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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,697 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2024, 02:08 PM Aug 2024

Ron DeSantis Suffers String of Defeats in Florida School Board Races

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suffered a string of defeats in school board races in several counties on Tuesday.

The Republican governor, who has sought to reshape his state's education system by regulating how schools deal with subjects such as race, sexual orientation and gender, threw his support behind 23 school board candidates last month.

A majority of those candidates lost their races on Tuesday.

Asked for comment, DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern pointed to his post on X, formerly Twitter, celebrating the wins of DeSantis-backed candidates in Duval County.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-suffers-string-of-defeats-in-florida-school-board-races/ar-AA1pagyw

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Ron DeSantis Suffers String of Defeats in Florida School Board Races (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 OP
Great to hear. efhmc Aug 2024 #1
Yeh, but Amendment 1 makes the race partisan ScratchCat Aug 2024 #2

ScratchCat

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2. Yeh, but Amendment 1 makes the race partisan
Wed Aug 21, 2024, 02:30 PM
Aug 2024

Hopefully it wont pass. This is the Republican scam to take over the school boards in the State. They figure most counties vote (R) and therefore they can win most of the school board races if candidates are forced to identify with a party.

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