G.O.P. Gains Control of Texas School Board for the First Time Ever

Republican candidates for the Texas state board of education made history last week when they claimed the majority of board seats there for the first time.

But Republicans hoping to change the face of the Democrat-controlled state board in Alabama failed to do so, gaining just one seat, for a total of two on the eight-member panel.

Party control of the state board of education also switched--from the Democrats to the Republicans--in...

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