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No endorsement
The race
This school board election is on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot in Indianapolis Public Schools (Marion County). 5 seat(s) are at stake in School Board Districts 2, 3, 4, 5 and At-Large - Nov 3 2026.
Five seats are up — Districts 2, 3, 4, and 5, each decided by the voters of that district, plus one at-large seat decided district-wide — and 15 candidates are running, per the Chalkbeat Indiana / WFYI voter guide (compilation grade). Each seat is its own race: District 2 has two candidates, District 3 has four, District 4 has two, District 5 has three, and the at-large race has four. One first deserves noting, per the same guide's coverage: this is the first Indiana school-board election in which candidates may declare a party affiliation — a transparency change voters can see right on the candidates' own filings.
The verified roster is: Bryan Duarte; Hasaan Rashid (D2); Loren Eugene Heger; Hope Duke Star; Derek Redelman; Daqavise D. Winston (D3); Chris Bultman; Lindsey Cornett (D4); Nicole Carey; Yuri Smith Sr.; Pearl Taylor (D5); Heather Houston; Angelia Lois Moore; Alexander S. Nyirendah; Sacha Nicole Sharp (At-Large).
The candidates
Bryan Duarte — District 2 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Hasaan Rashid — District 2 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Loren Eugene Heger — District 3 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Hope Duke Star — District 3 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Derek Redelman — District 3 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Daqavise D. Winston — District 3 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Chris Bultman — District 4 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Lindsey Cornett — District 4 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Nicole Carey — District 5 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Yuri Smith Sr. — District 5 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Pearl Taylor — District 5 candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Heather Houston — At-large candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Angelia Lois Moore — At-large candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Alexander S. Nyirendah — At-large candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Sacha Nicole Sharp — At-large candidate, per the Chalkbeat/WFYI guide. No platform, occupation, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Pros / Cons
- Pro, for the field as a whole: every name printed above is on a sourced roster for this race — a voter can verify each candidacy from the source named below. Con, for the field as a whole: beyond the roster, no sourced record — no platform, no board votes, no named-organization endorsement aligned with parental rights, curriculum transparency, fiscal restraint, or school choice — was verified for these candidates in this pass. A ballot line is a candidacy, not a record, and we grade it as exactly that.
OUR CALL
Our call: insufficient record — no endorsement. What would earn one here: a published platform or a sourced record on parental rights, curriculum transparency, fiscal restraint, or school choice — or an endorsement from a named organization aligned with those values — verified claim by claim. On a roster alone, LiberalMind does not guess at what a candidate believes. Per-seat: District 2 — no endorsement. District 3 — no endorsement. District 4 — no endorsement. District 5 — no endorsement. At-large — no endorsement. Fifteen names and not one sourced platform among them in this pass is an argument for the party-declaration transparency Indiana just adopted — and it is not a basis for us to guess.
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
- Chalkbeat Indiana / WFYI - 2026 IPS school board candidate forum and voter guide — the verified roster for this race (accessed October 25, 2026) — https://www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2026/10/12/2026-ips-school-board-candidate-forum-rsvp/
- Roster grade: compilation. Record gaps: candidate records, campaign materials, and fiscal analysis beyond the roster summary above were not verified at this pass's sourcing depth, except where a fact is stated and attributed in the text.
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.