Incumbents Fare Well in State Chiefs’ Races
Incumbents swept races for state schools chief in four states—Indiana, Montana, North Dakota, and Washington state—while an open seat in North Carolina remained too close to call the morning after the Nov. 2 elections. In state school board elections, incumbents also fared well in most of the 12 states where they were held.
Terry Bergeson won re-election to a third term as Washington state’s schools chief by a substantial margin in what had been expected to be a close race with Judith Billings, a former state superintendent. It was the second time the two had faced each other for the nonpartisan post.
Ms. Bergeson, a former president of the Washington Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union, won the election despite failing to win the endorsement of the union, which criticized her for supporting charter schools. Ms. Billings...
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