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Glenda Ritz's grass-roots support from Indiana teachers and momentum from a series of clashes with Gov. Mike Pence and other Republicans over state education policy wasn't enough to sustain the Democratic state schools superintendent's short-lived campaign for governor.
Ritz, the only Democrat elected to statewide office in Indiana after her stunning 2012 defeat of incumbent Tony Bennett, decided to run on the 2016 ticket after a tumultuous "education session" of the Indiana General Assembly.
Ritz has frequently disagreed with her...