Amy Warren and Amy Jensen have defeated incumbents to secure seats on the Wichita school board, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's election.
Notably, Amy Jensen narrowly defeated conservative board member Kathy Bond in the District 5 race, which centered around Wichita's failed bond issue. Bond had been the sole board member to oppose the $450 million bond issue, which was narrowly rejected by voters in February.
I think public education won tonight. I ran on the premise that public education is a good thing, and we need to do everything we can to support our kids and our teachers, and I feel like the voters agreed.
Author's summary: Challengers win Wichita school board seats.