Ron DeSantis’ Chosen School Board Candidates Face-Plant in Primaries
Florida voters turned out at the ballot box to reject nearly half of the school board candidates endorsed by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this summer in a bid to expand right-wing influence over the state’s education system.
Of the 23 DeSantis-backed candidates, though, at least 11 appeared to have lost their primary races as of late Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press. Another six progressed to runoffs in November after no one candidate scored more than 50 percent of the vote. Only six were declared winners of their races.
The dire results marked a notable shift in the political wind from 2022, when all but five of his 30 handpicked candidates won their races.