Natalie Cline's Republican opponent, Amanda Bollinger, says she received thousands in donations the week after Cline questioned the gender of a high school student athlete.
Natalie Cline’s Republican opponent for state school board reports raising nearly 6x the funds Cline has
Defying calls for her to resign now, Utah state school board member Natalie Cline is instead running for reelection — and her Republican opponent has already raised 11 times more than she did during her entire 2020 race. “It’s been a whirlwind,” Bollinger said, adding that within one month of announcing her candidacy, she’s already nearing her $30,000 campaign goal.
That commission has jurisdiction over the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor and state treasurer, but not state school board members. Cline’s primary election is more than 60 days away, in June. That means for the remainder of this year, Cline cannot place items on USBE agendas or attend meetings of advisory groups. She’s also been removed from all board standing committees, though Cline had only served on one, the Standards and Assessment Committee.seems to amount to the most disciplinary action its leadership can take. The state board does not have the power or authority to unseat an elected official. USBE leaders also don’t have the authority to impeach a member.
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