Defeat for many culture war 'extremists' who tried to take control of school boards and lost to liberal, union-backed candidates

• Book-banning and "don't-say-gay" style laws are filling the headlines. 
• But many right-wing candidates lost their school board elections in Illinois and Wisconsin. 
• The Democratic Gov. of Illinois said, "Those folks were shown up and, frankly, tossed out."

Many right-wing candidates lost their runs at school board elections in Illinois and Wisconsin.