Three seats are up for grabs on the nonpartisan, volunteer Tucson Unified School District Governing Board. 2 term board member Kristel Foster is stepping down, as is one term member Rachael Sedgwick-Gordon, and recently appointed member Bruce Burke (filling a vacancy after resignation in October 2019 of long term member Mark Stegeman). Attorney Burke formerly served on the Board in 2003 to 2010.
The League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson hosted a candidate forum for the 6 candidates running in the Nov. 2020 General Election. Here’s the flyer (with bios) from that August 22, 2020 event and a link to the video:
Of the six candidates, four are political newcomers: Dr. Ravi Grivois-Shah, Natalie Luna Rose, Sadie Shaw, Cindy Winston. Nick Pierson ran before as a Republican against CD 3 Congressman Raul Grijalva in Nov. 2018. Adam Ragan ran for a TUSD Governing Bd. seat in November 2018 and came in 3rd in a 5 way race for 2 seats.
Two other TUSD Board members not up for re-election are Adelita Grijalva (also running for District 5 Pima County Board of Supervisors in Nov. 2020) and Leila Counts. Democrat Grijalva said that she would not resign from the TUSD Governing Board should she be elected to the Board of Supervisors.
UPDATE: A 7th candidate Cristina Mennnella is also running, as a write-in candidate.
Candidate statements online here: http://www.schools.pima.gov/elections/2020-governing-board-candidate-statements
Early ballots go out on October 7, so vote wisely on or before the General Election of Nov. 3, 2020.
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