Hoffman readies to become state’s top education leader

TUCSON — When she finally went to bed on election night, Kathy Hoffman didn’t know she would soon become Arizona’s new Superintendent of Public Instruction.
“It was one of the most exciting weeks of my life,”
In the early morning hours on Nov. 7, Hoffman said she was 11,000 votes down to her challenger Frank Riggs.
But as more ballots trickled in over the next few days, the numbers and Hoffman’s life changed.
The 32-year-old speech therapist who worked i