A lawyer who heads the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition is leading the tightest race on Denver’s ballot for a seat to represent northwestern Denver on the school board.
Arturo Jimenez, 35, would be the newest member of the seven-member board if the trend continues that pushed him ahead of environmental engineer Tony Curcio for the District 5 seat.
That seat is being vacated by Lucia Guzman because of term limits. The new board is to be sworn in Nov. 19.
Jimenez trailed early Tuesday.
By Wednesday morning, Jimenez had a lead of 190 votes.
District 5 is the only one still in question of the three seats up for election this year.
School board incumbents Theresa Peña was re-elected for the at-large seat, and Bruce Hoyt retained the seat that represents southeastern Denver.
Jeremy P. Meyer, The Denver Post
