InfoGuides: U.S. Elections: Local & Municipal Elections

U.S. Local and Municipal Elections

Local Elections in America Project (LEAP)
Includes elections to a wide variety of county and city offices. Covers jurisdictions across more than 20 states with some temporal coverage back to 1970. LEAP is not fully operational yet, but interested academic users may contact the PIs directly for access to data.

LEAP data use agreement
Using the LEAP data link above, select the data you would like to receive and take a screenshot to email to the LEAP team. You will also need to submit this data use agreement and include a brief abstract of the project and how the data will be used.

Virginia Department of Elections -- Elections Database
Federal, state, county, city, and school board election results. Export individual election results as Excel files.
(Note: historical election results are still being added to this ongoing project)
Links to Official State Election Websites
USA.gov maintains a database with links to each official state election commission or division website
A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787–1825
Searchable collection of early American election returns, including elections for state House and Senate, governor, sheriffs, commissioners, city councils, mayors, and much more. Narrow by state, year, office, jurisdiction, party, and election type. Full datasets for each state can also be downloaded.