[dropcap size=big]J[/dropcap]ackie Goldberg won a blowout victory Tuesday in a runoff to fill a vacant seat on the Los Angeles Unified School Board. She did so with overwhelming support from the teachers union that backed her as an openly anti-charter school candidate.
Goldberg received more than 71 percent of the vote to beat Heather Repenning's 28 percent in the May 14 runoff.
Goldberg's victory shifts the majority on the school board, where now only three of the seven current members lean pro-charter. The L.A. liberal icon will fill the seat left open by Ref Rodriguez, a pro-charter board member and its former president. Rodriguez was forced to resign after pleading guilty to felony conspiracy charges.
"This is not the end, this is the beginning," Goldberg told her supporters Tuesday night in Echo Park. "We need a movement to make the changes we need."