Most school board candidates that were endorsed by an anti-critical race theory group won their races in last week’s election

An organization committed to electing conservative school board candidates across the US says that most of its endorsed candidates won their races during the 2023 general election on Tuesday, disputing media reporting that claims otherwise.  

In a statement posted to X Wednesday, 1776 Project PAC founder and president Ryan Girdusky rejected the assertion in an Associated Press article citing the American Federation of Teachers to claim that his organization and a similar organization, Moms for Liberty, saw 80% of their endorsed candidates lose their races. 

Girdusky insisted that the 1776 Project PAC won 58% of our school board races Tuesday. Calling the AP claim, “not true”. He demanded a retraction. 

The article was updated Thursday to state that 70% of the two groups’ endorsed candidates lost, noting that the organizations refute that tally too. 

The 1776 Project PAC says it is “dedicated to electing school board members nationwide who want to reform our public education system by promoting patriotism and pride in American history that is committed to abolishing critical race theory and ‘The 1619 Project’ from the public-school curriculum.”

The group also opposes the presence of sexually explicit material in public school libraries and school curricula.