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Kari Williams (Richland School District school board Position 4, Washington, candidate 2023)
Kari Williams ran for election to the Richland School District school board to represent Position 4 in Washington. Williams lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
[1]Biography
Williams received a B.S. in psychology and a B.S. in human development and family studies, and an M.Ed. in teaching and learning from the University of Utah. She was an elementary school teacher.[2]
Elections
General election
General election for Richland School District school board Position 4
Katrina Waters defeated Kari Williams in the general election for Richland School District school board Position 4 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Katrina Waters (Nonpartisan) | 54.5 | 11,374 |
 | Kari Williams (Nonpartisan) | 45.2 | 9,437 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 47 | ||
| Total votes: 20,858 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Richland School District school board Position 4
Katrina Waters and Kari Williams defeated Aaron C. Riggs in the primary for Richland School District school board Position 4 on August 1, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katrina Waters (Nonpartisan) | 47.2 | 9,265 |
| ✔ | | Kari Williams (Nonpartisan) | 28.1 | 5,519 |
| Aaron C. Riggs (Nonpartisan) | 24.6 | 4,832 | ||
| Total votes: 19,616 | |||
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Endorsements
Williams received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Other survey responses
Ballotpedia identified the following surveys, interviews, and questionnaires Williams completed for other organizations. If you are aware of a link that should be added, email us.
Williams completed a candidate statement for VoteWA. In it, she wrote, “Kari will continue to champion her initiative to overcome COVID learning losses by prioritizing every child reading on grade level. She will also continue to support our community’s family values as she pushes the district to keep our classrooms a place where all children feel safe to learn and where the instruction is focused on teaching our children how to think— not what to think.”
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Richland School District school board Position 4 |
Footnotes
