Republican State Superintendent Richard Woods is being challenged by Democratic former state Rep. Alisha Searcy in the Georgia midterms.
Woods has been endorsed by the Georgia Association of Educators, which usually endorses Democrats.
But even though the nationwide discussion over critical race theory dominated headlines over the last year, and Georgia’s latest and controversial “divisive concepts” law passed in the 2022 legislative session, this unique matchup has gotten little attention.
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