Tag: School Board Election
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School board races showed unions’ outsized clout | Jimmy Sengenberger
The big story from Tuesday’s school board elections is regrettable yet unsurprising: Teachers ’unions still reign in and around Denver. But they’re not impervious. Union-endorsed candidates win 70% of the time, as The Denver Gazette reported — even though fewer than a third of district teachers are often union members. Talk about a massively outsized…
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Candidates for Aurora Public Schools board raise thousands
Incumbent Anne Keke is leading the fundraising race for the Aurora Public Schools board, reporting $25,435 as of Oct. 27. Major contributors to Keke’s campaign included the Aurora Council for Teachers and Students, which gave more than $10,000, and Communications Workers of America Union PAF with $500. Incumbent Tramaine Duncan reported $5,169 in contributions, with…
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Denver school board candidates raise more than $400K for race
Eleven candidates competing for four open seats on the Denver school board have raised a combined $419,583 — far less than the record sums seen in the 2023 race, campaign finance reports show. That total is roughly 40% less than the $697,100 the 13 candidates who ran two years ago brought in. The average haul…