California Superintendent of Public Instruction top vote getter is a rightwing nut because of vote splitting among Dems

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Richard Barrera will gather most of the votes from the other candidates and swamp her in the general election


Conservative school board president Sonja Shaw, a Trump-aligned Republican known for her role in the high-profile battle over transgender athletes in school sports, has advanced to the November runoff to serve as California’s next state superintendent of public instruction.

Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified School Board, will likely face Richard Barrera, the San Diego school board president, who garnered the largest portion of a splintered Democratic vote.

Arne Johnson, an advocate with the Bay Area-based transgender rights group Rainbow Family Action, said he wasn’t surprised to see Shaw advance to the general election, but worries that she’ll continue to have a platform for “stunts” and “politically motivated heat” toward transgender children.

“She’ll get trounced in the general election,” he said. “It’s just more funding and more time for her to cause damage.”

Barrera said he respects that Shaw — as a school board president — brings a local perspective to the race.

https://www.kqed.org/news/12086044/conservative-activist-sonja-shaw-advances-in-state-superintendent-race

Calif. Nonpartisan Election
Superintendent of Public Instruction
AP logoestimates
58% of votes counted
Sonja Shaw advances to a runoff election. One additional candidate will also advance.
candidate votes pct
Sonja Shaw
NP
1,144,310 24.5%
Richard Barrera
NP
899,791 19.3%
Wendy Castaneda Leal
NP
446,903 9.6%
Nichelle M. Henderson
NP
396,289 8.5%
Anthony Rendon
NP
382,868 8.2%
Other candidates 1,399,512 30.0%