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No endorsement
The race
Osborn Elementary School District voters elect two members to four-year terms on November 3, 2026. Vote for up to two. Four candidates are running.
The certified roster is: Ben Blink, Violeta Ramos, Erica Switalla, and Janet Viloria. The district also asks voters to approve maintenance and operations and District Additional Assistance overrides, covered in our measure coverage.
One name will look familiar to Phoenix voters: Osborn board member Ed Hermes is a candidate for Phoenix City Council District 4 this cycle — but Hermes is not on this ballot; the four candidates above are the race.
The candidates
Ben Blink. A certified candidate, per the Superintendent's list. No incumbency, occupation, published platform or record for Blink was sourced in this pass.
Pros: He filed and is on the ballot. Cons: No checkable record in front of voters in our sourcing.
Violeta Ramos. A certified candidate, per the Superintendent's list. No incumbency, occupation, published platform or record for Ramos was sourced in this pass.
Pros: She filed and is on the ballot. Cons: No checkable record in front of voters in our sourcing.
Erica Switalla. A certified candidate, per the Superintendent's list. No incumbency, occupation, published platform or record for Switalla was sourced in this pass.
Pros: She filed and is on the ballot. Cons: No checkable record in front of voters in our sourcing.
Janet Viloria. A certified candidate, per the Superintendent's list. No incumbency, occupation, published platform or record for Viloria was sourced in this pass.
Pros: She filed and is on the ballot. Cons: No checkable record in front of voters in our sourcing.
OUR CALL
Our call: insufficient record — no endorsement. What would earn one here: any sourced fact about any candidate beyond the roster — an occupation, a platform, an endorsement by a named organization. We print what is verified, and here that is the roster itself.
For the complete Election 2026 breakdown — every race, claim by claim — see the full coverage on our website.
Vote early. Research your candidates. Choose the best moderates, whatever their party — no extremism from either side. And encourage your friends and family to do the same.
Sources
- Maricopa County School Superintendent — "November 3, 2026 School District Governing Board Certified and Write-In Candidates (as of 8/25/26)" — the certified roster for this race (county grade) — https://schoolsup.org/s/2026-Certified-Write-In-Candidates-082526.pdf
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.