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No endorsement
The race
Tempe Elementary School District voters elect two members to four-year terms on November 3, 2026. Vote for up to two. Three candidates are running, including both incumbents.
The certified roster is: Charlotte Winsor (incumbent), Eric Miller (incumbent), and Michael Abramson III.
The candidates
Charlotte Winsor (incumbent). Winsor is the board president, an eight-year board member, a longtime educator and district administrator and a former district student whose three children also attended the district, as reported by The Arizona Republic. With more than 27 years in public education, her stated priorities include improving academic outcomes, strengthening student safety and addressing aging facilities and infrastructure, and keeping the district financially and operationally stable amid uncertain funding and changing enrollment, with long-term planning.
Pros: Eight years including the presidency, 27 years in public education, and a stated platform of academics, safety, facilities and financial stability. Cons: No specific board votes or outcomes from those eight years were sourced in this pass; stability under an incumbent president is a claim the sourced record does not yet test.
Eric Miller (incumbent). An incumbent, per the Superintendent's certified list. The Arizona Republic's guide records "No information provided" for Miller, and no occupation, platform or board record for him was sourced in this pass.
Pros: Incumbent experience, by definition. Cons: An incumbent who provides no information to the county's largest newspaper's voter guide gives voters nothing to check — that absence is itself the sourced fact.
Michael Abramson III. Abramson is a social worker and policy advocate whose state Capitol experience focused on childcare access and increasing behavioral health services, as reported by The Arizona Republic. He holds a master's in social work, says his focus would be improving enrollment rates and developing policy among parents, staff and district leadership, and plans to use his background to advocate for funding and resources for teachers.
Pros: A policy-advocacy background with a stated focus on the district's enrollment problem. Cons: His program is advocacy for more funding and services; no fiscal, curriculum or oversight position was sourced in this pass.
OUR CALL
Our call: insufficient record — no endorsement. What would earn one here: sourced votes or outcomes from the incumbents' terms — Winsor's presidency spans the period voters are being asked to judge — or a published platform from Abramson beyond funding advocacy. A president's stated priorities are a basis for a conversation, not yet for an endorsement.
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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
- The Arizona Republic / azcentral, "Who's running for metro Phoenix school boards in the midterm election?" (Oct. 2, 2026) — candidate backgrounds, occupations and stated priorities as reported — https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/02/metro-phoenix-school-board-candidates-midterm-2026-election/91830892007/
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.