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"....Going into Tuesday's midterm elections, education reformers thought it was time to clean house. And with nearly every teachers union-backed candidate failing to secure a win, it seems reformers got their wish.
Even in states where Republican governors had implemented policies unpopular among teachers unions, and after those union members threw their money and voter-mobilizing muscle behind Democratic challengers, the union-backed candidates lost governor's races in Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Florida. ...."