Voters Oust School Board Conservatives in Texas School

In a rebuke to recent conservative education policies in Texas, voters in Mansfield ousted three incumbent school board members Saturday, flipping control of the Mansfield Independent School District during a contentious election season marked by debate over book bans and school vouchers, Newsweek reported.

Three conservative incumbents on the Mansfield Independent School District board were voted out on May 3, as voters backed challengers advocating for stronger public education support and reforms to local governance.

Ana-Alicia Horn, a data management professional in the event ticketing software industry, defeated school board president Keziah Valdes Farrar, who had served since 2021. Horn won with 60.3% of the 12,356 votes cast.

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