US/NC/Durham/elec/2022/05/school board
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2022 Durham NC school board election
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About
Five registered Republicans are challenging three Democratic incumbents and one unaffiliated member; a fifth board member is not seeking reelection.
This year's school board election has been targeted for takeover (as have others across the country) by anti-education, anti-democratic interests with GOP backing, who have put forward a slate of far-right candidates under the slogan "Better Board, Better Schools". Because of the officially "non-partisan" nature of this race (as set by state law, which has nonetheless been selectively countermanded in some GOP-heavy counties but not in any that lean Democratic), liberal and progressive voters who often default to Democratic candidates may accidentally vote for one or more of these wingnut ringers, as some of them sound very plausible on the surface.
It is therefore important to know who is who in this race.
Endorsements
- Durham Association of Educators: Emily Chávez, Bettina Umstead, Matt Sears, Natalie Beyer, Millicent Rogers
- Kids Voting Durham 2022 School Board Election Guide
- Full Guide: print version
- Full Guide: slides with video (not sure how to access video)
- 2022-04-27 IndyWeek: 2022 Primary Endorsements: Durham County: Emily Chávez, Bettina Umstead, Matt Sears, Natalie Beyer, Millicent Rogers
- 2022-04-01 Rev-elution Election Endorsements: Durham County Board of Education
Links
Reference
- DPS School Board Questionnaires 2022: responses, by candidate
- 2022-04-25 IMA, April 2022 (video, 2h06m15s): forum with school board candidates, hosted by St. Joseph AME
News (to file)
- 2022-04-20
- IW: Durham School Board Candidate Says Two Influential Political Groups Have Been Infiltrated By Marxists: as if Marxism was shameful somehow? So much for the free exchange of ideas.
- IW: How Conservatives Are Stealthily Trying to Win Durham School Board Seats «Not one of Durham’s three most influential political action committees has endorsed any of the five GOP candidates who are running for seats on the county school board, including the nonpartisan Friends of Durham (FOD) PAC.»
- 2022-04-14 9StJ: Nonpartisan school board candidates downplay partisan ties
- discussion: Nextdoor
- 2022-04-13 NCPW: GOP’s “stealth slate” of candidates seeks to shift school board balance of power in one of NC’s most Democratic counties
- 2022-03-16 EQVA: Can the GOP Take Over Blue Durham County's Board of Education? (They're Betting On It)
- 2022-04-10 EQV Analytics: «Ooh, ooh, cool! I'm being called a groomer and a neo-nazi *right now* by some Durham GOP nut job on a Facebook Live freakout. I'm internet famous! Dude's a mite uptight about me blowing QAnon @BetterDPS's cover.» #ncpol https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1168153530695099
Propaganda
- Better Board, Better Schools: d1: Curtis Hrischuk, d2: Chris Burns, d3: Gayathri Rajaraman, cdB: Joetta MacMiller, d4: Valarie Jarvis
- domain was registered 2022-02-24
- discussion: Nextdoor (main) - the conservoids are suddenly in favor of "drastic change"