Parent-backed school board candidates pick up 50 seats in Minnesota

Despite the strong headwinds against conservative candidates locally and nationally, almost 50 Minnesota Parents Alliance-backed school board candidates claimed victory Tuesday night, the group said.

MPA candidates won seats in 15 of the 19 school districts where they devoted campaign resources, according to Cristine Trooien, executive director of Minnesota Parents Alliance (MPA).

MPA has a three-fold mission, which is focused on academic achievement, equality, and parental rights.

“Those are our three overarching themes of our mission statement. That’s where our candidates were focused. Then tack on the transparency and accountability that parents have been trying to get from their school community. That’s really largely what these candidates were running on,” Trooien said.