of teachers crashing into arizona's capitol that caught the nation's attention. this was a different kind of red. a red for ed. >> show me what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: in april we watched as tens of thousands of educators marched and singing about coming back to vote. ♪ we will be back to vote in november ♪ >> it was something that i've never seen before. it was overwhelming but like exciting at the same time to see we had a voice. >> reporter: thousands of them millennials just starting in teaching. they got 270,000 signatures that red for ed gathered. >> it definitely felt like the ball was in our court. >> reporter: before the midterms, a bombshell from the state supreme court. the referendum was booted off the ballot over legal