The small number of voters expected to turn out may give Governor Abbott enough votes to overhaul education policy in Texas; and Attorney General Ken Paxton may…
Early voting for the May runoff elections began Monday. The small number of races will have a big impact in Austin's next legislative sessionIn March, several primary races didn't have a candidate get more than fifty percent of the vote - so they went to a runoff election.
In a public rebuke to the Governor, the Texas House voted to reject his priority of allowing families to use public school tax dollars on private and home schools last Fall. A group of mostly rural Republicans didn't think the policy was a conservative use of tax dollars and voted against it to defend their local public schools.
The two tectonic forces collide in a Tarrant County race between Rep. Stephanie Klick, R - Fort Worth and David Lowe. Lowe is challenging Klick in a rematch. This time, however, Lowe has Paxton's endorsement. Klick is backed by Gov. Abbott because of her votes on school choice and his other priorities.“It’s so incredibly important you go cast your vote today. Lock it up. Get it locked in. Make sure we start tallying votes to re-elect Stephanie Klick, beginning today," said Abbott.
Abbott is also campaigning against four House incumbents who snubbed his education priority last session. If two go down, he says he has the 76 required votes to pass his education reforms in the lower chamber.
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