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The three-term Republican governor has shown a willingness to risk his political capital on school choice. How much capital does he have left? Greg Abbott has failed repeatedly in school voucher ...
In the Northeast Texas-based District 1, Rep. Gary VanDeaver, R-New Boston, who was among the House Republican incumbents who opposed school vouchers, survived a challenge by Chris Spencer ...
In the weeks leading up to the Republican primary runoffs Tuesday, Texas House ... The attacks against the incumbents have focused on almost everything but school vouchers — a program that ...
The school voucher program has yet again gained support in the lead-up to the May 28 runoff election, with Abbott and his supporters releasing attack ads on Republican incumbents who voted against ...
The flagship fight will be around Abbott and Patrick’s perennial quest to pass a school voucher program, which — after this year’s push against voucher opponents within the state GOP ...
Clardy was an incumbent six-term representative who was elected to office in 2012, but had struck ire with the most conservative factions of the Texas Republican Party over his opposition to school vouchers. Shofner had accused Clardy of being "unloyal to the conservative party" and stood behind voucher programs, which was the most prominent ...
Six of the eight Republican incumbents forced into runoffs were defeated. Three had Abbott-endorsed challengers due to their opposition to school vouchers, while the others had been targeted due to their vote on the Paxton impeachment. Only Gary VanDeaver, an opponent of vouchers, and incumbent speaker Dade Phelan survived their runoff elections.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday urged school voucher supporters to make the final push in the May primary runoff elections to bring a pro-school voucher majority to the Texas House. Delivering the ...