Education, not Indoctrination

DeSantis-endorsed school board candidates find success on election night

• Gov. Ron DeSantis found success in his endorsements of local school board candidates across the state, with nineteen deemed victorious and six headed to a runoff election

• Just five endorsed candidates were defeated

• DeSantis recently embarked on an ‘Education Agenda Tour,’ where the DeSantis team propped up endorsed candidates in an attempt to drum up local support

• DeSantis claimed that because Ashley Moody and Marco Rubio ran unopposed in their primary elections, the administration was able to hone in on local candidates and races

Key DeSantis victories were tallied in Duval and Miami-Dade, of which the latter sees a board makeup flip from liberal-leaning to conservative. The two school boards were notably ones that defied the governor’s mask mandate ban during the pandemic.

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