TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday stated his political committee invested about $2 million to assistance county university board candidates in this year’s elections.
DeSantis endorsed 30 conservative school-board candidates in the nonpartisan races, most of whom chalked up wins.
Speaking at an celebration Monday in Orlando, DeSantis claimed his Good friends of Ron DeSantis political committee served pay out for advertising for his chosen candidates.
“We did a few million pounds, $2.1 million of help, for text messaging, mail parts, robocalls, all that things,” DeSantis reported.
“All we ended up executing – it wasn’t rocket science – we ended up just educating our voters about who shared our values and who failed to.”
DeSantis’ aim on university-board politics arrived immediately after higher-profile clashes with boards for the duration of the previous two yrs, primarily based on issues these as university student mask demands throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
In some instances, 2022 election wins assisted produce conservative majorities on faculty boards.
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