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LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 22, 2013: Portrait of Monica Ratliff, teacher at San Pedro Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA May 22, 2013. Ratliff, a Los Angeles 5th grade teacher, has just pulled off the political upset of the election season–defeating an opponent for a school board seat. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)