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Ellen Weaver, conservative school choice advocate, wins GOP runoff for SC superintendent
thestate.com ^ | 6/29/22 | ZAK KOESKE

Posted on 06/29/2022 6:13:27 AM PDT by cotton1706

In a blow to South Carolina’s education establishment, the head of a conservative think tank who has pledged to expand school choice and defend parents’ rights has earned the Republican nomination for state schools chief, according to unofficial election results.

Ellen Weaver, president and CEO of the Palmetto Promise Institute, handily defeated teachers advocate Kathy Maness in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff, a development with potentially major implications for the state’s public schools.

“Parents and the public are speaking loud and clear,” she said after the race was called Tuesday night. “They want change and this election is a mandate for change.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thestate.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2022election; election2022; elections; maga; presidenttrump

1 posted on 06/29/2022 6:13:27 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Very good news.


2 posted on 06/29/2022 6:19:43 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: rrrod

If anything good came from Covid this is it. Parents got a look at some of the leftist BS aimed their children.


3 posted on 06/29/2022 7:01:26 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: cotton1706

Encouraging.


4 posted on 06/29/2022 7:02:28 AM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: cotton1706

Love my state!

We’re starting to roll now.


5 posted on 06/29/2022 7:20:36 AM PDT by Walrus (I do not consent)
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To: gibsonguy

PAYBACK is a BITCH


6 posted on 06/29/2022 8:21:36 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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