2018 Post Election Outlook- Gubernatorial and State Legislative Races -

November 8, 2018

2018 Election ResultsLast Updated: November 8, 2018

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2018 Election ResultsLast Updated: November 7, 2018

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2018 Election ResultsLast Updated: November 8, 2018

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Eight Party Control Flips for Governor

Election 2018Last Updated: November 8, 2018

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1. Alaska – Dunleavy (R) 52.4 – Begich (D) 43.8

2. Illinois – Pritzker (D) 54.0 – Rauner (R) 39.3

3. Kansas – Kelly (D) 47.8 – Kobach (R) 43.3

4. Maine – Mills (D) 51.3 – Moody (R) 42.9

5. Michigan –Whitmer (D) 52.8 – Schuette (R) 44.3

6. New Mexico – Lujan Grisham (D) 56.9 – Pearce (R) 43.1

7. Nevada – Sisolak (D) 49.4 – Laxalt (R) 45.3

8. Wisconsin – Evers (D) 49.6 –Walker (R) 48.4

New York Times: Race ResultsLast Updated: November 7, 2018

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AlabamaLast Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Kay Ivey (R)

Margin of Victory: 19.2%

Analysis: In a 2017 statewide poll, AL voters said K-12 education was the number one issue for them. Alabama routinely ends up at thebottom of most lists ranking outcomes in K-12 education in the US. They also rank last in the country in the state’s financial investmentin education. Key concerns within K-12 education were funding, teacher preparation, class size, and low student achievement.

Gov. Kay Ivey recently announced an advisory council to study how to improve science, technology, engineering and math instruction in schools to meet what are expected to be strong job demands over the next decade. Ivey said she expects a comprehensive report from the group by the end of the year. One of the main objectives is to help reach a previously announced goal of adding 500,000 highly skilled workers to Alabama's workforce by 2025.

The Governor has direct authority over the Alabama State Board of Education, serving as President of the Board.

Alabama’s new superintendent, Eric Mackey, whose entire career has been in Alabama classrooms, says he does not recall a governorattending more regular Board of Education meetings than Ivey. Ivey’s first big initiative was “Strong Start, Strong Finish”, an approach toimprove public education at every level. Ivey is working with the Alabama Workforce Council, the Department of Early ChildhoodEducation, and the Alabama State Department of Education to implement the initiatives.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+14 2016 Winner: Trump 62.1%

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Key Contact: Steve Pelham – Chief of Staff

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, gain 5 seats• Senate – Republicans maintain control, gain 1 seat

Alaska** Last Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Mike Dunleavy (R)

Margin of Victory: 8.8%

Analysis: Mike Dunleavy was a member of the Alaska Senate from January 15, 2013, representing District E. He resigned his senate seat,effective January 15, 2018, in order to focus on his gubernatorial campaign. A former superintendent of schools, Dunleavy earned abachelor’s of arts in history from College Misericordia, now known as Misericordia University, in Pennsylvania and his master’s degree ineducation at UAF. His political experience includes being elected a board member of the Mat-Su School District, where he served also asboard president. His resume includes working as a superintendent, principal, vice principal, teacher, program manager of the AlaskaStatewide Mentor Project, and owner of an education consultancy.

Dunleavy claims he will be a champion of rural schools. He wants to strengthen educational opportunities in the home areas of students.Rural students should have the same opportunities as their peers in urban communities. Dunleavy has supported educational choice; asa state senator, he proposed a constitutional amendment that would have allowed for public money to be used for private or religiousschools. The measure died. He said he is "100 percent committed to making sure that we have the best public education in this country."

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+9

Last Election Win: 48.1% | 2016 Winner: Trump 51.3%

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Key Contact: Brett Huber – Campaign Manager; Tuckerman Babcock, transition chair and chief of staff.

**New Governor, party flip

Party Control Changes• Alaska Governor flips from independent to red

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control• Senate – Republicans maintain control

State Board chooses the Superintendent.

Arizona Last Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Doug Ducey (R)

Margin of Victory: 17.8%

Analysis: Education was a key gubernatorial race issue after an unprecedented statewide teacher strike in the spring shut down publicschools for nearly a week as instructors demanded more funding. The teachers returned to class after Ducey signed a plan that granted pay raises that will reach 20 percent by 2020, including a 1 percent boost granted during the past budget year. and$1 million to create a computer science professional development program.

Despite his re-election, voters soundly rejected Ducey's initiative approved by the Legislature in 2017 that would have greatly expanded the state's private school voucher program. Public school advocates had used a provision in Arizona's constitution and gathered enough signatures to temporarily block the law and place it on Tuesday's ballot.

State Superintendent Election: Democrat Kathy Hoffman narrowly leads former U.S. Frank Riggs. Republican Riggs, who defeated incumbent Republican Diane Douglas in the primary, moved to Arizona in 2002 after representing a California district in Congress. Riggs calls himself "one of the fathers of the charter school movement" and wants to reform charter schools in the state. Democrat Hoffman, a speech therapist and bilingual teacher, is a political novice who emphasized her time in the classroom.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+5

Last Election Win: 52.5% | 2016 Winner: Trump 48.1%

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Key Contact: Gretchen Conger – Deputy Chief of Staff, Budget & Policy

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gain 2 seats, 3 are still being counted• Senate – Republicans maintain control

ArkansasLast Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Asa Hutchinson (R)

Margin of Victory: 33.5%

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This week Gov. Hutchinson announced the number of Arkansas high school students taking computer science classes is up by 30 percent. A total of 8,044 students are taking computer science classes throughout the state, and eight districts have more than 100 students taking an individual computer science course. There are 143,495 high school students in Arkansas for the 2018-2019 school year, according to the Arkansas Department of Education Data Center.

In 2017, Hutchinson passed the Higher Education Productivity Funding Formula – they base the funding of Arkansas’ ten public universities & 22 community colleges on how well students perform and progress rather than how many students are simply enrolled. This is in an attempt to ensure the students graduate or earn a certificate and move on to good careers. In October 2018, Hutchinson announced his plan to restructure the Arkansas state government by reducing the number of state agencies from 42 to 15. For example, the Department of Education and Department of Higher Education will be brought into one higher cabinet. Hutchinson argues that the mergers would provide more resources to the agencies, would prevent duplication in different offices and would make it easier for agency heads to make quick decisions. Hutchinson said Arkansas' Department of Finance estimates the plan would save the state $15 million a year.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+15

Last Election Win: 55.4% | 2016 Winner: Trump 60.6%

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Key Contact: Alison Williams – Chief of Staff

Governor recommends Commissioner to State Board of Education.

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control• Senate – Republicans maintain control

California*Last Updated: November 13, 2018

General Election Winner: Gavin Newsom (D)

Margin of Victory: 18.6%Analysis: Lt. Governor Newsom has emphasized a campaign promise to work toward universal preschool in the state, and wants a greatfocus on investing in early childhood education and care for the first three years of a child’s life. He also wants to launch college savingsaccounts for all incoming KG students in the state. Newsom would also guarantee two free years of community college tuition for CAstudents and says he would work toward reducing the cost of higher education to relieve student debt.

Newsom championed legislation that will lead to the creation of a long-term computer science strategic plan for the state, and called on the University of California and California State University to recognize computer science as a core mathematics or science course. Newsom spearheaded a letter signed by dozens of key political, business and nonprofit leaders to the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), the UC committee armed with the ability to reclassify the course. As a member of a task force established by the California State University Academic Senate, the Lieutenant Governor successfully lobbied for inclusion of computer science in the final report

State Superintendent Race: An estimated 4.5 million votes, which could determine the outcome of California’s expensive and hard-fought race for state Superintendent of Public Instruction, have yet to be counted. Election results showed former school executive Marshall Tuck’s leading Richmond Assemblyman Tony Thurmond . Thurmond had been endorsed by the California Democratic Party and the California Teachers Association. He is a former state assemblyman, a former Richmond City Council member and a onetime school board member. Marshall Tuck is championed by education reformers and charter school supporters. He previously served as an executive for the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools -- a network of charter schools -- and has the endorsement of former ObamaEducation Secretary Arne Duncan. The winner will succeed Tom Torlakson, who is term-limited.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+12

2016 Winner: Clinton 61.5%

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Key Contact: Eve O’Toole – Senior Advisor.

*New Governor

State Legislature:• House – Democrats gain supermajority• Senate – Democrats gain supermajority

Colorado*Last Updated: September 11, 2018

General Election Winner: Jared Polis (D)

Margin of Victory: 11.6%

Analysis: Congressman Jared Polis made education a key issue in his campaign. He is a senior member of the House Education andWorkforce Committee, founder of two public charter school networks, and previously on the Colorado Board of Education. He supportsfree Kindergarten and pre-K. He cites an initiative where individuals can invest in pre-K/preschool and earn dividends based on savingsfrom the school district on less special education spending, students repeating grades, and other savings from early education. He alsofloated ideas such a loan forgiveness for teachers who spend five years at rural or poor school districts.

Polis wants to expand access to college-level courses (AP, IB, dual or concurrent enrollment) for all students and eliminate enrollmentbias by automatically qualifying students into those courses based on academic merit (GPA, standardized test scores, PSAT score, ACTscore, etc.) instead of a guidance counselor or teacher assignment to prevent “tracking” and increase Colorado students’ college success.

As early as 2018, then Congressman Polis began pushing the Computer Science Education Act, which provided Implementation grantsfor states, in partnership with local school districts and institutions of higher education to carry out state plans by: developing state computer science standards, curriculum, and assessments; improving access to underserved populations; and, developing professional development and teacher certification programs.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+1

2016 Winner: Clinton 48.2%

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*New Governor

Key Contact: • Lisa Kaufmann, who chaired the Polis gubernatorial campaign, will be chief of staff. She also served as Polis’ chief of staff in

Congress from 2014 to 2017. His education he team is chaired by Al Yates, former president of Colorado State University; and Elaine Gantz Berman, a former member of the Colorado State Board of Education.

Party Control ChangesColorado Senate Post-Election: 19 D – 16 RColorado Senate Pre-Election: 17 D – 18 R

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control, gain 1 seat• Senate – Democrats gain control, gain 3 seatsState Board chooses the Superintendent

Connecticut*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Ned Lamont (D)

Margin of Victory: 1.7%

Analysis: Ned Lamont’s general plan regarding education is to retain current levels of school funding, then move toward more funding infuture years. A nominee for the U.S. Senate in ‘06 and candidate for governor in ’10, is a part-time instructor at a Central ConnecticutState University and he often invites business leaders to speak to his students. He supports STEAM education in K-12 schools andstrongly backs incorporating computer science and statistics into Connecticut’s K-12 curriculum.

Lamont has focused on the education gaps between Connecticut districts and wants education funding to go to the towns and cities thatneed it the most. Connecticut for years has had one of the the largest gaps in the nation in education achievement between black andwhite students. He has shared his plan to close these gaps by focusing on improving test scores, increasing instructional time, andcreating a more diverse staff that is reflective of the student body. He is also concerned about the large number of administratorsrelative to teachers in public schools. Additionally, Lamont has suggested forgiving student loans for those who teach for five years inConnecticut’s cities, whose schools persistently perform at lower levels than their suburban counterparts. In cities like Bridgeport, thestaff turnover in struggling schools is extremely high – one out of every five teachers leave each year.

During the campaign he expressed strong support for incorporating computer science and statistics into the K-12 curriculum, pointing toRhode Island as a model. In regards to higher education, Lamont plans to work on a proposal that would make Connecticut communitycolleges tuition-free to in-state students who commit to living and working in Connecticut for a period of time after graduating.Furthermore, Lamont wants to prioritize the expansion of public-private partnerships between Connecticut community colleges andmajor employers in the state.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+6

2016 Winner: Clinton 54.6%

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Key Contact: Marc Bradley – Campaign Manager; Ryan Drajewicz - transition’s executive director.

*New Governor

Party Control Changes• Connecticut Senate Post-Election: 23 D – 12 R – 1 outstanding• Connecticut Senate Pre-Election: 18 D – 18 R

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control, gain 12 seats• Senate – Democrats gain controlState Board Appoints the Superintendent

Florida*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Ron DeSantis (R)

Margin of Victory: .6%Analysis: Congressman Ron DeSantis narrowly defeated progressive democrat Andrew Gillum. Both candidates agreed that more moneyshould be spent on students, but had vastly different ideas on how to deliver it. DeSantis pledged to spend 80 percent of the publicschool budget, cut the bureaucracy, and conduct a full audit of Florida’s public education system to find more savings. He wants torequire local school districts to outline their spending in a public online database. Instead of an across-the-board pay raise for teachers,he would develop a merit-based pay plan tied to classroom performance. He is also calling for a comprehensive review of curriculumstandards, with an aim toward cutting out “Common Core” standards and ensuring no bias exists in textbooks.

His plan includes cutting administrative costs significantly and put the savings into school choice programs. DeSantis prioritizes charterschools and other non-traditional methods of schooling – magnet schools, independently managed charters, and technology to developmore options. He says he’ll expand voucher programs that provided publicly funded scholarships for low- and moderate-incomestudents to attend private schools. DeSantis also wants to expand vocational, technical, and apprenticeship programs – one of the fewtopics both candidates for governor agreed on.

DeSantis pledged if elected to promote the prominence of the state's research universities. He noted that one institution, the Universityof Florida, has made the top 10 list of public universities maintained by U.S. News & World Report. DeSantis said he wanted to be surethat one Florida public university moves up to make the top five.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+2

2016 Winner: Trump 48.6%

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Key Contacts:• Brad Herold – Campaign Manager• Jeffrey Woodburn – Policy Director• Susie Wiles – Campaign Chairman

• Ran Trump’s successful 2016 Florida effort

*New Governor but recount underway

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, Republicans gained 1 seat• Senate – Republicans maintain control, 1 race undecided with Dem in the leadState Board appoints the Commissioner

Georgia*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: TBD

Analysis: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is ahead in the voter count 50.3 – 48.7 as of Thursday, but Democrat Stacey Abrams hasnot yet conceded and is reportedly planning to demand a recount. Kemp supports school choice effort by doubling the state tax creditfor student scholarship organizations and boost funding for charter schools. During the campaign he proposed giving Georgia publicschool teachers a permanent $5,000 annual pay raise if he’s elected governor, a plan that would cost state taxpayers roughly $600million a year. The former secretary of state said Tuesday that he would not raise taxes or fees to fund the pay raises, instead dependingon existing revenue from the state’s $26.2 billion budget. Kemp described it as crucial to help the state retain more educators.

Likely Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+5

2016 Winner: Trump 50.4%

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State Superintendent Election: In a low-profile race, Richard Woods, the incumbent Republican, defeated Democrat Otha Thornton, an Iraq War veteran who has served as president of the National PTA. Woods has challenged increases in standardized testing and haschampioned “wraparound centers” at schools that provide health services and food pantries for low-income families. Woods said that his 14 years of high school teaching and administrative experience helped him advise lawmakers to pass legislation that rolled back testing mandates and opened the door to alternatives to Georgia’s standardized state tests. His proposal for the Every Student Succeeds Act provided for an “innovative” testing program. It also changed the way schools are graded, reducing the emphasis on testing and favoring other programs like Advanced Placement courses. Woods has said he plans to emphasize proficiency in math and reading in elementary school and will look at more creative paths in high school, like dual enrollment.

Amendment 5 Passed: Amended the Georgia Constitution to authorize a school district or group of districts within a county to call for a sales and use tax referendum. The tax would be one percent and last up to five years. Revenue from the sales tax would be divided between school districts within the county.

*New Governor but recount possible

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gain 11 seats • Senate – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gain 2 seats

Key Contacts: Tim Fleming Chief of Staff; David Dove, head of transition; Mark Middleton – Policy Director

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General Election Winner: David Ige (D)

Margin of Victory: 25%

Analysis: Despite a challenging first time marked by both natural and manmade disasters, Hawaii Governor David Ige won his bid for asecond term. Ige has and will likely continue to earn points for his public education accomplishments, including AC in schools (a majorissue in Hawaii) and negotiating a teacher’s contract. In June 2018, the Governor signed a bill to develop computer science programs atpublic schools statewide starting in 2021.

HawaiiLast Updated: November 8, 2018

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+18

Last Election Win: 49.5% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 62.2%

Key Contact: Mike McCartney – Chief of Staff

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain supermajority, no net gains • Senate – Democrats maintain supermajority, Republicans gain 1 seat

State Board appoints the Superintendent

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Idaho*Last Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Brad Little (R)

Margin of Victory: 22.1%

Analysis: Longtime Republican lawmaker Brad Little has been lieutenant governor since 2009 and has vowed to continue retiring Gov.C.L. “Butch” Otter’s legacy of leading the state’s recent explosive growth. Teacher pay is a major issue in Idaho. Little acknowledges thestate has unfinished business, but that the “Career ladder”, a $250 million plan to boost teacher pay, has helped so far. He hassupported boosting Idaho’s minimum teacher salary to $40,000 (up from $35,800). Little has also supported a bill for student loanforgiveness to rural teachers. He would like to see school districts consolidate resources to reduce overhead costs, putting any savingsinto education programs. Little has said he will focus on Pre-K. He is in favor of a program that would allow schools to spend on pre-K, allday Kindergarten, summer reading programs, and buses for kids to get to kindergarten. This will be the first time Idaho will focus onearly education in years. Little has talked about the 60% goal – the state wants 60% of its 25 – 34-year old’s to obtain a college degree orprofessional certificate. The state is stuck at 42%. Little blames the economy for this problem. Idaho’s unemployment rate is at 2.7% andmany high school graduates go to work instead of college. He’s a proponent of more career technical education programs and lettingcolleges and universities keep the sales tax generated on their campuses with the money going toward lowering tuition costs.

Little will play a key role in implementing legislation signed in March by Governor Otter requiring all high schools to offer at least one computer science course to students by fiscal year 2020. The courses must be aligned with the Idaho computer science standards.

State Superintendent: Incumbent Republican Sherri Ybarra, the winner of a close 2014 race, narrowly beat Democrat Cindy Wilson. While Wilson was a well-regarded educator and has opened up a fundraising edge, any Republican starts out as the frontrunner forstatewide office in deep red Idaho

.*New Governor

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+192016 Winner: Trump 59.2%

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gain 3 seats• Senate – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gain 1 seat

Illinois**Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: J.B. Prtizker (D)

Margin of Victory: 15%

Analysis: Democrat JB Pritzker, the 53-year-old heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, contributed $171 million from his own pocket to hiscampaign, the most ever by a U.S. gubernatorial candidate. Pritzker claims that the population has been decreasing in Illinois because ofhigh property taxes and the messy process of paying for schools. He also says the 30% cut in higher education under Rauner has causedstudents to leave the state. 72,000 students have chosen not to go to college in Illinois as a result of these budget cuts. Pritzker doesn’thave an immediate solution to plugging the massive gap between the $8.4 billion Illinois spends on K-12 public schools and projectionsof what adequate funding would cost. Pritzker hopes to increase monetary award program (MAP) grants that pay for students to attendIllinois colleges and universities by 50 percent and let graduates refinance their debt at the same interest level as state bonds.

Regarding higher education, Pritzker claims he would make college more affordable by increasing financial aid and restoring funding forcollege and universities to “pre-Rauner levels.” He also wants to work on the credit transfer system to make it easier to transfer creditsfrom community college to public universities.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+7

Last Election Win: 50.8% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 55.5%

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**New Governor, party flip

Key Contacts: Former Chicago Board of Education Vice President Jesse Ruiz and early-childhood expert Barbara Bowman, have been named to the transition team. Ruiz will serve as counsel to the transition team. He has served as interim CEO at the school district and previously chaired the Illinois State Board of Education. Bowman co-founded the Erikson Institute, a child development graduate school in Chicago. Bowman is the mother of Valerie Jarrett, who was former President Barack Obama’s senior advisor. The transition team will be led by Juliana Stratton, who will become Illinois’ first African-American lieutenant governor. Anne Caprara is expected to be Chief of Staff.

Party Control Changes• Illinois Governor flips from red to blue

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control• Senate – Democrats maintain controlState Board chooses the Superintendent

IowaLast Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Kim Reynolds (R)

Margin of Victory: 3%

Analysis: Since Republicans took control of the governors office in Iowa in 2011, state education funding has increased $765 million –more than all but three U.S. states, according to a 2017 report by the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities thatexamines K-12 funding across the country. During her campaign, Reynolds highlighted this increased funding, teacher salaries, a top-ranked high school graduation rate, and nationally recognized math- and science based learning. Reynolds has said she is proud of theinvestment the state has made into education, but that the state can’t measure its success purely in the amount invested and shouldinstead look to how well the state is preparing students for future jobs. Reynolds has said she supports initiatives to accomplish studentpreparedness.

Key Contact: Ryan Koopmans – Chief of Staff; Stephanie Groen, DC Director.

Governor appoints the Education Director.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+3

Last Election Win: N/A | 2016 Winner: Trump 51.1%

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State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gain 5 seats• Senate – Republicans maintain control, gain 3 seats

Kansas**Last Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Laura Kelly (D)

Margin of Victory: 4.5%

Analysis: Born in New York City, Kelly comes from a Republican military family that moved frequently during her childhood. She came toKansas in the mid-1980s. She raised two daughters with her husband, Ted Daughety, a doctor focused on pulmonary and sleepdisorders. Kelly, 68, was director of the Kansas Recreation and Park Association for 19 years. The organization advocates on behalf of thestate’s parks, recreation and leisure industry. She won election to the Kansas Senate in 2004 by just 98 votes — a victory she credits tocampaigning everywhere in her district in Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties, including rural areas. She has served in elected office inTopeka longer than any other candidate in the governor’s race. Over time, she has become one of the most prominent Democraticlawmakers in Topeka. She was the highest-ranking Democrat on two budget committees and a health and welfare committee.

State Senator Laura Kelly relentlessly brought up education – specifically the education cuts made during Brownback’s term as governor.Her number one priority is the restoration of education funding and the return of a full five day school week. Kelly supports strong earlychildhood programs (“investing early”); she argues this benefits both kids and their families. Her proudest accomplishment in the statesenate was securing critical support for childhood education programs. In 2009, she pushed for the creation and funding of earlychildhood block grants to ensure that more kids enter kindergarten ready to learn. She plans to expand pre-K programs, fully fund K-12schools, and add a cost of living index. Regarding higher education, Kelly has said she will continue to work with the Board of Regents inKansas to address the recent increases in state tuition and provide relief for Kansas students and their families.

Key staff: Duane Goossen, an early supporter of Kelly’s who served as budget director under former Republican Gov. Bill Graves andDemocratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

Incumbent: Jeff Colyer (R) – defeated in primaryPartisan Voting Index: R+13

Last Election Win: N/A | 2016 Winner: Trump 56.2%

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Party Control Changes• Kansas Governor flips from red to blue

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control• Senate – Republicans maintain controlState Board Appoints the Education Commissioner.

Maine**Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Janet Mills (D)

Margin of Victory: 8%

Analysis: The party flip in Maine’s state government will likely result in big changes in education priorities and even policies. A major lawthat would likely be implemented under a democratic governor is a bill introduced in 2004 requiring the state to cover 55% of costs forprimary and secondary public education. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills supports fully funding Maine’s public schools, claiming thatwhen the state fails to meet these obligations, the impact is disproportionately damaging to rural and lower-income communities.According to Mills, the goal of her administration will be a “’cradle to college’ approach: strive for the highest achieving young childrenand the most qualified young adults of any state in the country.” First, she plans to implement universal pre-K for all four-year-olds inMaine. Mills also claims that far too many (around 200,000) Maine people have completely some college – she hopes to close this gap.Like many other newly elected governors, Mills also hopes to invest in a “Rural Return Scholarship” to incentivize younger adults toreturn to their hometowns after graduation college.

Mills opposes using Maine tax dollars to fund private and charter schools and does not support lifting the 10-school cap. She doesn’tthink there has been any measureable success in the ten charter schools used as an experiment in Maine. Mills was one of 20 attorneysgeneral to sue U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over the Education Department’s plans – a lawsuit they won. Mills wants toincrease support to retired teachers, saying that she is “keenly aware of the real struggles faced by retired teachers facing high insurancecosts, modest-at-best pensions, and little or no access to Social Security.” Mills also has a plan to end childhood hunger; it is one of hertop priorities. She plans to request additional aid from the USDA.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+3

2016 Winner: Clinton 46.8%

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Key Contact: Jeremy Kennedy – Campaign Manager .Governor Appoints Education Commissioner.

**New governor, party flip

University of Maine Bond Issue Passed: Authorizes $49 million for construction and remodeling of University of Maine system facilities.Community Colleges Bond Issue Passed: Authorizes $15 million for renovation and expansion of the state’s seven community colleges.

Party Control Changes• Maine Governor flips from red to blue• Maine Senate Post-Election: 20 D – 13 R - 2 Outstanding• Maine Senate Pre-Election: 17 D – 18 R

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control, gain at least 12 seats• Senate – Democrats gain control, gain 5 seats

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MarylandLast Updated: November 7, 2018

Partisan Voting Index: D+12Last Election Win: 51.6% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 60.3%

General Election Winner: Larry Hogan (R)

Margin of Victory: 13.4%

Analysis: During his first term, the popular incumbent Governor Hogan emphasized seeking accountability on the billions the statealready spends on school and giving more choice to parents via charter schools, vouchers and tax breaks for donations to privateschools. He moved the first day of school to after Labor Day, launched programs that allow high school students to start communitycollege before they get their diplomas and demanded that officials in Baltimore County and Baltimore City address air conditioningproblems in schools. Currently, the MD government is rethinking how much to spend on K-12 schooling and how to structure publiceducation. Hogan recently announced that he hired an independent investigator to address what he described as a culture of corruptionin public schools. He signed an executive order to hire Valerie Radomsky, an education aide to Comptroller Peter Franchot (D), as thefirst-ever director of the Office of Education Accountability. Hogan said Radomsky will focus on fielding complaints from the public andreviewing allegations that could range from misspent school funding to grade fixing. He also promised that after his reelection, he willpush for a law that gives the investigator subpoena power.

Hogan signed legislation to allow free community college for lower-income families and wants to expand it to allow recipients to earnfour-year degrees tuition free. He also wants to make student loan interest fully deductible on Maryland income taxes.

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control, no net change (but 3 races haven’t been called; democrats are leading in 2/3)• Senate – Democrats maintain supermajority, gain 4 seats

State Board Appoints Education Superintendent.

MD Question 1, Gambling Revenue Passed: Voters supported amending the state constitution to dedicate certain revenue from video lotteries to education as supplementary funding.

Key Contact: Tiffany Robinson – Deputy Chief of Staff

MassachusettsLast Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Charlie Baker (R)

Margin of Victory: 33.8%

Analysis: By most polls, Republican Charlie Baker is the most popular Governor in the nation which is an even higher complimentconsidering Massachusetts is a solidly blue state. He is also the most moderate of the nation’s 33 Republican Governors. Bakersupported establishing more Charter schools when he was first elected, especially in under-performing districts, but the state voted “no”in 2016. Teachers and unions throughout the state argued that these poorer school districts needed more money, not more choices.Since then, Baker has focused on much smaller-scale education initiatives. This time around, Baker is proposing a $500 million increaseto state aid in school districts, which is unusual for a conservative. Baker says that in his second term, he will continue to make small,safe investments in education – because fully funding education would take away from other important initiatives in transportation, etc

Another small initiative that Baker hopes will have a big impact: 1,000 students at 17 high schools around the state are getting a headstart on college coursework. He has noted it will take time to see if this is something they can deliver on a larger scale. For now, he justwants to get the mechanics right and see if it is effective. Baker also spent more than $50 million outfitting the state's vocational schoolsto train students for the jobs of the future. Baker’s approach to higher education: $7 million to cover free community college for theneediest students. And a new program called the “Commonwealth Commitment" that can dramatically reduce the cost of a bachelor'sdegree for students who go full-time, get good grades, and start their education at a community college. Critics say the $7 million is“about $900 million too short”.

Partisan Voting Index: D+12Last Election Win: 58.5% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 60%

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State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control, gain 2 seats• Senate – Democrats maintain control, no net gain

Key Contact: Elizabeth Mahoney – Policy DirectorGovernor Appoints Education Commissioner.

Michigan**Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Gretchen Whitmer (D)

Margin of Victory: 9.1%Analysis: Governor elect Whitmer is the former minority leader of the state Senate and later served as Ingham County's interimprosecutor. During the campaign she cast herself as a bipartisan problem-solver who joined with term-limited Gov. Rick Snyder toexpand Medicaid to more than 600,000 adults. Gretchen Whitmer wants to phase in full-day universal preschool through expanding theGreat Start Readiness Program to cover every four-year-old in the state. She also wants to increase access to high-quality, safe child carefor kids up to age three. Whitmer also wants to convert the state’s per-pupil allowance to one that is weighted, giving certain schoolsmore money to educate students like special education, at-risk, or English language learners. She wants to stop diverting money fromthe School Aid Fund to ensure that all of it goes to K-12 education and maintain transparency all around. She hopes to end ineffectiveover-testing and embrace alternative options that successfully gauge student outcomes, like work-product portfolios and year-endprojects, as well as the flexibility offered in federal law about how and how often to test students. Whitmer also wants to require every12th grader to create a "postgraduation plan" based on career and education goals.

Whitmer has outlined in detail a MI Opportunity Scholarship, designed to cover two years of higher education, community college, ortechnical training. Students would have to have good attendance and a decent GPA for the last three years at a Michigan high school. Inorder to maintain eligible for the program, students would have to complete community service, maintain a certain GPA, and participatein a mentoring program.

Proposal 1 Marijuana Legalization Passed: The legislation creates a sales tax from which revenue would be allocated to K-12 education.

Partisan Voting Index: D+12016 Winner: Trump 47.3%

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Key Contacts: Whitmer transition team includes Flint water crisis Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha; former Detroit U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade; and former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer. Ann Arbor attorney Mark Bernstein will serve as director of her Transition Office.

State Board Appoints Education Superintendent.

**New governor, party flip

Party Control Changes• Michigan Governor flips from red to blue

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gain 5 seats• Senate – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gain 5 seats

Minnesota*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Tim Walz (D)

Margin of Victory: 11.5

Analysis: As a 20 year classroom high school teacher, Walz says he is deeply committed to the success of every student. Walz attendedChadron State College, where he graduated with a social science degree in 1989. Harvard University offered Tim an opportunity to gain anew perspective on global education by teaching in the People’s Republic of China in 1989-90, where he joined of one of the firstgovernment-approved groups of American teachers to work in Chinese high schools. Before being elected to Congress, Walz taught highschool geography and coached football for 20 years in the Mankato public schools. Determined to expand his own education, Timcompleted his master’s degree in educational leadership in 2001 and began doctorate studies at St. Mary’s University in Winona.

He wants to fully fund classrooms in all of the state, give better access to pre-K, recruit quality teachers, and expand technical education.He hopes to reduce class sizes and increase the amount of levy assistance the state provides to school districts that do not have awealthy property tax base to draw from. Walz said he would start by auditing Minnesota’s education system and then telling residentshow much it would cost to make the changes people want to see. K-12 spending already makes up the biggest portion of spending bythe state, comprising 41% of total spending.

Walz wants to provide two years tuition free education at Minnesota state schools for individuals whose families make less than $125kper year. Walz has not revealed how much his proposals would cost.

Partisan Voting Index: D+12016 Winner: Clinton 46.4%

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Key Contact: Leah Solo – Campaign Manager; Chris Schmitter, Chief of Staff; Kristin Beckmann Transition lead.Governor appoints Education Commissioner.

*New Governor

Party Control ChangesMinnesota House Post-Election: 74 D – 59 R - 1 OutstandingMinnesota House Pre-Election: 55 D – 76 R – 3 V

State Legislature:• House – Democrats gain control, gain 18 seats• Senate – Republicans barely gain control, gain 1 seat (State Senate was tied)

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NebraskaLast Updated: November 8, 2018

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+14

Last Election Win: 57.2% | 2016 Winner: Trump 58.7%

General Election Winner: Pete Ricketts (R)

Margin of Victory: 18.8%

Analysis: Currently in Nebraska, the bulk of state school aid goes to K-12 schools with less property tax resources and greater student need, leaving property-tax rich rural schools having to rely almost totally on property taxpayers. Pete Ricketts plans to change this during his next term so that the state funds go to all schools. Almost 1/3 of the budget goes to funding K-12 schools. For the last budget, the state had to constrain spending and the budget only grew to 0.5 percent. But that same year, funding for K-12 education went up by more than 4x that. Ricketts wants to make sure that every child gets some dollars out of the school aid formula. During the campaign, Ricketts pledged to continue to work on career preparation and training for high school and junior high school students.

Key Contact: Matt Miltenberger – Chief of Staff

Board of Education appoints Education

The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the supreme legislative body of the state of Nebraska. Its members are "senators." The legislature is officially unicameral and nonpartisan, making Nebraska unique among U.S. states.

The Board of Education appoints the Commissioner.

Nevada**Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Steve Sisolak (D)

Margin of Victory: 4.1%

Analysis: Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak became the Silver State’s first Democratic governor in two decades. He previouslyserved 10 years as a Nevada System of Higher Education regent. Both candidates in the race offered detailed plans for improvingeducation in the state, but both were heavily criticized for failing to show how they’d pay for it. Regarding K-12 education, Sisolaksupports smaller class sizes, more teacher pay, and better career and technical training programs. Class sizes in Nevada had the higheststudent-to-teacher ratio in the U.S in 2016.

Sisolak also wants to bring together educators, school board members, parents, and elected officials from southern, northern, and ruralNevada to modernize the 50-year-old funding formula so that it addresses the needs of students, educators, and parents. He wants tomake sure that certain tax dollars that were promised for education are spent on it. The 2009 room tax increase and 2016 marijuanaballot initiative are his key targets in that regard.

He says he will support veterans and military families from the ground up — including early childcare, K-12 programs, STEM initiatives,and high school apprenticeships.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+1

2016 Winner: Clinton 47.9%

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Key Contact: Chris Sloan – Campaign ManagerGovernor appoints Superintendent of Public Instruction.

**New governor, party flip

Party Control Changes• Nevada Governor flips from red to blue

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control• Senate – Democrats maintain control

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New HampshireLast Updated: November 7, 2018 Partisan Voting Index: EVEN

Last Election Win: 49% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 46.8%

General Election Winner: Chris Sununu (R)

Margin of Victory: 7%

Analysis: Sununu, a strong supporter of the so-called school choice movement, pushed hard for Senate Bill 193, which would set up avoucher-like system for families who remove their kids from public schools to be able to take $3,500 of the state funds spent on theirchild and put it in an education savings account to spend on the alternative form of schooling they choose for their children (religious,private, home schooling). The bill failed in the House of Representatives in May. Sununu plans to work again with lawmakers in 2019 totry and pass the program. Sununu also wants the state’s public schools to start after Labor Day. "That's a loss of huge opportunity. Weare still a tourism driven state and we need to maximize everything we can get," Sununu said. Sununu created a commission to studyexactly how a mandatory later start day would impact everything from academics to athletic programs and tourism in the state.

When it comes to higher education, New Hampshire’s tuition at public four-year institutions remains the most expensive in the nation.Sununu highlighted the nearly $5 million Governor’s Scholarship Program, a fund to help up to 1,000 students pay for higher educationat New Hampshire state schools. The governor touted the flexibility of the program, saying “students can pretty much use it anywaythey want. They can go to UNH, they can go to Rivier, public or private or community college.”

Party Control ChangesSenate Post-Election: 13 D – 11 R Senate Pre-Election: 10 D – 14 RHouse Post-Election: 231 D – 163 R - 6 OutstandingHouse Pre-Election: 176 D – 217 R – 3 I – 4 V

State Legislature:• House – Democrats gain control• Senate – Democrats gain control

Key Contact: Jayne Millerick – Chief of Staff; DJ Bettencourt – Policy AdvisorGovernor Appoints Education Commissioner.

New Mexico*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)

Margin of Victory: 14.2%

Analysis: There is currently an active education funding lawsuit in New Mexico but Lujan Grisham pledged during the campaign to haltany appeal initiated by the Martinez administration upon taking office. Lujan Grisham wants to spend the state’s budget surplus onteachers and social workers in schools, to ensure childhood safety. She plans to focus on poor education outcomes, low teacher pay, andunemployment rates. She has also made preschool access one of her main issues and is proposing to fund its expansion through $285million over five years from the state’s Land Grant Permanent Fund. Lujan Grisham’s education plan calls for “dropping the PARCC test infavor of less intrusive testing.”

She also plans to submit a proposal to boost teachers’ starting salaries to $40,000 from $36,000 immediately after she becomesgovernor. A harsh critic of Common Core standardized testing, Lujan Grisham hopes to find a better way to measure student success, aswell as the state’s teacher evaluation system.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+3

2016 Winner: Clinton 48.3%

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*New Governor

Key Contacts: • Former U.S. Senator Bingamam will chair the transition and Dominic Gabello, who was her campaign manager during the election

cycle, will direct transition efforts. Gabello was Lujan Grisham’s Chief of Staff in her congressional office.Governor appoints Education Secretary.

Party Control Changes• New Mexico Governor flips from red to blue

NM Bond Question D, Passed: Supports authorizing the sale and issuance of $136.230 million in bonds for institutions of higher education, special schools, and tribal schools

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control• Senate – Democrats maintain control

New YorkLast Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Andrew Cuomo (D)

Margin of Victory: 22.2

Analysis: The Democrat-controlled Assembly again passed the DREAM Act in February 2018 and it will be among the party’s toplegislative priorities now that the State Senate flipped to Democrat. The legislation – in contrast to a federal bill that provides a route tocitizenship for “DREAMers” – would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at New York public universities, as well asmake them eligible for state financial aid programs. Though it has passed the Assembly multiple times since it was first introduced in2013, it has only came up for a vote once in the Senate – in 2014, when it came within two votes of passing. The bill would cost $27million. The last state budget was $168 billion.

NY Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan effectively tanked a bill last year that would have decoupled student test scores from publicschool teacher evaluations. The Republican leader had made an increase in the regional charter school cap, diminished oversight ofyeshivas and more funding for charter schools a condition of passing legislation. While there had been bipartisan support for changinghow teacher performance is judged, those conditions were too much for Assembly Democrats who pronounced the Senate bill “dead onarrival.” The New York State United Teachers union pushed hard against legislators – Democrats and Republicans – who voted againstthe bipartisan bill, but there is no guarantee that the union would make changing teacher evaluations a top priority when the newlegislative session begins. Union leader Andrew Pallotta has said that school funding will take precedence early next year and there isalso a chance that the union would push for a new bill rather than the previous bipartisan one if the union feels it could get a better dealfrom a Democratic majority. But even if a Democratic legislature doesn’t address the issue right away, there is still a good chance thatthey will come back to the issue later in the year, especially since there seems to be a bipartisan consensus to get something done on theissue.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+11

Last Election Win: 54% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 59%

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Party Control ChangesNew York Senate Post-Election: 40 D – 23 RNew York Senate Pre-Election: 32 D – 31 R*

Key Contact: • Melissa DeRosa– Secretary to the GovernorBoard of Regents Appoints Education Commissioner.

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control• Senate – Democrats gain full control

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Ohio*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Mike DeWine (R)

Margin of Victory: 4.3%

Analysis: As Ohio’s attorney general, DeWine focused on higher education for much of his time in office, arguing that through educationand increased efficiencies, Ohio can find savings and lower default rates for current and prospective college students. He convened theStudent Loan Debt Collection Advisory Group to advise on ways to improve college affordability. The group recommended that all Ohiohigh school students receive at least one semester of financial literacy education, with a special focus on paying for college. DeWinewants state colleges to be able to target their programs and degree offerings for in-demand jobs. To achieve this, DeWine says schoolsmust be more nimble and responsive to economic demands and workforce needs in Ohio, whether they require masters, bachelors,associates degrees, or high quality certifications. In addition, DeWine proposes that Ohio’s voluntary tuition guarantee becomemandatory for all public universities and colleges so that no student pays more than they did their freshman year. In addition, he wouldtie state funding for institutions of higher education to job-attainment rates to incentivize efforts to help graduates find work.

As a former United States Senator, Congressman, and former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, General DeWine has been a vocal supporterfor school choice. His stance on improving the quality of education will continue in his governorship. DeWine wants to expand subsidizedearly-childhood education, and supports a state program that is being implemented to improve the quality of public preschools. He sayshe will broaden eligibility for the program to families earning up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level, an increase from 130percent. DeWine proposes making K-12 funding more equitable by directing more state aid to the poorest districts. How much of aninvestment will depend on the state budget. DeWine stresses that an emphasis on higher standards upon graduation does not mean anemphasis on testing. In fact, he wants to find a way to reduce the amount of standardized tests administered in schools, and instead findother ways to measure student growth.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+3

2016 Winner: Trump 51.3%

Key Contact: Laurel Dawson, Director of Transition Committee - Served as DeWine's Chief of Staff in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate; Michael Hall – Policy Director.Board of Education appoints State Superintendent.

*New governor

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, no change• Senate – Republicans maintain control, 1 race undecided with Republican winning

Oklahoma*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Kevin Stitt (R)

Margin of Victory: 12.1%Analysis: Kevin Stitt, a businessman from Tulsa, said he wants to run the state government like a business, give first-time teachers a$5,000 bonus and reduce and streamline several state agencies in an effort to save money. He prides himself on being an outsider,noting that a fresh set of eyes on education will help fix a lot of the issues. Stitt says he wants schools to have more local control over allof the tax money they get so they can choose whether to spend it on buildings or people and supplies. He also believes the solution tothe teacher shortage was more pay and giving teachers more control over their classrooms. Stitt claims a lot of the issues stem fromalignment and structural problems. He plans to look for more efficiencies in administrative consolidation to provide more money for theclassroom: “We have to do do a better job of getting our dollars into the classroom, into the education system, making sure we havehigh standards.” He also says he will create a program to use technology to deliver Advanced Placement courses to rural high schoolsand pledges new efforts to recruit talented schoolteachers

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+202016 Winner: Trump 65.3%

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*New Governor

State Question 801 Defeated: The amendment would have allowed certain voter-approved property taxes to fund school district operations and construction.

State Superintendent Election: Republican Joy Hofmeister, who was elected in 2014, ran against Democrat John Cox – a former rural superintendent. Despite the upheaval this year, observers say that Hofmeister has done well. She’s worked well with public school leaders and navigated the tricky currents well. Additionally, the state’s fiscal picture has improved somewhat in recent months.

Key Contact: Aamon Ross – Campaign Manager

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control • Senate – Republicans maintain control

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OregonLast Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Kate Brown (D)

Margin of Victory: 4.9%

Analysis: Incumbent Democrat Kate Brown was elected to serve her first full term after being elected in 2016 to serve the remainder ofJohn Kitzhaber’s term. Her opponent, Knute Buehler, said the most important issue facing Oregonians was education – specifically K-12.Buehler cited Oregon's dismal high school graduation rate (third-worst in the country) and cuts to programs because of the state'sunfunded public pension liability, despite a strong economy. Brown says she's proud of her record, pointing to the 22 percent increase ineducation spending and uptick in Oregon's graduation rate since she took office. She also says more low-income children have access tofree preschool as a result of her policies. She counsels patience, saying improved outcomes from a system as large and complex asOregon’s K-12 schools take time.

Brown wants to lengthen the school year, increase in public school funding, recruit more teachers of color to match Oregon’s diversestudent population, and expand strong career-technical programs. By using comprehensive dropout prevention strategies for the mostat-risk high school students, she wants the graduation rate to be 85 percent by the end of her term in 2022. That number is slightlyabove the national average of 84 percent and would entail a significant increased from the state’s current 77 percent rate. Oregon’sstate ranking has hovered somewhere near the bottom five in the nation for the better part of a decade. In addition to the consistentlydismal graduation rate, class sizes are larger than average and the state’s K-12 public school system is underfunded to the tune of $1billion a year.

In regards to higher education, Brown has suggested a guarantee that Oregon student is provided with a jumpstart toward a collegedegree or hands-on, career-connected learning tied to a job in their community. Brown has declined to give details on how she proposesto pay for her education reform ideas. She says she’ll reveal specific numbers when she releases her proposed 2019-21 budget at theend of November.

Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+5

Last Election Win: 50.5% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 50.1%

Key Contact: Nik Blosser – Chief of StaffGovernor Appoints Education Director.

State Legislature:• House – Democrats have supermajority control • Senate – Democrats have supermajority control

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PennsylvaniaLast Updated: November 7, 2018

Partisan Voting Index: EVENLast Election Win: 54.9% | 2016 Winner: Trump 48.4%

General Election Winner: Tom Wolf (D)

Margin of Victory: 16.8%

Analysis: Pumping more funding into public schools was a top first-term priority for Governor Tom Wolf. After several years ofnegotiating with Republicans in the Legislature over tight budgets, Wolf continues to tout his ability to implement gradual, annualeducation budget increases, but has stopped short of making bold promises. Wolf said he will continue to push for more funding forpublic schools to ensure every student gets a good education, although he has not outlined specific amounts. In his first term, lawmakersapproved an additional $1 billion in education aid, about half of what Wolf had originally sought over the four years.

He pledges to continue to focus on science, technology and mathematics education.

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gained 4 seats• Senate – Republican maintain control, but super majority lost, Democrats gain 2 seats

Key Contact: Mike Brunelle – Chief of StaffGovernor nominates Education Secretary-Senate confirms.

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Rhode IslandLast Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Gina Raimondo (D)

Margin of Victory: 15.3%

Analysis: Incumbent Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo has struggled with a low approval rating after winning a three-way race withjust 41% of the vote in 2014. Raimondo has been highlighting the improving economy and a free college tuition program. Even so, manyvoters and public sector unions say they're disappointed in her tough pension reforms as well as close corporate ties including using taxincentives to lure business to Rhode Island.

Raimondo has pledged to expand the free college tuition program at the Community College of Rhode Island to the state’s two four-yearcolleges at an estimated cost of $35 million. She also promised to offer free tuition to all adults at CCRI. Under her latest proposal, thelast two years of tuition at Rhode Island College and University of Rhode Island would be free. Raimondo wants to increase the numberof training opportunities for adults through a program called Real Jobs Rhode Island. She says her three-part plan will provide universaljob training for everyone in the state.

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Democrat TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: D+10

Last Election Win: 40.8% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 54.4%

Key Contact: Brett Smiley – Chief of StaffBoard of Regents appoints Education Commissioner.

RI Question 1, School Buildings Bond Measure Passed: Authorizes $250 million in bonds over five years—with no more than $100 million issued in any one year—in order to fund school housing aid and the school building authority capital fund.

State Legislature:• House – Democrats have supermajority control • Senate – Democrats have supermajority control

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South CarolinaLast Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Henry McMaster (R)

Margin of Victory: 8%

Analysis: McMaster wants better schools and programs for students who live in the state’s rural, poor counties. He also says the state’sgrowing business sector must play a bigger role in improving student achievement in K-12 schools and colleges. McMaster sayseliminating poverty — through better jobs and wages — will help eliminate the state’s education woes in the long run. He also wantsteacher pay to increase. Low pay, heavy workloads and teach-to-the-test class practices have driven thousands of teachers out of SouthCarolina classrooms. Last year, nearly 5,000 teachers quit South Carolina public schools.

McMaster also wants less student testing, more coding and computer science instruction in every school, and stronger collaborationbetween high schools and the state’s technical college system. He also has promised to request more state money to put an armed lawenforcement officer in every S.C. school. McMaster also supports private-school choice and expansion of public-school choice options,proposing in his 2018-19 executive budget more money for public charter schools.

Education superintendent: Incumbent Republican Molly Spearman easily defeated her little-known Democratic challenger, IsraelRomero. Voters also decisively rejected a ballot measure that would have made the position a gubernatorial appointment in the future.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+8

Last Election Win: N/A | 2016 Winner: Trump 54.9%

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control • Senate – Republicans maintain control

Key Contact: Trey Walker – Chief of Staff; Mark Plowden, Deputy Chief

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South Dakota*Last Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Kristi Noem (R)

Margin of Victory: 3.4%

Analysis: Congresswoman Noem will be South Dakota's first female governor after stopping a surprisingly strong challenge Tuesday fromDemocrat Billie Sutton. South Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S. But state officials, have continually statedSouth Dakota lacks skilled workers in accounting, engineering, information technology, health care and manufacturing trades. Noemagrees that key partnerships with businesses that offer middle-class wages without bachelors degrees are important.

During the campaign, Noem released an education proposal to improve K-12 outcomes and make post-secondary education moreaffordable and applicable to the modern workforce: https://www.kristiforgovernor.com/policy/improving-educations-impact/. One keyplank is, “ If we better prepare students in high school, we can reduce the likelihood of a fifth year in college, potentially shrinking theircost for higher education by 20 percent.”

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+142016 Winner: Trump 61.5%

Key Contact: Andrew Christianson – Policy Director (former Chief of Staff in Noem’s Congressional Office).Governor appoints Secretary of Education.

*New Governor

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control • Senate – Republicans maintain control

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Tennessee*Last Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Bill Lee (R)

Margin of Victory: 21.1%

Analysis: Lee became President of his family’s company in 1992. Since then, the company has grown into a comprehensive facilities solutions and home services company with more than 1,200 employees and annual revenues in excess of $220 million. He also servedon the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, the Board of Trustees for Belmont University, and as the president of Tennesseans for Economic Growth.

During the campaign, Lee said "We need real vocational, technical, and agricultural education in our public schools and we don’t need a massive, costly government project to do it. We have willing partners in the private sector. I know, because I’ve done it in my company, which employs hundreds of skilled tradesmen. We created our own technical school that led to great careers." Lee, 58, praised the Innovation Zone schools in SCS, struggling schools being turned around with new leadership and more autonomy from the district. Lee supports using taxpayer dollars to attend private schools. Lee has previously said he supports private school vouchers, charter schools and other education choices for parents. On TNReady (standardized tests), Lee said that the state needs to do a “reset” on TNReady testing, not simply changing the vendor that administers the test, but rethinking how student performance is measured. He supports, “reducing our testing burden with fewer and better tests.”

On universal Pre-K: Lee said better teacher training programs in early childhood education are needed and nonprofits need to work withthe school systems. “I’m always the guy who believes that government is not the answer.” Lee is hesitant about expandingprekindergarten unless it is high quality and effective.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+142016 Winner: Trump 61.1%

*New Governor

Key Contacts: Tony Niknegad – Policy Advisor to campaign; Chris Devaney - served as Campaign Manager for campaign. He was also Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party from 2009 – 2015 and was a senior aide to Senator Bob Corker and former Senator Fred Thompson. Governor appoints Education Commissioner.

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control • Senate – Republicans maintain control

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Texas Last Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Greg Abbott (R)

Margin of Victory: 13.4%

Analysis: Greg Abbott has advocated for reforming public education funding formulas, mostly by ending the "Robin Hood" recapturemeasure which uses taxes from property-rich areas of Texas to help pay for schools in property-poor areas. Abbott’s team spent monthsbehind the scenes developing a plan to address school finance changes. This is a marked difference in Texas leaders reluctance toaddress this politically messy issue. In an 86-page slide show titled “Improving Student Outcomes and Maintaining Affordability throughComprehensive Education and Tax Reforms” Abbott’s office has generated specific ideas for how to simultaneously improve outcomesfor students and cut back Texans' skyrocketing property tax bills. Property tax reform advocates are hopeful about the proposal butsome educators say it doesn't go far enough to address funding shortfalls for schools or help students who are not academicallysucceeding.

Abbott wants the state to require public colleges to grant college credit for edX courses. He says he will push to shift more stateappropriations to be provided based on outcomes. And he pledges to make more credit from community colleges easy to transfer tofour-year institutions.

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+8

Last Election Win: 59.3% | 2016 Winner: Trump 52.2%

State Legislature: • Senate – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gained 2 seats• House – Republicans maintain control, Democrats gained 12 seats

Key Contact: Luis Saenz, Chief of Staff; John Colyandro - policy director; Sarah Hicks - Budget director; Mary Lynn Bunkley- education advisor.

Governor appoints Education Commissioner.

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VermontLast Updated: November 7, 2018

General Election Winner: Phil Scott (R)

Margin of Victory: 15%

Analysis: Along with New Hampshire, the state of Vermont is one of only two states where governors are elected to two-year terms.Incumbent Republican Governor Phil Scott has talked about limiting K-12 education spending and creating a "cradle to career“ educationsystem that boosts spending for early care and higher education. "We don’t have to spend more money, but we have to deliver more forhigher education, more early care and learning," Scott said in a July radio interview on WDEV. "But we’re going to have to take some ofthe meat out of the middle in order to do that.“ The governor has proposed taking about $7 million of internet sales tax revenue awayfrom the education fund and using it to expand child care subsidies. He has not laid out a comprehensive plan to accomplish hiseducation vision.

This year, Scott's administration pitched a variety of ideas, including a school closing commission, school spending caps, increased taxpenalties for high-spending school districts, and increasing student-to-staff ratios. He argued that a one-time "loan" to the educationfund would lead to hundreds of millions of dollars in savings. Most of the ideas fell flat, though the Legislature did agree to set up astatewide school health benefit and used some one-time money to mitigate education tax increases.

Partisan Voting Index: D+15Last Election Win: 52.9% | 2016 Winner: Clinton 56.7%

Key Contact: Jason Gibbs – Chief of StaffGovernor appoints Education Secretary.

State Legislature:• House – Democrats maintain control • Senate – Democrats maintain control

Wisconsin*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: Tony Evers (D)

Margin of Victory: 1.2%

Analysis: Tony Evers was serving his third term as education superintendent, and naturally, he focused heavily on education during thecampaign. He's been a teacher, principal, and superintendent over his more than three decades in education. If elected, Evers promisedto invest substantial state funding in elementary, secondary, and higher education and wants to cut tuition at technical colleges in half.As superintendent, Evers created computer science principals in Wisconsin schools. Evers will have to step down as schoolssuperintendent before he is sworn in as governor on Jan. 7. Governor Walker could call a special election to replace Evers if he resigns inthe coming weeks. If Evers resigns right before he becomes governor, he can call the election himself. Evers can also appoint an interimreplacement at the Department of Public Instruction before he is sworn in as governor

School spending has become a bigger priority for voters in recent years. In a poll released in August by Marquette, 57 percent saidincreasing spending on public schools was more important than cutting property taxes — up from 46 percent in 2013. Evers proposedincreasing school funding by $1.4 billion over the next two years and wants to phase out four voucher school programs, unless thestate’s legislature agrees to substantially increase public education funding and add additional regulations for voucher schools. Evers hassaid he would keep the higher education tuition freeze for University of Wisconsin schools that Walker implemented, and said he wouldcut tuition fees for the state’s tech schools.

Partisan Voting Index: EVENLast Election Win: 52.3% | 2016 Winner: Trump 47.2%

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*New Governor

Key Contacts: Campaign Manager Maggie Gau, most recently worked for state Rep. Chris Taylor, (D-Madison). Jeff Pertl, former senior adviser at the Department of Public Instruction, served as the campaign's policy director.

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control • Senate – Republicans maintain control

Wyoming*Last Updated: November 8, 2018

General Election Winner: State treasurer Mark Gordon (R)

Margin of Victory: 39.7%

Analysis: Gordon promises to focus education and research on technology, computer science, advanced manufacturing and engineering.

Rather than backing a push to raise education spending, Gordon said during the campaign that school districts should be given more sayover budget decisions and that “we must ensure that the cost of administration does not impair the delivery of educational content.” His first priority, Gordon said, would be on improving the state’s transparency efforts, helping to connect the public closer to the budget process and maintaining an open relationship with the press. Gordon also fleshed out his vision for state government as a facilitator of municipal-level success, saying he sees the state as most effective in helping communities develop their economies and resolving their infrastructure issues on their own, rather than having the state do it for them: “focusing down” rather than building out. Gordon is also focused on finding ways to bring other businesses such as technology companies to Wyoming so that “we can grow our revenue streams… We obviously have issues with funding education and healthcare.”

Superintendent: GOP Incumbent Jillian Balow ran unopposed:

Republican TrifectaPartisan Voting Index: R+252016 Winner: Trump 68.2%

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*New Governor

Key Contact: Gale Geringer – Chief of Staff

State Legislature:• House – Republicans maintain control • Senate – Republicans maintain control