Campaigns and elections

Amid an overwhelming blue wave, voters chose to keep transgender athletes out of girls’ sports. LGBTQ advocates and their allies in elected office are pushing back.

Amendment 87 creates a graduated income tax rate and is expected to raise billions for K-12, healthcare, and childcare.

Incumbents Judith Pritchett and Tiffany Tilley were elected to eight-year terms.

While votes are still being counted in a handful of close races, unofficial results indicate that 11 candidates who were backed by groups supportive of charter schools and school choice are on track to be seated in January.

The five new members of the DPSCD board are Georgia Lemmons, Jameel Smith, LaMar Lemmons, Bessie Harris, and Aliya Moore, according to unofficial results. Read more about their priorities.

The measure will create a reliable K-12 education funding stream that advocates have been wanting for years.

Democrats kept control of the three seats up for election on the CU Board of Regents. The board oversees policy and funding decisions at the state’s flagship system.

Biggs beat Chicago Teacher Union organizer Hilario Dominguez, and attorney Victor Henderson with nearly 50% of the vote in the three-way contest.

Jocelyn Benson, Michigan secretary of state, will take the reins from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, whose second term is expiring.

Red-state Democrats are promising voucher oversight. Congress could push back on the Trump education agenda.

There were 15 candidates vying for 5 seats on the board.

The referendum will raise $95 million for both district-run and charter schools.

Chalkbeat asked the people running for Chicago’s first fully elected school board their favorite pizza place.

The revelations about Carlos Rivas, who is running for reelection in District 3b, come just days before Election Day.

Eleven candidates for the DPSCD board in the Nov. 3 election raised more than $108,000, recently filed campaign statements show. The money was used by some for out-of-state travel, tailoring, meals, and more, according to the reports.

Dr. Jameel Smith pulled in more than $75,500, but overall fundraising across 34 candidates lagged behind previous election cycles with fewer candidates.

More than a dozen Colorado districts are asking voters to consider tax measures that will help pay teachers more. They range from Denver to Mesa County Valley to tiny Prairie on the Eastern Plains.

Red-state Dems are running against vouchers. Transgender rights are on the ballot. And school closures are riling up voters.