Long-time state Rep. John Kuempel faces perhaps the toughest test of his political career when he faces former state lawmaker Alan Schoolcraft for the Republican nomination for Texas House District 44 in the Texas Primary runoff election.
That was until last year when Gov. Greg Abbott asked lawmakers to tackle school vouchers for Texas parents to help them pay for private school. Kuempel joined Democrats andFour special sessions later, no school voucher legislation made it to Abbott’s desk for him to sign, infuriating the governor, who promised to go after the rebellious Republican s in the March Primary election by supporting the challenger over the incumbents. That includes Kuempel. Schoolcraft is for school vouchers.
“I think that’s the defining difference between the both of us. I’m supporting a system that, you know, we can see from other states, that just doesn’t work. Just from a basic economic standpoint, the cost of it would be debilitating for my communities, my schools our local economies. And I’m just not going to stand for it and watch it go,” said Kuempel, who recently sat down for a Spriester Sessions interview.
“Sitting here today, what I’ve gone through, if that vote was in front of me right now, I’d take the same exact vote,” he said. The winner of the May 28 runoff will face Democrat Santos Limon, a civil engineer and small business owner, in the November General Election.Spriester Sessions: State senator fueled by inaction after Robb Elementary shootingSteve Spriester started at KSAT in 1995 as a general assignments reporter. Now, he anchors the station's top-rated 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts.
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