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Candidates against critical race theory thrive in North Texas

Tim O'Hare celebrates being elected Tarrant County judge at his victory party Tuesday night. Screenshot: WFAA Candidates who rose to prominence opposing critical race theory did well in North Texas elections this week — but that wasn't the case in other parts of the state. Driving the news: Tim O'Hare, who co-founded the , which supports candidates running on anti-CRT platforms, for Tarrant County judge.Karen Lowery, one of two women who filed a about school library books in Granbury — triggering a — on the Granbury ISD board of trustees. State of play: CRT has become a rallying cry for conservatives across the country who say parents should have more control over what their children learn in school.And the suburbs of Fort Worth have become a over the way schools handle issues of race and personal identity in general. Zoom out: Several Republican State Board of Education candidates who ran on platforms opposing CRT also won their races Tuesday night, giving Republicans one more seat on the board, according to the .Some Republicans have hoped to capitalized on parental anger over the teaching of race and sexuality in schools in an effort to get state funding for private education, per . Catch up quick: When O'Hare was mayor of Farmers Branch from 2008 to 2011, he made national headlines for ordinances that prevented landlords from renting to undocumented immigrants. He was also the Tarrant County GOP chair from 2016 to 2018.In 2020, he co-founded Southlake Families with Leigh Wambsganss, who is now the executive director of Patriot Mobile Action PAC — the behind the election of 11 new school board members in four suburban North Texas districts in recent years. Meanwhile: In Round Rock, north of Austin, five candidates on an anti-CRT platform were . The bottom line: While the election is over, the culture war among local school boards is far from finished. Get more local stories in your inbox with .Subscribe Support local journalism by becoming a member.

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