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Backlash to Obama’s speech fueled by school board elections?

By Chase Martyn 9/8/09

Though President Barack Obama’s speech to schoolchildren today would have likely generated some controversy no matter when it had been scheduled, the White House seemed to pick a particularly bad day for it, at least for Iowans.
As Obama delivered his live address today, hundreds of school board members and candidates were trying to win elections [...]

Voters head to polls for school board elections

By John Deeth 9/9/08

With only eight weeks to go before the presidential elections, Iowans are going to the polls today for school board elections.

It’s the last time that will happen in a presidential year. Changes in state law take effect in 2009, and school board elections will be held every other year in odd-numbered years, rather than every year.

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