In some cases, GOP-led state legislatures have passed laws to give right-wing school board candidates an electoral advantage over Democrats.
Earlier in May, conservative school board candidates all across Montana overwhelmingly lost.
In the town of Eau Claire, for example, all three right-wing school board candidates who ran on anti-LGBTQ platforms lost to incumbents and their allies.
Weingarten said Tuesday’s New York election results are a good bellwether for how school board races are likely to continue playing out nationally, since these elections took place in heavily conservative and heavily Democratic districts all over the state.Earlier this month, all but one of the 11 Tarrant County conservative school board candidates won their races in Texas.