Roadrunner
Roadrunner
School boards are elected by the very few that actually give a shit to vote in a local election.Money spent on school board elections is significantly less, even miniscule in comparison to higher elected offices, I agree. However, school board elections are also significantly less visible and less interest of the public especially when voters do not have school age children any longer.Tens of thousands of school boards around the country and you give me a sample of one"The Committee for Economic Growth and Social Justice, an innocuously named super PAC registered in Washington to accept and spend unlimited amounts of campaign cash to influence politics — in this case, who would win three unpaid positions on a board that runs a 25,000-student school district. […] 'We've never experienced or expected that outside interest groups would come in and invest this kind of money into a local school board race," said Elizabeth School Board president Tony Monteiro, a political ally of the losing candidates. "It boggles the mind. ... The whole landscape has changed.' […] In Elizabeth, Anthony Padlo, one of the two school board members ousted last year, said he expected a competitive race but was 'surprised that a super PAC has such an interest in a local school board."Why would school boards in red states be run by liberals?
USA TODAY7:33 p.m. EST February 25, 2014
Well, rightwinger that's yours to decide. The above quote may help you.
Oh, that's a drop in the bucket compared to what they spent overall.
NEA, AFT to Combine for $80 Million in Election Spending
NEA AFT to Combine for 80 Million in Election Spending
I think you'll find that not much of that money was spent on school board elections.
Most places try to at least tie them to a statewide election.