We won the school board!!.. Moms for Liberty lost!!!!!...

[Peacetrain]

even though they were given tons of outside money to run for a position that has no pay associated with it. I am so proud of our Democrats paying close attention to these smaller elections that the republicans have come to rely on to take over power. Truthfully, power comes at the school board, town and city mayors, city council, board supervisors... that is the true power base... we tend to concentrate on the big offices and forget where the true power is..

Well NO MORE!! that was awesome.. Never count Iowa out .. so proud of all our Democrats all over the country..

[Bettie]

1. I heard one of their candidates won

but I haven't been able to track down where. Still working on it, but if you know....

[Peacetrain]

2. No I don't Bettie.. I was looking at the Linn - Mar district

I know they did not win anything in my town either.. I had been following the Cedar Rapids race because of the money coming from the outside to try and get the mfl candidates elected. That was just crazy.. The uber right is sinking tons of money into tiny elections to take over the country.. and the majority suddenly has no idea why books that they read growing up are being banned.. just so happy to see people pay attention

[Lochloosa]

33. This thread had the info on the one that was lost.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/105112307

[Lochloosa]

32. Here you go. Good breakdown of the races.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/105112307

[Bettie]

35. Thanks!

appreciated.

[muriel_volestrangler]

40. Good round-up of how they did elsewhere (pretty badly) here:

Voters Tell 'Moms For Liberty' To Eat Shit

F’rinstance, in Pennsylvania, where the Mad Moms endorsed more than 50 candidates in 28 districts, the Moms had some wins here and there, with three Moms-endorsed candidates taking seats on the Nazareth Area School Board, and winning at least seven seats on several Cumberland County school boards. But in a couple of the Cumberland County races, Republican candidates said on their websites that they rejected endorsements by the Moms and related PACs; two of those candidates lost, and two won.

But elsewhere, Moms-backed candidates got stomped. Notably, voters in the Pennridge School District in Bucks County elected Democrats to all five open seats, taking the majority away from the rightwing majority that had previously won with Moms for Liberty support. While they held power, that crowd had a rightwing field day, as Forbes reports:
...
Democrats won all five open seats in Central Bucks, taking the majority on the board.
...
That’s pretty much how school board races went all over: Moms-backed candidates lost in Minnesota and North Carolina, and in Loudoun County, Virginia, where there were near-riots at school board meetings over “critical race theory” and panic about trans kids in 2021, liberal candidates took a six-seat majority on the nine-seat board, pledging to put actual schooling and student progress over culture warring.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/voters-tell-moms-for-liberty-to-eat

[DFW]

3. I'll have to congratulate Rob Sand

The longest journey starts with a single step.

If I should live another ten years, I hope to see him as either Governor or Senator (or both), and in either position, he will do Iowa proud.

[Peacetrain]

6. Yep.. the first step to taking it back starts with Sand

DFW I think, hope , pray, that our citizens in Iowa are seeing sanity, continuity, the ability to relate to our elected officials, and it really does start with Sand. The current uber right is not a conservative group.. they really are unrelatable to peoples daily lives.. the first step in any journey is half the distance.. Don't give up on Iowa.. or any state.. Dr Dean had it right all along and so did President Obama, and President Carter (who started both their journeys in Iowa)..

What people want is stability.. this reality show craziness being demonstrated on a national scale by the republicans in the Congress is scaring the bejebus out of people

[DFW]

36. Interesting that you should mention Howard.

I met Rob around 7 (?) years ago or so when he was just starting his first campaign for State Auditor. We were both attending a gathering in South Carolina, and he was forlornly looking for something to do for dinner one night. I invited him to come out with us to a Lebanese place we liked. He had never had Lebanese food before, but is now a fan.

Later on, maybe four months after that, we both happened to be in Washington on the same day, and after lunch, he was having a fund raiser at someone's NW home. While there, I told him, he should ask Howard Dean for some pointers. Rob said he'd love to, but had no idea how to get in touch with Howard. I said, well, here's how, took out my cell phone, dialed Howard, told Howard who Rob was, and handed him the phone. I thought they were going to talk for five minutes, but they talked for half an hour. Howard later told me that he was impressed with Rob, and Rob did indeed win his race. I told him years ago that he needed to be looking toward higher office. He didn't think so then, but I think he's ready now. Iowa TV stations love him (I've seen clips), and he's not an unknown any more.

[Peacetrain]

44. Love that story!

Rob Sand does come across so good on media.. People have an innate comfort with him. I hope he does go for higher office.

[chia]

4. Good news!

[Peacetrain]

7. smiling ear to ear

[chia]

38. I am too, because our Democratic candidate won the open local county board of supervisors seat

by a good margin, ensuring a 3-2 Democratic majority for the county supervisors, this is San Diego county, so a big win with no margin to lose! So yeah, I'm very happy today too. It was the only item on my ballot.

[walkingman]

5. Way to go!!

[Peacetrain]

8. I am a happy camper!

My little town did not take up the uber right candidates either on our school board..

[RAB910]

9. It's always a great day for America when Moms for Hitler lose

[Peacetrain]

10. Its the local elections that will build the base for a grounded goverment

people actually talking to each other for solutions.. People want sanity, and the current uber right is presenting them with the exact opposite

[hibbing]

17. Nothing says liberty like banning books

[RAB910]

34. The only "liberty" the care about is the "liberty" to hate and harm those who are different

[raising2moredems]

57. Otherwise known as (OWA)...

Some parents rights. They are so full of excrement I don't even know where to begin. One of my kiddos is in IA and I can proudly say said kiddo did not and would never vote for a Hitler's youth "mom".

[Skittles]

59. *SNORT*

"Moms for Hitler"

[rurallib]

11. In my little town I think we split on the school board

I am not really sure because I am kind of out of touch these days.
I think we got one burner, one progressive and one I do not know. The holdovers are very progressive.

Our city council and new mayor are quite progressive, so that is good.

[Peacetrain]

12. Sounds like when you look at the big picture, you guys landed on the

good side rurallib!!

[Mister Ed]

28. One book-burner on the board is all it takes, I'm afraid.

Since their intention is to disrupt and sow chaos, they don't need a majority on the board. A single member can disrupt, sabotage, and sow division.

[LakeArenal]

13. Finally. Peace train sounding louder!!!!

[Peacetrain]

20. I am so happy to see people getting out in midterms

and not letting the craziness ruin us.. it gives me hope!!!

[Mad_Machine76]

15. I'm so glad that corporations and right wing organizations

haven't figured out a way to translate money into actual votes. We can still win if we show up no matter how much money they sink into these races. Also, I love that they basically wasted all that money on a bunch of losers.

[Peacetrain]

21. I think people have caught on to MFL..

[Mad_Machine76]

31. Good thing

Everywhere they go they are creating a lot of chaos that tends to turn off a lot of people.

[ismnotwasm]

16. Yay!!!

[Peacetrain]

24. We did it!!

[dalton99a]

18. It's about time people paid attention to their insidious plan.

[Peacetrain]

22. I just think of how many times we have all talked about the importance of the mid terms

and the media has taken it as gospel that Democrats will not come out for mid terms.. and we keep handing the Republicans their hats .. proud of our party.. we are finally working ..

[IronLionZion]

19. Book Ban Barbies, A-holes with casseroles

Klanned Karenhood, Crock pot crackpots

[Peacetrain]

23. ROFL

Can I steal that

[localroger]

55. Klanned Karenhood to KKKancelled /nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[asiliveandbreathe]

30. djtjr exposes the effort of the far right to privatize our schools..

from X..support families & not force kids into todays lib public indoctrination camps.

This is exactly what Nancy MacLean author Democracy In Chains - is talking about..from an earlier op by BlueGreenlady

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1322&pid=2197

[Initech]

26. It's time to get all of these fascist thugs out of our school boards!

And tell Fox News where they can shove it! Thank you Iowa!

[Peacetrain]

47. Could not agree more!!

[sheshe2]

27. Congratulations Iowa💙🇺🇸

Well done.

[Peacetrain]

48. I am so so proud of all the states getting out to push back on the

crazies!! so proud

[sheshe2]

50. It was a dayum good night.

We can do this again 2024 if people don’t F around.

VOTE

[madaboutharry]

29. I am so happy that my vote contributed to keeping the Nazi Mom Brigade off the school board.

Frankly, I am really surprised by the results. I didn't expect it

[Peacetrain]

51. I think that a lot of people woke up today and were pleasantly surprised by the

total breadth of our wins.. It was the same in 2022 (we and the media just tend to forget)

[wryter2000]

37. K&R

A major victory for sure.

[Hassler]

39. Fancy that. Americans don't like book burners and misogynists

[Peacetrain]

49. Gives you hope in our system and our voters across the country!!

[Hassler]

41. Americans hate book burning, Hitler loving assholes.

[Oopsie Daisy]

42. This makes me very happy! Congratulations to you all!!

Great work!

[Peacetrain]

46. Our people did very well yesterday

up and down the state tickets..

[mountain grammy]

43. Thanks for the thread Peacetrain

It really is great to see progressives win.. Yay Dems.. let's take America back.

[Peacetrain]

45. The last couple of off season elections have been very good for us

I wonder if the media will ever catch up on how well the Democrats are really doing

[mountain grammy]

54. They sure don't seem to want to do that

But it really feels like people are waking up to the precarious place we are right now.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

52. Good job! MFL is not Moms For Liberty, it really means Meddling Fascist Liars

[Peacetrain]

53. That's true too!!

[RainCaster]

56. Hoorah for the Assholes With Casseroles

So much winning!

[NowISeetheLight]

58. Hope

There is hope when even states like Iowa refuse these fascists a win.