Democrats focus on 11 School Board candidates to fight back against culture wars

The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) is giving money and doing grassroots organizing to support 11 School Board candidates for the Aug. 20 Primary.

“Our Take Back Local program is our way of investing in the candidates we feel will be most competitive in the upcoming election,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried in a statement. “We are not going to let Ron DeSantis and his allies take over our school boards with far-right, Moms for Liberty candidates.”

The female-dominated candidates are spread throughout the state. Five are incumbents. The group of candidates includes teachers, lawyers, a social worker and a tech entrepreneur.

Fried said the candidates “represent the best of Florida’s education system and offer a clear contrast to the culture wars Republicans have been waging in our school systems.”

The full list of the candidates includes Stephanie Arguello (Seminole), School Board member Nadia Combs (Hillsborough), School Board member Debbi Hixon (Broward), School Board member Sarah Leonardi (Broward), Sarah Mannion (Duval), Jeremy Rogers (Leon), School Board member Luisa Santos (Miami-Dade), Rebecca Thompson (Broward), Max Tuchman (Miami-Dade), Stephanie Vanos (Orange), and School Board member Jessica Vaughn (Hillsborough).




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