In political science, nonpartisan denotes an election in which the candidates don't declare or don't formally have a political party affiliation. It also denotes organizations that don't have formal alignment with a political party. Nonpartisan elections are generally held for municipal and county offices, especially school board, and are also common in the election of judges. In some nonpartisan elections, it's common knowledge which candidates are members of and backed by which parties; in… (More on Nonpartisan)