Peters wins battle of the Bettys

By: Jim Cook | Dothan Eagle
Published: November 02, 2010

Voters returned Betty Peters to the Alabama State School Board on Tuesday night, handing her a third term as the district 2 representative.

With 10 of 14 counties reporting as of press time, Peters, a Republican, won a decisive victory, defeating Democratic challenger Betty Letlow 96,799 votes to 61,997 votes.

Peters ran on her record of fighting corruption in the two-year college system and opposing what she describes as federal overreach into state education. Letlow ran a campaign based on getting politics out of the school board and seeking increased federal funding for Alabama education.

Peters said Tuesday that she was pleased with the results of the election.

Peters said she felt the voters had rewarded her for her tough stand against corruption in the two-year college system. Peters led the charge on the state school board to investigate wrongdoing by former college chancellor Roy Johnson, who eventually pleaded guilty to bribery charges.

Peters said she hopes to spend her next term opposing federal core curriculum standards, which she feels are an encroachment by the federal government on the state's right to set its own standards.

She also said she hopes to nudge the state toward doing more in early remediation for students, helping to prevent them from falling behind.

Peters said the overall change in Congress will likely mean changes in national education priorities that she can more easily support.

Peters wins battle of the Bettys

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