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Home > Blogs > Springfield Schools News and Issues > Archives > 2008 > October > 24 > Entry

State education associations endorse in local races

By Megan Gildow | Friday, October 24, 2008, 01:36 PM

The Ohio Education Association and the Ohio Federation of Teachers have endorsed candidates in some local races.

The OEA and the OFT are the state branches of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Local teacher unions are members of one or the other of these groups. Most in the area are with the OEA.

Like the national groups, both organizations endorsed Barack Obama. The state and local endorsements tend to be for Democrats but there are a few Republicans as well in Ohio House of Representatives races. There are several races where the groups took no position.

I’d like to hear from any of the educators reading. How big a role does the union endorsements play in your voting decisions? How abut education issues in general?

Find out whom each group endorsed in districts that cover Clark and Champaign counties races after the jump.

One note: It’s unclear why the groups took no position on some races. It could be that they had no opinion or the candidates did not respond to the questionnaire.

State school board:

District 1: Tracey Smith vs. Ann E. Jacobs OEA: Smith OFT: Jacobs

District 10: Jeffrey Hardin vs. John McHenry vs. Jane Sonenshein OEA: Sonenshein OFT: Sonenshein

U.S. Congress

District 7: Steve Austria (R) vs. Sharon Swartz Neuhardt (D) OEA: Neuhardt OFT: No position

Ohio House

District 72: Ross McGregor (R) vs. Richard Spangler (D) OEA: No position OFT: Spangler

District 84: Roger Hackett (R) vs. Connie Crockett (D) OEA: Crockett OFT: Crockett

Ohio Senate

District 10: Chris Widener (R) vs. Roger Tackett (D) OEA: No position OFT: No position

District 12: Keith Faber (R) vs. Thomas Matthew (D) OEA: No position OFT: No position

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