Duval School Board: 2 Moms for Liberty-endorsed candidates win
The Duval County School Board will have a Moms for Liberty majority in the fall, with two of the conservative group’s endorsed candidates winning Tuesday.
Tony Ricardo and Melody Bolduc won their races in District 1 and District 7, respectively, against Nadine Ebri and Sarah Manion. The District 5 race will go to a run-off between Moms for Liberty-endorsed Reggie Blount and Hank Rogers in November. Nashon Nicks took more than 19% of the vote in District 5, according to a preliminary total from the Duval Elections Supervisor.
The only loss for a Moms for Liberty candidate Tuesday came in District 3, where incumbent School Board member Cindy Pearson is on track to narrowly defeat her challenger, former Duval Moms for Liberty Chair Becky Nathanson, pending the final count of mail-in ballots. Pearson was ahead of Nathanson by a margin of just 342 votes as of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Duval Elections Supervisor Jerry Holland told Jacksonville Today that Pearson’s victory margin was still wide enough not to trigger an automatic recount.
The primary election’s results effectively skew the board more solidly conservative. With the District 5 race yet to determined, four of the seven school board members now have ties to or endorsements from Moms for Liberty.