Chicago Teachers Union-backed candidate Yesenia Lopez prevailed in the school board District 7 race, according to the Associated Press, ahead of stay-at-home parents Eva Villalobos and Raquel Don, ending an expensive campaign.
Lopez, Don and Villalobos battled it out in the city’s first elected school board race to represent the district that includes Pilsen, Little Village, Gage Park, Brighton Park and the Near West Side, along with parts of Bridgeport, Chinatown and McKinley Park.
Lopez is an executive assistant in the office of the Illinois Secretary of State and has worked with several area schools. Don and Villalobos are stay-at-home parents who volunteer at schools, and Don serves on two Local School Councils. Don is a parent of Chicago Public Schools students, and Lopez and Villalobos are CPS graduates…