Local Candidate Questionnaire

Thank you for your interest in a Public Endorsement or a Recommendation from your local Moms for Liberty chapter!

This form is for those candidates seeking local, elected office as either a school board member or Superintendent. We do not endorse in other races at this time.

Please ensure that you complete all sections of the form, as incomplete submissions may not be considered.

A Public Endorsement from a Moms for Liberty chapter has demonstrated the potential to increase turnout in a school board race by more than 10%. A Public Endorsement includes:

Promotion and support from the members of your local Chapter. (For specifics, please speak with your local Chapter Chair.)
Listing on our national website (approximately 2 weeks prior to the election).
Potential for support from our PAC (this is not guaranteed, and PAC activity does NOT permit coordination with the candidate) and/or affiliated organizations.

Candidates should be aware that they bear the ultimate responsibility for their electoral success or failure. While Moms for Liberty aims to empower candidates, success in a school board race relies on building coalitions, recruiting and managing volunteers, fundraising effectively, crafting impactful messaging, and putting in dedicated effort.

In order to help set you up for success, we recommend the Moms for Liberty Campaign Kit as an excellent resource!

The Process

If you have a Chapter in your area:

Step 1-

Complete & Submit this Local Candidate Questionnaire form.

Step 2-

After submitting this form, your local Chapter will review your responses. If interested, they will reach out for a Candidate Interview, which may be conducted by phone, video, or in person. Plan on 30 minutes for the Interview.

Step 3-

Following the interview, the Chapter membership must vote for or against Public Endorsement or Recommendation. You will be notified by the Chapter leadership once this process has completed.

If there is no Chapter in your area:

Moms for Liberty does not endorse in areas where a chapter has not, yet been established. We appreciate your interest in seeking an endorsement and commend you for taking on the task of running for your local school board.

Please consider signing the Parent Pledge. Although this is not an endorsement, the Parent Pledge is a simple way to communicate your dedication to parental rights.

Recommendations

Recommendations are a way for our Chapter members to support a candidate in an area hostile to parental rights. We do not list recommended candidates on our website. They are often supported by volunteer efforts from members, though this is not guaranteed. Recommended candidates are not currently eligible for support from our PAC. Please indicate if you are interested in a Public Endorsement or simply a Recommendation using the form.

This Form

The form includes 2 sections:

1) Personal Contact Information

2) Election Information

We estimate the form takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Your progress on this form cannot be saved and must be completed and submitted in one sitting.

Best wishes in your efforts to defend parental rights and improve education for our children!

What are you seeking?

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1) PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION

Your name as it will appear on the ballot

Phone Number

Street Address

City

County or Borough

Our chapters are by county or borough. Please DO NOT put United States in the line above.

State

Zip

Is this your first time running for office?

We require a link to either your campaign website or social media to consider an endorsement. Do not submit this form without one or it will not be considered.

Campaign Website

Campaign Social Media Link

Upload a headshot here (we will use this to publicize endorsements)

Have you accessed our school board Campaign Kit at momsforliberty.org/candidates? (If you have not, we strongly recommend checking it out to help you run a more effective campaign)

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2) ELECTION INFORMATION

Name of School District (no abbreviations please)

Position Title (Ex: Trustee, Director, School Board Member)

How is your position elected?

If you selected "single member district" above, please enter the district/seat/region number for your race.

PRIMARY ELECTION- If you have a primary, enter the date of that election here.

GENERAL ELECTION- Enter the date of your general election here.

Is your race partisan or non-partisan?

Do the boundaries of your election cross over into another county?

If the boundaries of your race cross over into another county, tell us which county here:

Are you running against an incumbent or in an open seat?

How many candidates will your voters be able to vote for in your race?

Are you running as a slate (in partnership) with other candidates for the same district?

If you selected "yes" to the slate question above, tell us the name(s) of your slate members.

What is the deadline to file or qualify to be on the ballot in your race?

If mail ballot voting is permitted in your race, when do mail ballots go out?

If early voting is permitted in your race, when does it begin?

Are you a write-in candidate?

Yes

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3) QUESTIONS

STANCES

Moms for Liberty only endorses candidates that agree with the stance statements shared on the Candidates page and who commit to taking our Parent Pledge, which states: I pledge to honor the fundamental rights of parents including but not limited to the right to direct the education, medical care, and moral upbringing of their children. I pledge to advance policies that strengthen parental involvement and decision-making, increase transparency, defend against government overreach, and secure parental rights at all levels of government.

If you have not read the stance statements, please visit https://portal.momsforliberty.org/candidates/ prior to continuing this questionnaire.

I have read and agree with all stance statements and commit to taking the Parent Pledge. I understand that submitting this form acts as a virtual signature.

To fulfill my oath of office to support the Constitution, I must know the Constitution. I commit to reading the US Constitution annually while in office and will study the sections of my state constitution, county charter, and/or local statutes that grant me authority in the position I am seeking.

I agree to this commitment.

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SUPPORT OR OPPOSE

Please indicate if you support or oppose the following...

Teaching minors that they can change their gender

Comprehensive Sexual Education and sexually explicit content in school libraries

Critical Race Theory and the idea that America is systemically racist

Marxism, socialism, and/or communism

Woke Social Emotional Learning

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SHORT ANSWER

Why are you running? Why should voters choose you? Tell us about your background and why you are qualified for this office.