School board election wraps up, and mayor’s future picks could align with his agenda
Two additional Board of Election races were called Friday morning, rounding out the unofficial results of the city’s historic vote to elect 10 members to the 21-person body that will begin overseeing Chicago’s public school system in January.
Chicago has picked its first elected school board members. Now it’s Mayor Johnson’s turn to choose.
For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters on Tuesday chose 10 people to be on the city’s partially elected, 21-member school board. Now there’s a new question: Who will Mayor Brandon Johnson choose as the remaining 11 board members?
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Editorial: The people who pay the bills scored some wins in the school board election
There will now be at least some school board members who will represent taxpayers when setting school policy in Chicago. They might not be great enough in number to prevail on every issue, but their voices will be heard.
Results trickling in for Chicago’s historic school board election
Polls closed Tuesday evening in Chicago’s first school board elections, where 10 local races have high stakes for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the powerful Chicago Teachers Union. Though they began as sleepy provincial contests,
'A backlash against the mayor': Chicago's historic school board election results
Chicago made history with its first-ever school board election, a high-stakes and costly race fueled by millions of dollars from the Chicago Teachers Union.
Chicagoans vote in first-ever school board election
After being solely under control of the mayor for the last 30 years, voters on Tuesday will elect members of the Chicago Board of Education.
Election Day 2024 live results: Chicago Board of Education
Chicago is holding its first school board elections, a key step as the city transitions from a mayor-appointed school board to one elected by voters. That transition has been rife with conflict.
Election results: 3 Cumberland County school board incumbents ousted
According to unofficial results from Tuesday night's elections, Cumberland County's Board of Education will see changes after these incumbents lost.
2024 Election Results: Latest on the Los Angeles Unified School Board races
Three seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, which is responsible for the education of more than 400,000 students, were up for election on Nov. 5. In addition, voters were asked to approve a last-minute bond measure.
Buncombe County School Board election: 2 incumbents win seats, along with 2 newcomers
The unofficial results are in on which four Buncombe County Board of Education candidates won seats, including two incumbents and two newcomers.
With CTU ally Mayor Brandon Johnson in charge, voters reject several union-backed school board candidates
As early returns in Tuesday’s first school board election signaled an underwhelming performance by the Chicago Teachers Union ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson weighs in on presidential election, CPS Board fallout
Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned for Kamala Harris this past weekend in North Carolina, is reflecting on the election, ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointed CPS board members could stay on past January
Here are answers to other key questions surrounding the results of Tuesday’s election. At the end of the day, it’ll be the ...
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Mailers for school board race go negative — from Project 2025 to attacks on the mayor
With the future power of Chicago education in the balance and CTU-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson on the 5th floor of City ...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Floats a Liquor Tax Increase in His 2025 Budget
Plus, an Election Day liquor ban question is posed to Lincoln Square residents, while a Bronzeville alderperson pushes for one ...