It’s almost as if parents want to have a say in their child’s education. It’s almost as if those parents want the schools to stick to regular subjects and not a bunch of social issues.
25 out of the 30 school board candidates backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won their elections.
Four of the candidates DeSantis endorsed are headed to runoff elections.
If those candidates win their runoff, then Fred Lowry in Volusia County will be the to lose.
From Politico:
In Sarasota County, candidates backed by DeSantis won three races, an outcome sure to have a major effect on a school board that bucked the governor and other GOP leaders by requiring students to wear masks last fall amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Voters there elected two new school board members and reelected Bridget Ziegler, who is married to the vice chair of Florida’s Republican Party.“The Community has spoken & it is crystal clear – they are demanding a reset of the School Board,” Ziegler wrote on Twitter after her win. “And that’s what they are going to get.”DeSantis-backed candidates also scored big wins in Miami-Dade County, another school board that went against Republicans on masking students.In one race, Monica Colucci, an educator with GOP support, defeated Marta Perez, a 24-year school board member despite raising about $70,000 less than her opponent. Colucci scored more than $42,000 in donations from political committees tied to conservatives, including state lawmakers from all over Florida, like former state House Speaker Chris Sprowls and incoming Speaker Paul Renner, both Republicans.“Thank you to every single volunteer and to all the voters of District 8 for trusting and supporting me during this process,” Colucci wrote on social media. “I will work tirelessly on our School Board for all students, parents, and teachers in #MDCPS.”Also in Miami, Roberto Alonso beat Maribel Balbin — a Democrat candidate — by more than 8,300 votes.Democrats, who endorsed at least 30 candidates between the main party and elsewhere, also had some success Tuesday.Notably, Karen Perez, an incumbent board member in Hillsborough County, defeated Alysha “Aly Marie” Legge, who was endorsed by DeSantis and a member of the conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty.Elsewhere, in Volusia County, Democrat-endorsed incumbent Ruben Colón retained his seat against Fred Lowry, a DeSantis candidate.
Amazing. Parents, even liberal ones, are tired of schools straying from basic education and instilling race, gender, and other social issues into everything.
Will this wake up the Democrats and the left? I doubt it.
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