School board elections are nonpartisan, but in recent years, many of Johnston's board members have been backed by political groups like Moms for Liberty.
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The races technically are nonpartisan, but they’ve become increasingly partisan in recent years as disagreements over school curriculum, transgender students and COVID-19 measures have galvanized education politics at the state and local level.