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After Avalanche of Mail-In and Provisional Ballots Swings Close Race, State Assemblyman Tony Thurmond to Become California’s Next State Superintendent

After Closely Watched Campaigns, Teachers Notch Wins and Losses — but for Some, the Fight Isn’t Over Yet

At the State Level, Democrats Had a Good Election Night — but Not a Great One. Did #Red4Ed Fizzle?

Midterm Postmortem: Was the Election a Repudiation of Ed Reform? Or Just a Sign That It’s Going ‘Under the Radar’?

Crusey & Nikkila: Winners in Tuesday’s Election Give Hope That the Pursuit of Equity and Excellence in Education Can Still Succeed

Despite Post-Parkland Surge in Youth Vote, Student Activists Largely Fail to Oust Pro-Gun Candidates in Midterms

Rotherham: 5 Ways the Midterm Elections Will Have Major Implications for Education Reform

EDlection2018: House’s Longest-Serving Member Holds Off Challenge From Education Activist

EDlection2018: With Democratic Wins in Statehouse, Colorado Becomes Another Blue Trifecta

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EDlection2018: Arizona Superintendent Race Between Charter Advocate and Public School Educator Remains Too Close to Call

EDlection2018: Texas Elects 4 Democrats, 3 Republicans to Its 15-Member Board of Education

EDlection2018: The Happiest Republicans in the Country — From the Governor’s Mansion to Statehouse — Are in Florida

EDlection2018: Behind Lamont, Connecticut Dems Make Midterm Legislative Gains

EDlection2018: Colorado Voters Reject Ballot Measure That Would Have Raised Taxes to Fund Schools

EDlection2018: Abrams Waits on Uncounted Ballots in Georgia Governor’s Race

EDlection2018 Final Count: Taking Stock of All the Governor and Superintendent Races

EDlection2018: Democrat Wins Tight Governor’s Race in Connecticut, Turns to State’s Tough Finances

EDlection2018: Newark Voters Decide on Elected, Not Appointed, Board to Oversee Schools Now Returned to Local Control

EDlection 2018: Republican Sherri Ybarra Re-elected as Idaho School Superintendent in Close Race

EDlection2018: Education Reformer Marshall Tuck Has Narrow Lead in Extremely Close Race for California’s State Superintendent of Schools — Once Again the Most Expensive Schools Chief Race in Election History

EDlection2018: Nevada Democrats Win State Senate, Have Universal Control of State Government to Change Landmark 2015 GOP Reforms

EDlection2018: Republican Rick Scott Narrowly Leads in Florida Senate Race, With Recount Likely

EDlection2018: Michelle Lujan Grisham Will Be New Mexico’s Next Governor, Promises a Rollback of Her Predecessor’s Education Reforms

EDlection2018: Congressman Keith Ellison Edges Out Minnesota Attorney General Rival Who Sued Schools Over LGBT Student Rights

EDlection2018: In Wisconsin, Walker Loses Bid for Third Term, Despite Self-Branding as ‘Education Governor’

EDlection2018: Rhode Island Voters Approve $250M Bond to Fix State’s Ailing Public Schools

EDlection2018: Janet Mills Will Be Maine’s First Female Governor

EDlection2018: Republican Mike DeWine Weathers ECOT Closure, Extends GOP’s Grip on Ohio Statehouse

EDlection2018: Republican Brad Little Projected Winner of Idaho Governor Race, With Plans to Support Vocational Training and Early Education

EDlection2018: Sisolak Elected Nevada’s First Democratic Governor in 2 Decades, With Plan to Bolster Education Spending

EDlection2018: Gambling Revenues Will Be Used Exclusively to Support Education in Maryland

EDlection2018: Kristi Noem Becomes South Dakota’s First Female Governor on Promise to Reward ‘Rockstar Teachers’

EDlection2018: Georgia Voters Approve Amendment Empowering Large School Districts to Call Vote on New Sales Tax

EDlection 2018: Republican Kim Reynolds Becomes Iowa’s First Female Elected Governor, After Term Addressing Mental Health, STEM

EDlection 2018: Washington State Legislature Increases Blue Majority, Dems Hope to Pass Capital Gains Taxes for Education

EDlection2018: Dems Win Control of U.S. House, Starting Agenda Heavy on Ed Dept Oversight

EDlection 2018: Utah Voters Reject Gasoline Tax Intended to Increase Ed Spending

EDlection2018: Republicans Keep Control of U.S. Senate, Setting Countdown Clock on Alexander’s Chairmanship

EDlection2018: Democrat Gretchen Whitmer Is Elected Governor in Michigan, Opening the Door to Possible Charter Sector Reforms

EDlection2018: Minnesota’s Governor-Elect Tim Walz, a Former Teacher, Campaigned on the Most Traditional of Democratic Education Platforms

EDlection2018: Oregon Voters Keep Sanctuary State Status

EDlection2018: New Mexico Voters Approve Bonds to Buy School Buses and Improve Schools and Libraries

EDlection2018: Republican Hawley Defeats Democrat McCaskill for Missouri Senate Seat as Dems’ Margin in Chamber Shrinks

EDlection2018: Gavin Newsom Easily Wins Governor’s Race in California, Which He Vows to Make ‘a State of Results and of Refuge’

EDlection2018: 2016 National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes Elected to U.S. Congress in CT, Promising to Back Teachers and Increase School Funding

EDlection 2018: NJ Voters Approve $500 Million Bond to Bolster School Security

EDlection2018: Arizona Voters Block Universal Education Savings Account Expansion

EDlection 2018: Oklahomans Strike Down Measure to Expand How Property Taxes Can Fund Schools

EDlection2018: DeSantis Squeezes by Gillum to Win Florida Governor’s Race, Will Work to Expand School Choice and Ensure More Spending Gets to Classrooms

EDlection2018: Wyoming Elects Republican Gordon as Governor as State Focuses on Education Funding

EDlection2018: Jared Polis Becomes CO Governor as Democrats Flip Control of State Senate. Will Unified Control Change Face of State’s Ed Reforms?

EDlection2018: Vowing to Arm Teachers and Fund Private School Vouchers, Ted Cruz Squeaks Past Beto O’Rourke to Hold On to Texas Senate Seat

EDlection2018: Republican Kevin Stitt Wins Oklahoma Governor’s Race, Stifling Democratic Hopes of a Teacher #RedForEd Victory

EDlection2018: Massachusetts Voters Affirm Anti-discrimination Law in Ballot Referendum, a Victory for Transgender Students

EDlection2018: South Carolina Voters Reject Proposal to Allow Governor to Appoint State Schools Chief

EDlection 2018: Republican Gov. Doug Ducey Wins Re-election in AZ After Promising Teacher Raises

EDlection2018: Republican South Carolina Gov. McMaster Wins, Looks to Increase Police in Schools, Expand Charter Schools

EDlection2018: Wisconsin Re-elects Tammy Baldwin, Democratic Member of HELP Committee, to Senate

EDlection2018: Democrat Laura Kelly Projected to Win Kansas Governor Race, With Promise to Fully Fund Schools

EDlection 2018: Indiana Hands Republican Challenger Braun Senate Victory Over Incumbent Donnelly, Implications for Undocumented Students

EDlection2018: Cuomo Wins Third Term as New York Governor, Will Face Unrest Over School Funding Inequities and Segregation

EDlection2018: Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo Re-elected on a Post-Parkland School Safety Platform

EDlection 2018: Maryland Incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan Projected Winner, Will Help Lead State’s New Direction in Education

EDlection2018: Pritzker Wins Illinois Governor’s Race, Will Face Chronic School Funding Inequities

EDlection2018: Republican Lee Wins TN Governor’s Race, Will Oversee State’s Ed Reform Legacy

EDlection2018: Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf Re-elected in PA After Touting Increased Ed Spending, Strong Backing by Teachers Union

A 2018 EDlection Cheat Sheet: Recapping the 70 Candidates, Races & Winners That Matter Most for American Education Policy

A 2018 EDlection Cheat Sheet: Recapping the 70 Candidates, Races & Winners That Matter Most for American Education Policy

‘We Will Get Out the Vote’: D.C. Middle Schoolers Barnstorm College Campus to Get Students to the Polls

Activists Schedule Election-Day School Walkouts to Drive Votes as Polls Indicate ‘Unusually High Levels’ of Youth Civic Engagement

A San Francisco School Board Election Is Giving Non-Citizens a Vote — a First in California. But Here’s Why Many Are Staying Away

Midterm Exam: 12 Teacher Candidates Reflect on the Campaign Trail — and Why They’re Running

Countdown to EDlection2018: As Midterms Approach, Here’s What the Latest Polls Show in 16 Key Races With Big Stakes for Schools

October Education Surprise: New Front-runner in MN Attorney General Race Is Lawyer Who Sued Schools Over Transgender Bathrooms

School Safety Tops Young People’s List of Election Concerns. But Will It Lead Them to Vote?

Fate of Nevada’s Landmark Ed Reforms Could Hinge on Outcome of Four State Senate Races

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