Board Races in N.C., Minn. Draw Voter Interest
Heather Losurdo offers a concession speech after losing to Democrat Kevin Hill in the Wake County school board District 3 runoff election on Nov. 8 in Raleigh, N.C. Democrats will now hold a 5-4 majority on the board.
—Travis Long//The News & Observer/AP
School board races, often sleepy affairs, garnered a lot of voter attention—and campaign cash—in several communities this month.
The off-year elections this week in Wake County, N.C., and Eden Prairie, Minn., and in Denver on Nov. 1, produced higher-than-usual turnout.
The voter interest in the Eden Prairie and Wake County districts was spurred by long-running concerns over student-assignment policies and led in both districts to turnover in control...
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