“Anti-Woke” School Board Candidates Win In Florida

Click Orlando reports:

Gov. Ron DeSantis backed a group of 30 school board candidates prior to Tuesday’s election primaries. With nearly all precincts reporting their votes in these races as of 10 p.m. Tuesday, at least 19 of those candidates have won their respective races.

Of the remaining candidates, seven are expected to participate in a runoff election, and only three have lost outright.

An “anti-woke” theme — aimed at halting teaching practices for critical race theory and gender theory in Florida classrooms — has been a driving force behind DeSantis’ hand-picked school board candidates, along with a strong emphasis on parental rights in education.

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Ron DeSantis just said he looks forward to more anti-choice legislation. Then, realizing he shouldn’t have said that out loud, he ran away. pic.twitter.com/6B49kVfjcg

— Kevin Cate (@KevinCate) August 23, 2022

Sarasota School Board had a 3-2 liberal majority. Today @RonDeSantisFL endorsed candidates won and flipped the school board so it’s now 4-1 anti wokes indoctrination and pro parental rights. ? https://t.co/SDAyqllXxY

— Christina Pushaw ? ?? (@ChristinaPushaw) August 24, 2022

School board races typically don’t get a lot of attention.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is changing that.

He was rallying all over Florida today for candidates who support his education agenda.

“Florida is the state where woke goes to die,” he said.https://t.co/jr8c7Lxe4T

— Kimberly Leonard (@leonardkl) August 21, 2022