- The group were attempt to ride the wave of discontent among parents in recents months over such issues as school’s COVID lockdowns, curriculum, gender-related issues and what they considered a lack of transparency among school boards on such issues.
- As a result, nonpartisan, local school boards became fiercely political.
- Candidates ran in opposition to what they considered “woke” ideology in public schools.
- The 1776 Project PAC steered millions of dollars into local school races this year amid predictions of a red wave. But on Tuesday, just a third of its roughly 50 candidates won.
