Connie Anderson holds on to District 10b seat in Chicago School Board race

District 10b neighborhoods: South Deering, Hegewisch, Riverdale, East Side, Chatham, South Chicago, Pullman, Calumet Heights, Avalon Park, Burnside, South Shore A mom who ran for school board to fight for more funding for special needs students like her daughter has won her bid to represent District 10b on the city’s Southeast Side.Connie Anderson, the incumbent backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, triumphed over Patrick Watson, the lead legislative aide for 9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale, one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s fiercest critics.Anderson had nearly 63% of the vote with 92% of precincts reporting as of early Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press.Watson received more than $300,000 in support from pro-charter school groups, as well as the Common Ground Collective, an anti-CTU political group that’s largely funded by billionaire Michael Sacks. Meanwhile, Anderson had only $60,000 in her campaign coffers.Anderson said she questioned whether she could pull off a win when