Shelli Boggs, Laura Metcalfe to face off for Maricopa County school superintendent
The two-term Maricopa County School superintendent lost in a crowded Republican primary, conceding the election in a phone call with the winner on Monday.
Shelli Boggs defeated Steve Watson by a thin margin of roughly 1,700 votes, or half of one percentage point. A third candidate, Nickie Kelley, trailed Boggs by just under 10,000 votes. Each candidate captured about one-third of the more than 430,000 votes cast.
"It never feels good to be on the losing end of an election, but I take pride in the work that we've done over the past eight years to try to move the needle for teachers, for kids, for families," Watson said.
The county superintendent supports school governing board elections and bond and override elections, manages school board appointments, offers school finance assistance to school districts and maintains homeschool and private school records.
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