Going into Tuesday night, several pro-school choice candidates are on the ballot in Texas House races.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott will hold a news conference in Tyler on Wednesday to discuss school choice, one of Abbott's legislative priorities.Democrats and rural Republicans have teamed up to block school choice bills in past legislative sessions.Twenty-one House Republicans joined 63 Democrats to remove Education Savings Accounts from a bill in 2023.
In most cases, the state manages these accounts.Governor Abbott actively campaigned against those Republicans during the primary season.Of the 21 House Republicans who opposed ESAs, nine lost their primaries while five others decided not to seek reelection.Shortly after the primary, Gov. Abbott told FOX 4's Steven Dial that he was "certain" that school choice would pass this time around.Abbott's Wednesday news conference will likely be a victory lap.
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