The core problem with nonpartisan elections is that most voters have a really hard time making political decisions without partisan shortcuts. Absent partisan cues, campaign spending, celebrity, and other group identities become even more important.
Sure, but without them 95% of the population who vote are locked in a two party cage where both those parties are owned by billionaires and huge corporations. Non-partisan elections are the only chance to ex cape that billionaire owned cage within the status quo.