State Senate candidate Kathy Taft hasn't let a contested primary battle keep her away from her duties as a member of the State Board of Education.
Taft took a break from the campaign trail this week to be in Raleigh from Tuesday through today for this month's board meeting, Keung Hui reports. Taft is one of six Democrats trying to replace the retiring Sen. John Kerr for the District 5 seat that includes Greene, Pitt and Wayne counties.
Howard Lee, chairman of the State Board and a former state senator, wished Taft well today.
"We would be delighted to have some people there that understand us," Lee told Taft, which drew laughter from those at the meeting.
In contrast to Taft, neither of the two major Democratic gubernatorial candidates were at this week’s State Board meeting. Both Lt. Gov. Beverly Purdue and state Treasurer Richard Moore are members of the State Board.
Their absence was noted today when Lee asked the two student members of the State Board to come up to make a presentation. He invited one person to use his seat and the other to use Perdue’s vacant seat.
Correction: Lee's quote was inaccurately phrased in an earlier version of this post.
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