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Three candidates aligned with the hyperconservative Moms for Liberty ran for Pinellas County School Board this year, and all three failed.
Two Pinellas County School Board members faced what were thought at the time to be potentially difficult re-election battles. Laura Hine and Eileen Long were both targeted by DeSantis in this year’s election cycle as he sought to remake School Boards across the state.
Katie Blaxberg, a Republican who was briefly registered as a Democrat, defeated Moms For Liberty candidate Stacy Geier.
The defeats sent a message that while Pinellas had gone red, it rejected hyperpartisanship in public schools.
– Janelle Irwin, Florida Politics