Salem-Keizer voters choose largely progressive school board candidates in unusually expensive election

Salem-Keizer voters choose largely progressive school board candidates in unusually expensive election

Voters in Salem-Keizer largely supported a slate of progressive school board candidates over their four-person conservative opposition Tuesday in races that drew hundreds of thousands of dollars in spending.

Zone 3 Salem-Keizer School Board race too close to call as progressives clinch other seats - Salem Reporter

One Salem-Keizer School Board race is a toss-up after Marion County election officials tallied thousands of ballots Thursday. Jennifer Parker now leads Angelo Arredondo Baca by just 294 votes in the Zone 3 race to represent south Salem, out of more than 41,000 votes cast.  She is the sole candidate from a conservative slate of four backed by Marion + Polk First to come out ahead on election night. Parker is a single mother of a son with disabili…