Thursday, November 9, 2023

GET ME REWRITE: Iowa voters smack down Kimmi the Clown's book banning and anti-LBGTQ crusades

 
Photo credit:  Black and Red Register, 9/28/2023
HeadlineBleeding Heartland, 11/8/2023

From Bleeding Heartland:
Voters in Iowa’s large school districts overwhelmingly picked progressive candidates over conservatives on November 7. In many urban and suburban districts, candidates backed by local Democrats, the Iowa State Education Association (ISEA), and/or the LGBTQ advocacy group One Iowa Action ran the table, while candidates backed by activists on the religious right fell short. 
The results are a rebuke to Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature, which enacted new laws in 2023 that undermined public schools and LGBTQ students, and restricted school library books and inclusive curriculum materials. 
They also show the enduring strength of the state’s largest teachers union.

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