Charlie Crist follows Ron DeSantis’ lead, endorses School Board candidates

There’s a parental rights showdown brewing in nonpartisan elections.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is wading into the School Board endorsement game following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ foray into the nonpartisan elections arena.

The Republican Governor has endorsed 26 “pro-parent” School Board candidates, endorsements that were viewed as an “unprecedented” entrance of partisan politics into nonpartisan races. Crist, a Democratic Congressman who hopes to retake the Governor’s Mansion more than a decade after he left the office, endorsed his own slate of seven school board candidates on Wednesday, creating a parental rights showdown.

“Governor DeSantis is...