Conservatives running in school board races across California mostly fell short. Groups like the American Council say they'll keep trying.
For conservatives running for school boards in California, any dream of a “red wave” proved to be a dud as Republican candidates, including a member of an extremist right-wing group, lost in most races across the state.
In Orange County, Kira Davis, a managing editor of the conservative political blog Red State, is poised to lose in the race for a seat on the Capistrano Unified school board but has secured more than 9,000 votes, or about 40%. The majority of the $426,000 raised by the organization went to California school board candidates, according to Tanner Di Bella, president and founder, who noted that those races are cheaper than higher offices.
When asked how parents of LGBTQ children can feel safe in districts overseen by school boards whose members are endorsed by groups openly critical of policies designed to protect them, Di Bella, who does not have children, pointed to anti-discrimination laws but said that boards need conservatives in order to be “more well rounded.”
“For many, many years, nobody paid attention to the school board races. We were asleep at the wheel thinking this would never happen here, but it’s happening here and it’s going to keep happening, and we’re going to have to keep fighting it,” said Susan Hildreth, president of the group Democrats of Rossmoor. “I think we really woke up.”
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