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Michael Sainato

California school board president who led conservative culture war loses recall vote

A man and his child vote.
Since Komrosky joined the school board in 2022, a district superintendent was forced out and a parent-notification policy was passed to inform on students using different gender indicators. Photograph: Andreas Fuhrmann/AP

Voters in Temecula, California, have ousted the local school board president who thrust the political body to the forefront of rightwing culture wars by seeking to eliminate discussions of race and gender identity from the classroom.

Joseph Komrosky on Thursday lost a recall vote with 51% of voters favoring his removal.

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