On Nov. 5, voters in seven states will go to the polls to elect state schools chiefs.
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Arizona
Jay Blanchard (Democrat)
State senator, education professor
Tom Horne (Republican)
Former state legislator, local school board member, businessman
John Zajac (Libertarian)
Television and radio commercial director/producer
California (nonpartisan)
Jack O’Connell
State senator, former teacher
Kathy Smith
Local school board president
Georgia
Barbara Christmas (Democrat)
Executive vice president, Professional Association of Georgia Educators, former teacher and administrator
Kathy Cox (Republican)
State legislator, teacher
Regina Etheridge (Green)
Sporting-goods-store owner, former teacher
Lynn Krogseng (Libertarian)
Party volunteer coordinator
Idaho
Marilyn Howard (Democrat)
State superintendent
Tom Luna (Republican)
Businessman, local school board member
Oklahoma
Sandy Garrett (Democrat)
State superintendent, former secretary of education
Lloyd Roettger (Republican)
Business executive, former teacher and administrator
South Carolina
Dan Hiltgen (Republican)
Physics professor
Inez Tenenbaum (Democrat)
State superintendent
Al Hafer (Constitution)
State party executive director
Marva Manigault (Libertarian)
Teacher
Wyoming
Trent Blankenship (Republican)
Local superintendent
Kathy Emmons (Democrat)
Executive director, Wyoming Children’s Action Alliance
