Ballotpedia separately tracked elections for 300 school board seats where candidates made an issue of race, COVID restrictions and/or sex and gender. He came closer than many expected to beating Democrat Phil Murphy.Īnd across the country, 215 school board members faced recall elections - quadruple the number in an average year, according to the website Ballotpedia, which also noted a drop in uncontested seats. In New Jersey, Republican gubernatorial challenger Jack Ciattarelli similarly took up criticisms about the teaching of race in schools, and about vaccine and mask mandates. Parents who wanted more voice in schools broke for Youngkin by a large margin in exit polls. Between September and October polls, education rose 9 points to be the top issue for voters going into the race, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll.
Republican Glenn Youngkin made schools, and particularly parental control, his closing issue in his upset win over Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor's race. It touches most every household in the United States, whether as taxpayers or as parents, but come Election Day, education rarely makes it to the top of voter priorities. Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's closely watched governor's race. Glenn Youngkin, governor-elect of Virginia, holds a broom while greeting attendees after speaking during an election night event in Chantilly, Va.
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