The first thing the SECB noticed at the party for incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson was that we didn’t get kicked out. At her primary party, also at the Red Lion on Fifth Avenue, we were unceremoniously booted before we even made it through the door. We think it had something to do with mocking Bergeson, the leading proponent of the WASL exam, for cramming the WASL test down the throats of Washington students even though she couldn’t pass the same test herself. Bergeson’s change of attitude toward the SECB may have been prompted by a change in the polls. Whereas in the primary election Bergeson was showing a lead, tonight she is trailing.

“When the first results were posted, I almost had a heart attack,” said Bergeson. She was losing by eight points at the time. But, while she’s closing the gap on challenger Randy Dorn, Bergeson is still, as of now, behind by two points.