EDlection2018: Republican Kevin Stitt Wins Oklahoma Governor鈥檚 Race, Stifling Democratic Hopes of a Teacher #RedForEd Victory
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Republican businessman Kevin Stitt secured a sizable victory in Oklahoma鈥檚 gubernatorial race Tuesday night, despite #RedForEd momentum stemming from a statewide teacher strike this spring in the red state.
Stitt, an entrepreneur and self-proclaimed political outsider, beat Democrat Drew Edmondson, a former attorney and teacher, 54-42, . As recently as Sunday, 聽had given Stitt a narrow, 3-point lead.
BREAKING: Republican Kevin Stitt elected governor of Oklahoma
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厂迟颈迟迟鈥檚 includes raising Oklahoma鈥檚 extraordinarily low teacher pay to match salaries in surrounding states, expanding video technology to deliver Advanced Placement classes statewide 鈥� especially in rural areas 鈥� and retaining educators by awarding $5,000 bonuses for first-time certified teachers.
He will replace term-limited Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, who has the in the country.
In 2016, of Oklahoma voters cast ballots for Donald Trump, and the president in August. But Democrats had hoped to turn the state鈥檚 governorship blue this year as the #RedForEd teacher movement engulfed the red state.
In April, Oklahoma weathered a nine-day teacher strike protesting low salaries, a switch to and years of budget shortfalls that have eaten away at public school funding. Teachers got raises of about $6,000 as a result of the #RedForEd movement.
One between Stitt and Edmondson during the campaign involved through higher taxes on items such as oil and tobacco.聽Edmondson supported the bill, while Stitt said schools should reallocate part of their property tax revenue to cover their costs instead.
Eight of 19 House Republicans who had opposed that bill earlier this year.
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Taylor Swaak is a correspondent at 蜜桃影视, focused on the coronavirus pandemic, its impact on student learning, and how the Washington, D.C. region is approaching the many urgent challenges caused by the public health emergency.
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