Right-wing candidates defeated in school board elections across St. Louis area

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Source: STL Post Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Voters defeated conservative candidates across the St. Louis region Tuesday in a sweeping rebuke of right-wing efforts to gain control of local school boards.

None of the 13 candidates endorsed by right-wing radio talk show host Marc Cox won their races after campaigning against what he called a “woke agenda” in schools.

Retired teacher Carolie Owens and pastor Steven Blair won two open seats in Francis Howell, where a conservative majority has moved to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programming in the St. Charles County district over the last three years.

Owens and Blair defeated retired U.S. Navy Officer Sam Young and small business owner Adriana Kuhn, marking the first losses for Francis Howell Families, a conservative political action committee founded in 2021. The local teachers' union and competing PAC Francis Howell Forward supported Owens and Blair.

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[AllaN01Bear]

1. ding.

[Initech]

2. Most excellent news!

Way past time to flush these turds!

[Magoo48]

3. Now this is news I love to see. Let's hope it's the beginning of a trend.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. I would say that this isn't the beginning of the end, instead, it's the end of the beginning.

These MAGAt's just don't get that they are the minority, not the majority and we will win in the end.

[The Grand Illuminist]

6. They will pull out all the stops.

It won't be pretty at the slightest.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. No doubt, but,

we have the numbers, even moderate repigs are waking up to the threat that Been-A-Dick Donald is to our Democracy and are finally fighting back.

I have zero doubt that Been-A-Dick is going to go down in historic flames in Nov.

[The Grand Illuminist]

8. Sometimes numbers may not be enough.

Must be prepared for anything and everything.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. Yep, and, I think that the security services have learned from 1/6 and are prepared

to confront the MAGAt's that dare to challenge them.

[CRK7376]

4. Please send some of St Louis sanity to NC

We have an idiot running for our State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She has no experience in a classroom, has never been a teacher, hates the LGBTQ community, wants the Bible and prayer back in our classrooms, no Pride flags in classrooms, believes in book bans and most of our textbooks.....Fortunately for me I retired from the classroom this past summer and will not have to deal with her stupidity if she wins the election....

[FakeNoose]

10. Congratulations Saint Louis Democrats! This is what happens when Dems get the vote out