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Union-backed candidates leading in Denver School Board elections

By Anna Alejo

Updated on: November 5, 2025 / 9:20 AM MST / CBS Colorado

Voters elect Denver School Board candidates with union-backed candidates largely supported

All union-backed candidates were leading in the Denver Board of Education elections on Tuesday night. As of 8:30 p.m., only one of DPS Board incumbents seeking re-election, Xochitl Gaytán, was leading.

Gaytán serves Denver District 2 in Southwest Denver.

While the District 3 Central Denver race was too close to call, with DJ Torres leading and Caron Blanke close behind, the candidates backed by the union in the At-Large and District 4 races were in the lead, Amy Klein Molk and Monica Hunter respectively.

The following are the election results as of Wednesday morning.

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Anna Alejo

Anna Alejo is CBS News Colorado's Executive Producer of Community Impact. She works with the news team to develop more grassroots relationships and original content at the neighborhood and local business level, ensuring a wide range of perspectives are represented in programming.