The big picture: Just halfway through 2021, at least 51 local recall efforts involving K-12 school boards have been initiated this year, targeting at least 130 elected members of those boards. That's more than twice the annual average, according to Ballotpedia, a website that follows election trends. It's accompanying the surge of new school board candidates that Axios' Stef Kight has been tracking. By the numbers: California alone is home to 22 of the current recall efforts. Arizona and Idaho follow with six and four recall efforts respectively.