Amy Riccardi entered the 2023 race to represent Virginia’s Sterling District on the Loudoun County School Board with the hope of working on behalf of the part of the area she described as “unlike” the others.

She lost to Arben Istrefi by a few hundred votes, which she attributed to a third candidate participating in the race. Had it been between the two of them, Riccardi said it likely would have been even closer.

But, Riccardi decided to run for the seat again this year after hearing from families about the desire to have an education advocate on the board. This time, however, she defeated Istrefi, winning 51.5% of the votes.

“People are just really tired of all the politics, too, and really just want to take politics out of education and just focus on a really good education for our k

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