Bridget Ziegler
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Oct 23, 2026
Cathy AntunesHOST
Well, and Heidi Brandt is going to be on my show next week.
Cathy AntunesHOST
She is running also for the same seat, the school board seat being vacated by Bridget Ziegler.
Cathy AntunesHOST
So Jimmy was on last week.
Cathy AntunesHOST
Heidi's going to be on next week.
Ty RussellHOST
Tom, thank you so much for being with us today.
Ty RussellHOST
And my first question I have for you, I know that the District 1 race is happening in less than two weeks in Sarasota to replace Bridget Ziegler, the current chairwoman of the board.
Ty RussellHOST
But there have been races already called during the primary.
Ty RussellHOST
So why What was your reaction to the shift that's happening? Because basically, if people don't know, the school board lost its conservative majority.
Tara NewsomHOST
So talk to me a little bit about what you think is going to happen in the rest of the state from your local perspective.
Thomas EdwardsGUEST
Well, I think a couple of things are happening at exactly the same time.
Thomas EdwardsGUEST
Moms for Liberty through Bridget Ziegler was alive and well and started in 2020 when I was elected first as a school board member.
Thomas EdwardsGUEST
And the extremism, the lack of civility, the ugliness of racism and homophobia and misogyny, you name it, it was in the school board on an ongoing basis.
Cathy AntunesHOST
Well, in August, there was a primary for the District 1 school board seat, which is an open seat.
Cathy AntunesHOST
It's currently occupied by Bridget Ziegler.
Cathy AntunesHOST
And there were three candidates running.
Cathy AntunesHOST
Teresa DeWitt came in third.
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Cathy AntunesHOST
So...
Cathy AntunesHOST
It's a huge aspect.
Cathy AntunesHOST
I find that whoever wins this district one seat, that the person sitting there now has been, in my mind, Bridget Ziegler, without question, the most divisive figure on the school board, but that division of she brought to the nation, you know.
Cathy AntunesHOST
And it was interesting because when Moms for Liberty was founded, and, you know, her name is on the paperwork, but she attempted to pretend that it wasn't.
Jennifer WelchHOST
And it...
Jennifer WelchHOST
The same thing could be going on with you, Kelly, as it was with Bridget Ziegler in Florida-
Angie "Pumps" SullivanHOST
[laughs]
Jennifer WelchHOST
... who ended up scissoring with another, uh, mom of Liberty.
Nadine SmithHOST
Recently, I spoke with Jimmy Glover, who led the August primary for Sarasota County School Board District 1.
Nadine SmithHOST
Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, held that seat since 2014.
Nadine SmithHOST
Glover won 44% in a three-way race in August.
Nadine SmithHOST
But Florida law requires a majority, so he faces a runoff on November 3rd.
Nadine SmithHOST
Her father was a high school principal and her mother taught math.
Nadine SmithHOST
She's endorsed by the Republican Party of Sarasota.
Nadine SmithHOST
During the campaign, she said she would have voted against Bridget Ziegler's resolution backing ICE enforcement, and she raised concerns about a new policy restricting student walkouts.
Nadine SmithHOST
Heidi Brandt, welcome to Wide Awake America.
Beowulf RochlenHOST
Now, like, here's ground zero for Moms for Liberty.
Beowulf RochlenHOST
Sarasota, Florida, where co-founder Bridget Ziegler lives.
Beowulf RochlenHOST
Progressives flipped the school board with liberal candidates Megan Teminen and Beth Mayberry replacing more conservative members.
Beowulf RochlenHOST
School board races in Florida are technically nonpartisan.
Antonia HyltonHOST
Jimmy Glover, a father of four and Sarasota County School Board candidate, he may be one of the signs.
Antonia HyltonHOST
He was tired of right-wing culture wars over diversity, COVID, and immigration in his children's school district, so he took matters into his own hands and decided to run for a school board seat currently held by Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler.
Antonia HyltonHOST
And Jimmy Glover believes many Floridians of all backgrounds are growing tired of people putting politics over students as well.
Antonia HyltonHOST
And now his campaign may make history come November with implications that could go far beyond his one county in Florida.
Jimmy GloverGUEST
Here we are.
Antonia HyltonHOST
Well, as I mentioned before, immigration is one of the many issues that have become a culture war, I guess, conversation in your school, a district that represents, that has many, many Latino, Hispanic students in it.
Antonia HyltonHOST
And for you, the debate over a proposed ICE resolution from Bridget Ziegler, this is the woman who's at the center of the Moms for Liberty story of Florida, that was really one of the breaking points in the community.
Antonia HyltonHOST
And I want people to listen to to what happened when students came forward to push back against this proposal to allow ICE agents in the schools there.