Several Florida county school districts have lost their more conservative board members, signaling a potential shift away from the partisan politics that dominated previous elections.
In Tuesday night’s primaries, Sarasota, Hernando and Pasco counties saw moderate and Democrat-backed candidates win, ousting incumbents and beating newcomers with ties to the far-right group Moms for Liberty.
The conservative organization once held major sway in school board elections, but it’s since lost momentum at the local level.
Without the group’s financial backing and endorsements from the governor, political experts said elections this year have strayed away from the broader culture war issues that turned schools into
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