PHOENIX — Both candidates vying for the state’s top education office sat in classrooms, talked to students and used the footage for campaign fodder. But only one could land in legal trouble for doing so.
In a formal complaint to the attorney general, Republican candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction Kimberly Yee alleges her opponent Democrat Teresa Leyba Ruiz violated state law by campaigning at public schools and posting photos and videos of her visits to campuses on campaign social media accounts.
Yee’s own campaign launch video also shows her walking around school grounds and speaking to students. But Yee visited a private school, not a public school — which her attorney claims gives her legal cover.
