NEWS DAY | St. Paul school board elections – a real contest?
With the teachers’ union endorsing challenger Jean O’Connell, and refusing to endorse incumbents Elona Street-Stewart, John Brodrick, and Tom Goldstein, the school board race is shaping up to be a real fight, reports the Pioneer Press, despite the fact that no incumbent has lost in the past three election cycles. In addition to O’Connell, who is running as an independent with both union and chamber of commerce endorsements, two Republicans are also in the race — Chris Conner and John Krenik. Then there’s the separate race to fill the seat vacated by Tom Conlon, with DFL and union-endorsed Vallay Varro squaring off against Republican-endorsed Pat Igo.
The achievement gap between students of color and white students and budget issues are at the top of every candidate’s issues list. For more info, see:
John Brodrick (incumbent)
Chris Conner
Tom Goldstein (incumbent)
John Krenik
Jean O’Connell
Elona Street-Stewart
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