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How a school voucher supporter won in a Texas House district with ...


Texas House runoffs bring wave of GOP incumbent defeats, give ...

Six of eight GOP incumbents lost their races. Gov. Greg Abbott declared he “now has enough votes to pass school choice.”

Dade Phelan makes school vouchers legislative priority

Those Republicans blamed Phelan and others for the failure of the school voucher plan to allocate public dollars to private schools. What You ...

How a school voucher supporter won in a TX House district with ...

Gov. Greg Abbott felt vindicated when nine Texas Republican lawmakers who helped block a school voucher program he championed last year lost ...

Abbott says school vouchers plan has enough support to pass

TEXAS — Gov. Greg Abbott declared an early victory in his years-long battle to pass a school voucher plan.

2 Texas House representatives see differing election outcomes

Both of his challengers said they supported school choice legislation. Walters showed support for a voucher system and McDaniel was unsure ...

More conservative House bodes well for Texas school vouchers

A more conservative House will head to Austin in January for the start of the 2025 Texas Legislative Session. The political party split is ...

Texas primary sets Abbott's school voucher fight up for success

At least a dozen proponents of private school vouchers on Tuesday defeated incumbent House lawmakers or forced them into runoff elections in key Republican ...

Three states blunt school choice momentum - Nebraska Examiner

Voters in Nebraska, Colorado and Kentucky put the brakes on the school choice movement in last week's election.

Did Abbott's voucher push put HD121 in jeopardy for Republicans?

Texas Democrats had largely abandoned their long-held dream of flipping House District 121 — until Gov. Greg Abbott's school voucher campaign ...

Democrats see opposition to vouchers as electoral opportunity

Democrats say that in key races, their candidates' support for public education funding could be an advantage.

Texas school vouchers' future could be decided by key state House ...

San Antonio Rep. Steve Allison is facing two GOP challengers, including Marc LaHood who has the backing of Gov. Greg Abbott.

Pro-voucher group backs Texas Republicans with new campaign

For years the American Federation for Children has exclusively backed school vouchers — and their proponents — with money, ads and mailers.

GOP election gains boost Abbott's 'school choice' plan - KXAN

In addition to solid wins at the top of the ticket, Republicans also flipped seats held by Democrats, adding to the GOP majority in the ...

Twenty four Texas House Republicans defect on school choice vote

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives voted to ban state dollars from funding vouchers, Education Savings Accounts and other school choice ...

2024 Election: The races that could decide school choice in Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has made passing education savings accounts a priority. · Abbott campaigned against 21 Republicans who blocked ESAs in ...

Republican and Democrat candidates for District 118, which ...

John Lujan, the Republican Texas House Representative for District 118, and Kristian Carranza, his Democratic opponent, faced off during an Oct. 8 debate.

Golden wins ranked-choice runoff in Maine's 2nd Congressional ...

The campaign for Republican Austin Theriault immediately requested a hand recount, meaning the winner likely won't be officially declared ...

'Hardcore' supporters will help Texas pass school choice plan ...

Gov. Greg Abbott went to Tyler on Wednesday to boast that he has “more than enough votes” for the Legislature to pass his voucherlike plan to allocate ...

Houston teacher's union concerned over Texas school choice bill

HOUSTON — In the hours after the election, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he believes there is enough support for school vouchers to be ...