MAIN*PAC, the committee affiliated with the MAINstream Coalition, has endorsed a slate of Kansas Board of Education candidates to "return moderation and common sense" to the board.
For those few of you who've been off planet recently...
The Kansas state board has made news by working to undermine the teaching of evolution and appointing a right-wing ideologue as the new state education commissioner. Bob Corkins, the new commissioner, has zero experience in education and a history of working against public schools.
Needless to say, more than a few folks in Kansas are a tad upset, which has led to a series of Take Back Kansas rallies around the state. MAIN*PAC and the MAINstream Coalition are among the groups leading a full-court press to elect moderates to the board.
MAIN*PAC has announced that it is endorsing:
DISTRICT 1
Janet Waugh
DISTRICT 3
Harry McDonald
Don Weiss
DISTRICT 5
Sally Cauble
Tim Cruz
DISTRICT 7
Jack Wempe
DISTRICT 9
Kent Runyan
Jana Shaver
For details on the state board races, check out Red State Rabble's rundown of the election. He has a district map and details on the candidates. By the way, Rabble clearly does the best job of covering the struggle over teaching evolution and science in Kansas and around the nation.
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