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Monday, October 9, 2006
What?!? There’s a superintendent’s race?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
My colleague Bridget Gutierrez has this story on the race, which can’t help but beg the headline: “Does Anyone Care?”
Yes, there is a contested race for state superintendent of schools. Incumbent Kathy Cox faces Denise Majette of Cynthia McKinney ouster fame and David Chastain, a Libertarian who wants to be the last person elected to a post he says should be appointed.
It’s not like there’s nothing to work with here. Cox was the brunt of jokes on national television after striking the word “evolution” from the curriculum. (She later reinstated the word.) Majette baffled many in her congressional district when she tried unsuccessfully to beat Johnny Isakson in the 2004 Senate race. And Chastain admits his candidacy is so obscure his own mother-in-law didn’t believe he would be on the ballot.
Voters say education is an issue they care about, but the issue seems to sell better in higher profile contests like the governor’s race.
Any thoughts on why the school superintendent’s race draws so little interest? Are you following it? Have you made up your mind who you are voting for?
