Conservative school board candidates losing in Newberg and North Clackamas, leading in Crook County

[RandySF]

School board races are technically nonpartisan. But in recent years, school board candidates have increasingly sided with one major political party or the other, with platforms going beyond typical school board issues like budgets and superintendent performance. Instead, often under the umbrella of “parents rights,” conservative candidates have pushed national talking points like access to books related to the LGBTQ+ experience, parental input on public school curriculum, or other issues that parents deem unsuitable for public schools

Early returns from school board elections across Oregon showed right wing school board candidates losing seats in several school districts, particularly in the Willamette Valley, while winning a majority elsewhere.

Results will continue to come in over the next several days, but here’s where things stood Wednesday afternoon.




https://www.opb.org/article/2023/05/17/oregon-school-board-election-results-may-2023/

[stopdiggin]

1. problem is

(or at least one of them) is that these candidates can 'present' as solid everyday neighbors and concerned parents. (no doubt with a certain amount of coaching and some social media scrubbing) It's not until a little real sunlight is thrown - that voters find out that 'parental rights' is really a cover for a hate filled agenda.

The other problem is - in a lot of very red (and largely rural) districts - the voting public can oftentimes be very much in accord with the right wing agenda. And that's a tougher nut to crack. Often means that teachers and administrators have to start leaving ... And then a few of the rubes start waking up.