Jahana Hayes, 2016 National Teacher of Year, Among Educators Who Won Primaries

Education Week: Jahana Hayes, the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, has won the Democratic primary for an open U.S. House of Representative seat in Connecticut's 5th District.

Her victory Tuesday came on the same day that Wisconsin state Superintendent Tony Evers took the Democratic nomination for governor in that state. Also, U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, a former teacher, narrowly won the Democratic nomination for governor of Minnesota.

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