Democrats Are Counting on Frustrated Teachers to Help Them in the Midterms
- Public sympathy over strikes encourages wave of candidates
- Almost a fifth of Democrats seeking state office are educators
Teachers strike in Oklahoma in April
Photographer: J Pat Carter/Getty Images
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When teachers in several U.S. states walked out of their classrooms this year to protest stagnant pay and school funding, they struck a chord with the public.
Now they’re battling to turn that sympathy into gains at the ballot box –- and Democrats are hoping that a wave of teacher candidates will help them flip control of statehouses and governorships.