Ybarra wins second term as Idaho superintendent of public instruction
UPDATE 11/7/2018 9:20 a.m. Republican Sherri Ybarra has won a second four-year term as Idaho’s superintendent of public instruction.
Ybarra, a former teacher and curriculum director who was first elected to the top school’s post in 2014, beat Democratic challenger Cindy Wilson, a longtime teacher and Department of Correction board member.
Ybarra spent 17 years as a teacher, district administrator and curriculum director for the Mountain Home School District before seeking higher political office.
The position requires overseeing the state’s public school system. The superintendent of public instruction also serves on the five-member Idaho Land Board, which oversees 2.5 million acres of land to benefit state public schools.
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The candidates for Idaho’s superintendent of public instruction were fewer than 1,000 votes apart in unofficial returns Wednesday morning, making the race too close to call.
Republican Sherri Ybarra, who was teacher and curriculum director before she was elected to Idaho’s top education post in 2014, is vying for a second term. She faces Democrat Cindy Wilson, a longtime teacher and Department of Correction board member.
The position requires overseeing the state’s public school system. The superintendent of public instruction also serves on the five-member Idaho Land Board, which oversees 2.5 million acres of land to benefit state public schools.
