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2025 School Board Candidates' Favorites
Ballotpedia Candidate Surveys
Ballotpedia Candidate Surveys
Ballotpedia Candidate Surveys
We recommend all our school board candidates complete the Ballotpedia Connect Survey to have an advantage by being pushed to the top of search engines. Ballotpedia is America’s most trusted source of unbiased information on politics, elections, and policy. By submitting information for your Ballotpedia profile, you will see results. Th
We recommend all our school board candidates complete the Ballotpedia Connect Survey to have an advantage by being pushed to the top of search engines. Ballotpedia is America’s most trusted source of unbiased information on politics, elections, and policy. By submitting information for your Ballotpedia profile, you will see results. The questionnaire can take between 30 and 90 minutes to complete, but well worth the time in the end.
Campaign Partner
Ballotpedia Candidate Surveys
Ballotpedia Candidate Surveys
If you can use email and browse the web, you have all the skills you need to create and manage your campaign website using Campaign Partner. It's a snap to add pages and videos, create photo galleries, post news and events, and manage volunteers and contributors through an easy-to-use professional control panel.
GoDaddy
Ballotpedia Candidate Surveys
Political Signs
GoDaddy now offers many web resources. A must-have and a first step to even thinking about running for office is securing your web domain in several variations. The candidate tip is always to keep your web address easy and to the point. www.yourname.com
Political Signs
Political Signs
Political Signs
Before you file your paperwork for candidacy, we urge you to create your logo for your branding ID that will carry throughout your campaign and ultimately be used on your signs. The logo will determine your colors, font, slogan, etc.
You will not need signs in the beginning. However, when the time does come, don't make rooky mistakes.
- Remem
Before you file your paperwork for candidacy, we urge you to create your logo for your branding ID that will carry throughout your campaign and ultimately be used on your signs. The logo will determine your colors, font, slogan, etc.
You will not need signs in the beginning. However, when the time does come, don't make rooky mistakes.
- Remember: signs do not win elections! Your supporters love signs, but nothing sways a vote like meeting with constituents face-to-face.
- In case you missed this point above, signs do not win elections! Nothing sways a vote like meeting with constituents face to face.
- Ads will pull you in at the lowest price, with 12 x 18 pricing. The slightest yard sign you want to choose is 18 x 24.
- School Board campaigns are run on shoestring budgets. You must spend wisely and avoid overspending on signs.
- There is nothing worse than a hard-to-read, ugly sign. If you invest the money in signs, be sure they are professional in appearance and easy to read, with your last name as the most prominent text.
- Signs on the Cheap is a company we recommend for a professional yet affordable option.
48Hours Logo
Political Signs
48Hours Logo
Your logo is the foundational marketing design of your entire campaign. It is your brand ID. You will use it on everything from your business cards to your website and signs.
You can't afford to miss the mark on a professional brand. We recommend 48 Hours Logo, an affordable logo design for your campaign. Start an online logo contest to get custom designs!
The NSBC Launches 26 State Chapters and New Website
The NSBC is poised to represent the leadership of 4,000 school boards by 2029, breaking the NSBA and its state affiliates' 70-year monopoly on school board governance.
Washington, DC (October 22, 2025) – What began as a grassroots initiative in 2020 has evolved into a powerful nationwide reform movement uniting parents, educators, and school board leaders across the United States. The National School Boards Coalition (NSBC) is committed to empowering school board leaders who prioritize academic excellence and actively engage parents in the decision-making process.