Write-in candidates were elected to local public office on November 4, 2025, in Kansas, New York, Virginia, Utah, Pennsylvania, and Washington, and probably other states as well.

This article describes the write-in wins in Virginia. All were for School Board. There were eight write-in candidates elected.

Charleston, Utah, elected Doug Clements Mayor. He received 93 write-ins. The two candidates on the ballot received 92 and 72 votes. See this story.

This story describes how a full slate of write-in candidates were elected in Cato, New York. That covered all five offices that were up.

Also in New York, Yosef Kaufman, a write-in candidate, was elected Trustee of Spring Valley. See this story.

Prescott, Washington, elected a write-in candidate to be Mayor. See this story.

Spring Hill, Kansas, elected a write-in candidate as Mayor. See this story.

Pennsylvania always has write-in winners in local elections, because Pennsylvania has so many obscure offices (including precinct polling place officials) that there are always races with no one who files to be on the ballot. See this story. Also this story.

On November 26, the Texas Republican Party filed this reply brief in Hunt v State of Texas, n.d., 2:25cv-200. This is the lawsuit in which the Texas Republican Party seeks a court order that the party has a right to a closed primary. Texas has always had open primaries, and the voter registration form does not ask applicants to choose a party.