JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The National Education Association, the country’s largest association of educators, endorsed Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president – one of the largest and earliest endorsements thus far in the race for the White House.
Missouri’s council voted in favor of the endorsement.
A Remington Research Group poll last month showed Clinton in the lead for Missouri Democratic primary voters with 36 percent. Biden was second at 22 percent and Sanders at 18 percent. A quarter of those polled were undecided.
Councils from all 50 states voted 82 percent in favor of the endorsement, substantially more than the required simple majority to endorse. Votes are weighted based on national support given. Five councils – including the two largest councils in California and New Jersey – voted to abstain. Abstentions were not counted as “no” votes, but if they had been, the vote would have been 58.17% – still more than the majority needed.
Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Vermont voted no.
Clinton lost the Missouri primary in 2008 by over 11,000 votes to Barack Obama. The NEA endorsed Obama in 2008.
Rachael Herndon was the editor at The Missouri Times and also produced This Week in Missouri Politics, published Missouri Times Magazine, and co-hosted the #MoLeg podcast. She joined The Missouri Times in 2014, returning to political reporting after working as a campaign and legislative staffer.
Rachael studied at the University of Missouri – Columbia. She lives in Jefferson City with her husband, Brandon, and their two children.
