The 2022 midterm elections seemed promising for school choice supporters. Social media enthusiasm was high, electoral momentum was strong from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s stunning victory in Virginia last year, and many anti-school choice candidates made critical unforced errors. In what universe does Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, have to campaign in states such as Michigan and New York in the days leading up to an election?
The results, however, were disappointing. School choice opponents, such as Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, handily won reelection, while prominent school choice advocates, such as Arizona’s Kari Lake, struggled to survive in races they were widely expected to win. The red wave, and the school choice tide with it, turned out to be a ripple at best.
