LINCOLN- Patsy Koch Johns, on Thursday, announced that she would not seek reelection to her long-held District 1 State Board of Education Seat. A Democrat, Koch Johns ran unopposed in 2020 for the officially nonpartisan seat, where she represents Lincoln and a portion of northwest Lancaster County.

"I wouldn't trade my experience for anything in the world. It has been a wonderful experience," said Koch Johns, a former Lincoln High School teacher who was once Nebraska Teacher of the Year, "Now I'm not saying it's always been easy, and that I always succeeded in what I felt was important for kids and to provide for them, but I am saying that it was definitely worth my years."

Kristin Christensen, a Lincoln-based Democrat, recently announced her candidacy for the seat, and is now being endorsed by Koch Johns, as well as Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, Board of Education members Lisa Fricke and Deb Neary, and several state lawmakers. "She's just like me," Koch Johns said of Christensen, "she has the desire to serve even deeper."

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