Texas Republicans against “critical race theory” win seats on the State Board of Education, strengthening its GOP majority

Second grade students participate in Rosa Ramirez’s class at Linder Elementary School in Austin in January. (Credit: Miranda Lipton for The Texas Tribune)

Several Republican State Board of Education candidates who ran in opposition of so-called critical race theory in public schools won their races Tuesday night, giving Republicans one more seat on the board, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Most notably, Republicans successfully flipped District 2, which covers part of the Gulf Coast.