NEA Republicans, Your Turn Is Next

Interesting article on the NEA's political strategy in the recent elections...

The first thing it shows is that NEA is formidable when protecting incumbents, of either party, and on a par with other special interest groups when it comes to capturing open seats or defeating incumbents.

 

NEA donated 12 percent of its PAC money to Republicans this cycle, which is higher than usual. But a quick examination of the recipients shows no money going to Republican challengers (it's possible I missed one, so I'm willing to be corrected). So the second lesson is that even if you are a Republican who supports NEA's agenda, you need to be elected first, before you start to see any support.

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The Education Intelligence Agency

COMMUNIQUÉ – November 13, 2006

On the Web at http://www.eiaonline.com

 

1)  NEA Republicans, Your Turn Is Next. NEA distributed its election post-mortem to its activists last week. As you might imagine, NEA's score was pretty good: union-recommended candidates won 14 of 21 gubernatorial races, 14 of 15 U.S. Senate races, and 18 of 25 targeted U.S. House races.