Michael Mulgrew handily gained re-election as United Federation of Lecturers president Saturday, clinching greater than half the votes for his sixth time period.
Mulgrew received 54 p.c of the mailed-in ballots, sources mentioned.
His closest competitor, A Higher Contract candidate Amy Arundell, netted 32 p.c, based on numbers obtained by The Publish.
Olivia Swisher, the candidate from the Alliance of Retired and In-Service Educators, completed third with roughly 14 p.c of the vote.
All instructed, 201,791 ballots have been mailed in with 413 voided for varied causes.
The total and full rely was introduced round 3:30 p.m. by way of Instagram.
Sources revealed fewer than 30 p.c of eligible UFT voters mailed ballots in.
“Apathy prevails in this union of educators,” supplied retired instructor Arthur Goldstein, an A Higher Contract candidate for assistant secretary.
The votes have been counted by the unbiased International Election Companies.
It was the slimmest margin of victory since Mulgrew’s first run greater than a decade in the past, sources mentioned.
In 2022, Mulgrew’s Unity occasion gained with 66 p.c of the votes, besting United For Change’s then-34 p.c.
Mulgrew’s new three-year time period begins July 1.
