As the National Center For Science Education reports, a new organization called HOPE for Ohio Education

"...is seeking to unseat a member of the board of education who was at the forefront of efforts to compromise the treatment of evolution in the state science standards. Speaking to the Columbus Dispatch (August 12, 2006), HOPE's chair, Lawrence M. Krauss of Case Western University, explained, "We hope to raise the profile of school-board elections ... We've seen in Ohio and Kansas how significant these elections can be.".... HOPE is [ alao ] targeting Deborah Owens-Fink, who represents the Seventh State Board District.... Krauss contended that Owens-Fink "has systematically worked to dilute and distort the teaching of science in the state.".... HOPE expects to recruit Tom Sawyer -- a former teacher, mayor of Akron, and member of Congress -- to challenge Owens-Fink in the November 2006 election."