{"id":580171,"date":"2021-11-03T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T20:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/?p=580171"},"modified":"2021-11-03T16:48:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T20:48:46","slug":"two-more-school-board-recall-efforts-fall-short-on-election-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/two-more-school-board-recall-efforts-fall-short-on-election-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Two More School Board Recall Efforts Fall Short on Election Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The eyes of most political observers were trained on the governor\u2019s races in two blue states on Election Night, with Republicans claiming a convincing victory in Virginia and still threatening to unseat Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But closely contested races were playing out down the ballot as well. At the local level, school board members in both suburban Milwaukee and northern Kansas survived attempts to recall them from office. The campaigns were part of one of 2021\u2019s biggest trends in education politics: a surge in recall efforts aimed at board members around the country, with over 200 officials targeted. That number is roughly quadruple the figure in an average year, according to the nonprofit elections site Ballotpedia, while the 84 total recall attempts so far this year total more than triple the usual rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n