In the December 5 runoff elections, political newcomer JC Romero defeated 2-term incumbent Leslie Ellison for the Orleans Parish School Board District 4 seat. Ellison was only 21 votes from winning outright in the primary, yet she ended up being defeated by a 10% margin. This unusual result was the culmination of efforts from many […]
Educator J.C. Romero defeated two-term Orleans Parish School Board member Leslie Ellison in Saturday's run-off election, becoming Louisiana's first openly LGBTQ Latinx elected official.
Forum for Equality PAC Obtains Preliminary Injunction Against Leslie Ellison to Protect Free Speech and Ordering the Ellison Campaign to Immediately Stop Stealing or Disturbing Campaign Signs Today, Forum for Equality PAC obtained a preliminary injunction from Judge Nakisha Ervin-Knott in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, ordering Leslie Ellison, her campaign, and […]
Local activists and leaders have sharply criticized corporate interest groups, the Walton Family Foundation and Education Reform Now (ERN) after disclosures revealed that they donated $150,000 each to a PAC that is working for Leslie Ellison’s reelection to the Orleans Parish School Board. First time candidate J.C. Romero is headed to the December 5th runoff […]
The Forum for Equality PAC (FFE PAC), a political action committee for LGBT human rights has filed suit against Leslie Ellison, the incumbent candidate for Orleans Parish School Board for District 4. The group is filing the suit after supporters presumed to be supporters of Leslie Ellison’s re-election campaign removed legally-placed signs from public property. […]
On November 3, 2020, voters in Orleans Parish will vote to re-elect incumbent Leslie Ellison or one of her opponents J.C. Romero or Winston “Boom” Whitten Jr. to Orleans Parish School Board District 4. Oftentimes in elections, voters succumb to choosing the lesser of two evils. Unlike most elections, the gulf of morality between the […]
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