Contrarian Boston’s Scott Van Voorhis reports that three Newton school committee candidates backed by the local chapter of the teachers union everyone loves to hate went down to defeat on Tuesday. It seems a lot of Newton voters remembered that illegal teachers strike of 2024. … We can only hope future candidates backed by the radical Massachusetts Teachers Association also bite the dust. It’s bad enough the MTA has inordinate influence over Beacon Hill pols via campaign donations and campaign field support.* This past summer the MTA announced it was getting more involved in local school committee and mayoral races as well, as the Globe reported. Just what our body politic needs: big-time polarized politics even at the local school-committee level. … Anyway, Newton voters on Tuesday obviously weren’t impressed with the MTA’s stamps of approval. Fig City News has more on the Newton elections.

* Note: To be fair, Beacon Hill lawmakers occasionally do stand up to teacher unions.