Yes, this is all about Democratic politics and bad blood.  I keep hearing Ige will be asked not to run again due to his invisible performance and ineptitude.  He is very unpopular with every Democrat I know.  Only ally of Ige is the fact that there is no obvious alternative candidate.  And yes, I was surprised with the lack of local candidates for the DOE.  I guess none had experience running a school system.  Being a principal is nowhere near enough of  credential to run a 180,000 student system.