COVID, sex ed define Washington superintendent race

CORRECTS NAME OF CANDIDATE AT LEFT TO MAIA ESPINOZA INSTEAD OF OF MONICA MARCHETTI - Maia Espinoza, a candidate for Washington state superintendent of public instruction, is shown at left in an undated photo taken by Monica Marchetti and provided by her campaign. Espinoza is challenging incumbent state superintendent Chris Reykdal, right, shown in an AP photo taken Oct. 2, 2020, in Olympia, Wash., in the upcoming November election. (AP Photo)

Washington state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal poses for a photo, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. Reykdal is being challenged in the upcoming election by Maia Espinoza, who runs a Latino leadership group and has served on the state education department's Race and Ethnicity Student Data Task Force and the Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

In this undated photo provided by Monica Marchetti, candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction Maia Espinoza poses for a photo. Espinoza, who runs a Latino leadership group and has served on the state education department's Race and Ethnicity Student Data task and the Governor's Commission on Hispanic Affairs, faces incumbent state superintendent Chris Reykdal in the race for Washington state education chief in the November election. (Monica Marchetti via AP)