Three conservative Jefferson County Colorado School Board incumbents ousted in recall election

Three conservative Jefferson County Colorado School Board incumbents ousted in recall election

LAKEWOOD — Three conservative school board members who swept into power two years ago were ousted Tuesday night in a hard-fought recall election that attracted national attention and spending estimated to exceed $1 million.
More than 90,000 votes so far had been counted in the first release of results. Two-thirds of those who had cast the ballots counted chose to recall Ken Witt, Julie Williams and John Newkirk by nearly thirds.
Scarcely a half-hour after polls closed, Witt was conceding the race.
“It’s time to come together around the board members that are elected,” he told supporters at an election results party.
Cheers erupted as news spread of the lopsided early returns at a watch party organized by Jeffco United, the organization behind the recall.
“It appears to me public education in Jeffco is not for sale,” said school board candidate Ali Lasell, one of the candidates swept into power Tuesday with the board majority’s dramatic fall.

[link to co.chalkbeat.org]