'The fever is breaking': DeSantis-backed school board candidates fall short in Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign to expand his conservative education agenda in Florida schools didn’t quite go the way he wanted on Tuesday.

Of the 23 school board candidates that DeSantis endorsed this cycle, preliminary results show more of them appeared to lose their election races than win them.

Unofficial vote tallies show 11 candidates backed by the governor lost on Tuesday, including some incumbents in conservative-leaning counties. Meanwhile, six of DeSantis’ preferred candidates won their races and six were poised to advance to a November runoff after no one in their contests cleared 50% of the vote.

Those runoffs could still go in DeSantis’ favor.

At: https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-the-fever-is-breaking-desantis-backed-school-board-candidates-fall-short-in-florida/

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the Parental Rights in Education bill - widely known as the "Don't Say Gay" law - in 2022, at the height of his political power.

A weak performance in school board elections on Tuesday, however, suggest that Florida voters may be souring on DeSantis' extreme agenda.