Teachers union not endorsing in governor’s race
Published 4:29 pm Friday, September 30, 2011
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Breaking with tradition, one of Louisianaâ s top two teacher unions wonâ t endorse a candidate for governor before the Oct. 22 election.
The Louisiana Federation of Teachers has endorsed Democrats for the stateâ s top office for years and has clashed repeatedly with Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is running for a second term.
But Democrats failed to field any high-profile contenders for governor this time. LFT President Steve Monaghan said that two Democrats are very similar and the group wonâ t choose one over the other.
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Monaghan says â Niki Birdâ Papazoglakis, of Baton Rouge, and Tara Hollis, of Haynesville, are â very philosophically in tune with us.â Neither has raised much money to mount a significant challenge. Two other Democrats also are in the race.