UPDATED 12:02 A.M. 4/5/23
PEORIA, Ill. – The president of the Peoria School Board has defeated a challenger that was removed, and returned, to the ballot.
Martha Ross won another five-year term in District 1 over Keisha Alexander by a close vote of 388-356.
“The only reason you have a board, you have a superintendent, you have teachers, administrator, is because of the kids. If we can keep the focus on why we’re here, you know, we’ll be able to get the job done,” said Ross, to 25 News.
At one point, Ross was uncontested after a challenge to 53 signatures on Alexander’s petition to be on the ballot.
But a judge overturned the removal in February, ruling that clerical errors were not bad enough to invalidate them.
(Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners)
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