The results showed V.I.D. winning by more than 1,300 votes out of 11,000 cast, an extraordinary number of
votes in a district leadership race.
Not exact matches
Another reason why the «
leadership vote» argument works is that so many endangered Democrats this cycle are running
in districts that
voted for Arizona Sen. John McCain (R)
in the 2008 presidential race.
There has been much speculation that Paladino promoted Quinn and Pierce so he would have the needed
votes in a future attempt to knock Brown out of her
leadership role
in the city school
district.
Dr. Jason S. Dean, vice chairman of the state education board,
voted for the plan, but said it sounded as if expectations for student behavior were low or non-existent
in the
district or with Jackson
leadership.