Largest teachers union in Maine praises rejection of ‘culture war’ candidates in local school board races

The largest teacher union in Maine praised the "rejection of culture war" candidates in their recent school board race.

John Kosinski, director of government relations for the Maine Education Association (MEA), told the Beacon that the election results for conservatives in local school board races within the state indicate a rejection of culture war issues from voters.

The Beacon reported further that conservative school board candidates in Maine objected to critical race theory or books containing LGBTQ related-content in the election races. Many of those conservative candidates performed poorly when the school board races wrapped up on June 13.