017)
* Donald Frazier recall, Taneytown, Maryland (2017)
* Francie Sullivan and Kristen Schreder recall, Redding City Council, California (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Alice, Texas (2017)
* Richard Jasterzbski recall, Wayne Town Council, New Jersey (2017)
* Jesus Andrade and Dan Wright recall, Stockton City Council, California (2017)
* Pat Shannon recall, Bellevue City Council, Nebraska (2017)
* Ashley Hicks recall, Roseburg City Council, Oregon (2017)
* Shannon Cutler recall, Southampton, Massachusetts (2017)
* John Lutz and Ray Ravenscroft recall, Sutherland Village Board of Trustees, Nebraska (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Filer, Idaho (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Bowie, Texas (2017)
* Thia Estes and Bradley Williams recall, Hubbard, Oregon (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Huachuca City, Arizona (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Jefferson, Oregon (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Manzanita, Oregon (2017)
* Neil Nelson recall, Arnegard City Council, North Dakota (2017)
* Town board recall, Stoughton, Massachusetts (2017)
* City council recall, Mead, Colorado (2017)
* Janna Zurita recall, Compton, California (2017)
* Mike Lorenz recall, Fort Smith, Arkansas (2017)
* Josh Hallquist recall, Cordova City Council, Alaska (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Sherwood, Oregon (2017)
* City council recall, Westmorland, California (2017)
* Larry Thomas recall, Washburn City Commission, North Dakota (2018)
* John Bailey recall, Courtenay City Council, North Dakota (2017)
* City council recall, Riviera Beach, Florida (2017)
* Tony Peterson recall, Tracy City Council, Minnesota (2017-2018)
* Mayor and city council recall, Albion, Michigan (2017)
* Barbara Graff recall, Odessa City Council, Texas (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Charlottesville, Virginia (2017)
* Mayor and town board recall, Rockvale, Colorado (2018)
* Mike Bonin recall, Los Angeles City Council, California (2017)
* Barbara Perea-Casey recall, Las Vegas City Council, New Mexico (2018)
* Mayor and town board recall, Estes Park, Colorado (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Wayne, Michigan (2018)
* Roby Helm recall, Etowah City Commission, Tennessee (2017)
* Anita Goebel recall, Garland City Council, Texas (2017)
* Tom Gorek recall, New England City Council, North Dakota (2018)
* Abe Gupta recall, Dublin City Council, California (2018)
* Mayor and city council recall, Oxnard, California (2018)
* Erika Morgan and Pat Pepper recall, Black Diamond City Council, Washington (2018)

# City officials[edit]

See also: City official recall efforts

* Anthony Burfoot recall, Norfolk, Virginia (2017)
* City council and official recall, Maywood, California (2017)
* Karen Rose recall, Harrisonburg, Virginia (2017)
* Teresa Barrett recall, West Brookfield, Massachusetts (2017)
* Brian Pope recall, Lafayette, Louisiana (2017)
* Boyd Adams recall, Kaplan, Louisiana (2017)

# County commissions[edit]

See also: County commission recall efforts

* Lori Lalouette recall, Marion County Commission, Kansas (2017)
* Tommy Hunter recall, Gwinnett County Commission, Georgia (2017)
* Haines Borough Assembly recalls, Alaska (2017)
* Kenny Matassa recall, Ascension Parish, Louisiana (2017)
* Custer County Commission recalls, Colorado (2017)
* Petersburg Borough Assembly recalls, Alaska (2017)
* Corey Stewart recall, Prince William Board of County Supervisors, Virginia (2017)
* Mike Yenni recall, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (2016-2017)
* Chuck Winn recall, San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, California (2016-2017)
* Ernie Trakas recall, St. Louis County Council, Missouri (2017-2018)

# County officials[edit]

See also: County official recall efforts

* Jackie Lacey recall, Los Angeles County, California (2017)
* Tonya Duffy recall, LaMoure County, North Dakota (2017)

# Mayors/presidents[edit]

See also: Mayoral recall efforts

* John Huerta Jr. recall, Greenfield, California (2017)
* Daniel Dick and John Hamlin recall, Federal Heights, Colorado (2017)
* Wanda Gofforth recall, Crawford, Colorado (2017)
* City council and official recall, Maywood, California (2017)
* Ed Lee recall, San Francisco, California (2017)
* Libby Schaaf recall, Oakland, California (2017)
* Barry Chang recall, Cupertino, California (2017)
* Reggie Tatum recall, Opelousas, Louisiana (2017)
* Don Williams recall, Lincoln City, Oregon (2017)
* Jackie Meck recall, Buckeye, Arizona (2017)
* Mike Seminary recall, Bismarck, North Dakota (2017)
* Acquanetta Warren recall, Fontana, California (2017)
* Richard Busch recall, Yale, Michigan (2017)
* Samuel Parham and W. Howard Myers recall, Petersburg, Virginia (2017)
* Karen Weaver recall, Flint, Michigan (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2017)
* Orlando Lopez recall, Sweetwater, Florida (2017)
* Jerry Toomey recall, Mitchell, South Dakota (2017)
* James Fouts recall, Warren, Michigan (2017)
* Terry Maguire recall, Park Ridge, New Jersey (2017)
* City council recall, Colbert, Oklahoma (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Frederick, Colorado (2017)
* Mark Fitzgerald recall, Loveland, Ohio (2017)
* David Porterfield recall, Notus, Idaho (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Hopkins, Minnesota (2017)
* Miguel Pulido recall, Santa Ana, California (2017)
* Chad Bell and Kevin Nielsen recall, Star, Idaho (2017)
* Ali Taj, Miguel Canales, and Victor Manalo recall, Artesia, California (2017)
* Todd Moos recall, Napoleon, North Dakota (2017)
* Robert Bertrand recall, Lake Arthur, Louisiana (2017)
* Joe Bain recall, Lakeway, Texas (2017)
* Tom Barrett recall, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2017)
* Stephen Ellis recall, Phillipsburg, New Jersey (2017)
* Joyce Hatton recall, Spring Lake, Michigan (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Alice, Texas (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Filer, Idaho (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Bowie, Texas (2017)
* Thia Estes and Bradley Williams recall, Hubbard, Oregon (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Huachuca City, Arizona (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Jefferson, Oregon (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Manzanita, Oregon (2017)
* Joseph Nichols recall, Fraser, Michigan (2017)
* Carolyn Louviere and Jacob Colby Perry recall, Welsh Town Council, Louisiana (2017)
* Monica Gates recall, Kingman, Arizona (2017)
* Alan Galbraith recall, St. Helena, California (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Sherwood, Oregon (2017)
* Phyllis Bowman recall, Greenwood, Florida (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Albion, Michigan (2017)
* Sherrie Jacobs recall, Ferriday, Louisiana (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Charlottesville, Virginia (2017)
* Mayor and town board recall, Rockvale, Colorado (2018)
* Frank Kelty recall, Unalaska, Alaska (2018)
* Mayor and town board recall, Estes Park, Colorado (2017)
* Mayor and city council recall, Wayne, Michigan (2018)
* Mayor and city council recall, Oxnard, California (2018)
* Dan Fishel recall, Roscommon, Michigan (2018)

# School boards[edit]

See also: School board recall efforts

* Houghton Lake Community Schools recall, Michigan (2017)
* Public Schools of Robeson County recall, North Carolina (2017)
* Lani Cupchoy and Benjamin Cardenas recall, Montebello Unified School District, California (2017)
* Debra Vinson recall, Antioch Unified School District, California (2017)
* Mark Strozinsky and Frederic Iausly recall, River Valley School District, Wisconsin (2017)
* Napa Valley Unified School District recall, California (2017)
* Kerry Burgess recall, Colorado River Union High School District, Arizona (2017)
* Chad Perkins and Sharon Harris recall, Magdalena Municipal Schools, New Mexico (2017)
* Anna Fallon recall, Flemington-Raritan Regional School District, New Jersey (2017)
* Carl French and J.B. Atkins recall, Broken Bow Public Schools, Nebraska (2017)
* Westwood Heights Schools recall, Michigan (2017)
* Addison Community Schools recall, Michigan (2017)
* Marion Public Schools recall, Michigan (2017)
* Jake Speed recall, School District of Onalaska, Wisconsin (2017)
* Lois Havenor recall, Eleva-Strum School District, Wisconsin (2017)
* Analee Maestas recall, Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico (2017)
* Williamston Community Schools recall, Michigan (2018)

# Sheriffs[edit]

See also: Sheriff recall efforts

* Gerald Antinoro recall, Storey County, Nevada (2017)
* Jim Beicker recall, Fremont County, Colorado (2017)
* Steve Freitas recall, Sonoma County, California (2017)
* Carl Suta recall, Pondera County, Montana (2017)
* Malin Parker recall, Roosevelt County, New Mexico (2017)
* Jeff Hobby recall, Worth County, Georgia (2017)

# Special districts[edit]

See also: Special district recall efforts

* Parmod Kumar recall, Tulare Local HealthCare District, California (2016-2017)
* Park Hospital District board recalls, Colorado (2017)
* Newhall County Water District board recalls, California (2017)
* Paradise Irrigation District recalls, California (2016-2017)
* San Miguel Fire Protection District board recalls, California (2017)
* Phyliss Anderson recall, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi (2017)
* Whetstone Water Improvement District board recalls, Arizona (2017)
* Northern Arizona Consolidated Fire District board recalls, Arizona (2017)
* Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District board recalls, Colorado (2017)
* Vera Francis recall, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Maine (2017)
* Linda Santos recall, Oakdale Irrigation District, California (2016)
* Western Elmore County Recreation District board recalls, Idaho (2017)
* Jack Shelver recall, Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District, California (2017)
* Aaron Persky recall, Santa Clara County, California (2018)

# State executives[edit]

See also: State executive recall efforts

* Brian Kemp recall, Georgia Secretary of State (2017)

# State legislatures[edit]

See also: State legislative recall efforts

* Doug Ericksen recall, Washington State Senate (2017)
* Bert Johnson recall, Michigan State Senate (2017)
* Patricia Farley recall, Nevada State Senate (2017)
* Josh Newman recall, California State Senate (2017-2018)
* Anthony Rendon recall, California State Assembly (2017-2018)
* Joyce Woodhouse recall, Nevada State Senate (2017-2018)
* Nicole Cannizzaro recall, Nevada State Senate (2017-2018)

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* Political recall efforts by state
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