Teacher candidates make small gains in Kentucky legislature
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At least nine current or former teachers have won seats in the Kentucky Legislature eight months after thousands of public school teachers closed nearly two dozen districts to protest changes to the pension system made by the Republican-dominated legislature.
Tuesday's elections saw at least 36 teachers on the ballot, most of them Democrats. But the "blue wave" Democrats had hoped for failed to materialize. At least 22 of the teacher candidates lost, including retired kindergarten teacher Linda Story Edwards. She lost to her former student, Republican Chris Freeland in House District 6.
Republicans were guaranteed to maintain their majority in the state House of Representatives.