加州教育厅长之争落幕：肖认输，巴雷拉领先近15个百分点胜出
加利福尼亚州教育厅长选举有了结果。奇诺谷联合学区委员会主席、共和党人索尼娅·肖（Sonja Shaw）11月4日晚承认败选，向圣迭戈联合学区委员会主席、民主党人理查德·巴雷拉（Richard Barrera）认输。截至11月5日上午的计票结果，肖落后巴雷拉近15个百分点。奇诺谷位于圣贝纳迪诺县，巴雷拉任职的学区在圣迭戈，这场全州选举的对阵双方都是地方学区委员会主席，这在加州教育厅长选举里并不多见。
肖在社交媒体上发表声明说：「昨晚选民作出了选择。说我心里不沉重，那是假话。作为一名母亲、一个保护孩子的人，我为孩子们深感难过。他们值得比这好得多的。」她说，几十年来，同一批人一直把持着教育系统，孩子们却不断落后，她相信这次本有机会改变。她最后说：「我还不知道上帝接下来为我安排了什么，但我知道他还没有结束。」
钱的差距摆在明面上：肖的竞选团队筹到约59.5万美元，巴雷拉约81.2万美元，全州最大的教师工会加州教师协会另外花了840万美元支持巴雷拉。作为对照，2018年托尼·瑟蒙德对马歇尔·塔克的那场教育厅长选举，双方合计筹款高达5000万美元，今年这场要冷清得多。
教育厅长一职在选票上不标党派。肖在今年6月的初选中得票第一，压过多名民主党籍州议员；到了11月的决选，背书、资金和竞选大体上沿着党派线分开。肖2022年在保守派家长的支持下当选奇诺谷学区委员，她的政治生涯从那里起步；这次她不会再回到奇诺谷学区委员会，她的丈夫克里斯·肖竞逐她留下的席位，据圣贝纳迪诺县选民登记处的数据，落后对手11个百分点。
（来源：EdSource）
California Superintendent Race Is Over: Shaw Concedes as Barrera Wins by Nearly 15 Points
The race for California Superintendent of Public Instruction is over. Sonja Shaw, the Republican president of the Chino Valley Unified school board, conceded late on November 4 to Richard Barrera, the Democratic president of the San Diego Unified school board. In the latest returns on the morning of November 5, Shaw trailed Barrera by nearly 15 percentage points. Chino Valley sits in San Bernardino County and Barrera's district is in San Diego; that both candidates for the statewide office were local school board presidents was a distinction of this year's race.
In a statement shared on social media, Shaw said: "Last night voters made their choice. I would be lying if I said my heart wasn't heavy. As a mother and a protector of children, I feel deeply saddened for the kids. They are the ones who deserve so much better." She said the same people have had their hands on the education system for decades while children kept falling behind, and that she believed this election was an opportunity to change that. "I don't know exactly what God has next, but I know He isn't finished," she said.
The money gap was plain: Shaw's campaign raised about $595,000 and Barrera's about $812,000, while the California Teachers Association, the state's largest teachers union, spent an additional $8.4 million supporting Barrera. By comparison, the 2018 superintendent race between Tony Thurmond and Marshall Tuck raised a combined $50 million, making this year's contest far quieter.
The superintendent's office is nonpartisan, with no party affiliation listed on the ballot. Shaw emerged as the top vote-getter in a crowded June primary that featured several Democratic state lawmakers, but in November, endorsements, funding and campaigning broke largely along partisan lines. Shaw won election to the Chino Valley Unified board in 2022, backed by conservative parents, and began her political career there; she will not be returning to that board. Her husband, Chris Shaw, ran for her open seat and is trailing his challenger by 11 points, according to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters.
(Source: EdSource)
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