An Orange for teacher

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Did Sekou Biddle and Patrick Mara split the white vote? Was Bryan Weaver’s profile just too low? Never you mind what propelled Vincent Orange to win the D.C.  Council at-large seat on Tuesday, for the teachers’ union can safely tell us: It was the teachers’ union.

“It was a very close race, and the Washington Teachers’ Union made the difference in the outcome of both elections,” said union President Nathan Saunders, referring also to the group’s school board endorsement of Trayon White.

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