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Democratic hopefuls address charter schools in debate, and now is a good time to push for more discussion on education issues

Publish Date: September 13, 2019

Democratic challengers for president took the debate stage yesterday in Houston and addressed a question about charter schools and other education issues like school discipline and teacher diversity. You can see comments from the candidates on the subject on Chalkbeat and in Education Week.   As part of AFT endorsement 2020 plan, we need to hear from you directly about the issues you want the candidates to talk about. Many of you have participated...

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San Antonio election headed to runoff for state House seat; special election set for Houston-area seat

Publish Date: February 13, 2019

A special election yesterday will send Republican Fred Rangel and Democrat Ray Lopez to a runoff (date yet to be announced) for Texas House District 125, which covers west and northwest San Antonio. However, another Democrat—Coda Rayo-Garza—has not conceded yet, since she was only 22 votes behind Lopez for a runoff spot. The seat was up for grabs after former...

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Election season isn’t over yet for many Texans

Publish Date: November 13, 2018

Gov. Greg Abbott Friday set a special election for December 11 to fill the seat of state Sen. Sylvia Garcia, the Houston Democrat who resigned and was elected to Congress last week. The filing deadline for candidates to run for the seat is Nov. 16, and early voting starts Nov. 26. However, State Reps. Carol Alvarado and Ana Hernandez, both...

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