State rep. candidate Candance Chow faces legal scrutiny days before election
Days before the primary election, a Democratic candidate 17th district state representative, Candance Chow, is facing criticism from the Illinois Education Association and an investigation from the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board.
The two issues are separate, but both are occurring simultaneously and close to Tuesday’s election. The Illinois Education Association sent Chow’s campaign arm a cease and desist letter regarding a mailer for her campaign, and the school board is investigating emails sent by the Chow campaign to the work accounts of board employees...
“The mailer conveys the false and misleading impression that the Illinois Education Association supports Candance Chow,” the letter says...
District 65 board president Suni Kartha said the investigation was prompted by the discovery of emails from Chow and her campaign representatives to the work email addresses of district employees. Kartha said these emails were violations of board policy by a board member and added that the investigation has been turned over to the district’s attorneys.
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