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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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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick just can’t lose the lie he tells on a phantom teacher pay raise

Publish Date: October 17, 2018

The lieutenant governor is at it again--using the airwaves to spread a whopper of a claim that he pushed an “average” $10,000 teacher pay raise last legislative session. We don’t want to give his YouTube page any more views, so we’ve posted the commercial on our Facebook page​along with a little editorial text of “he’s lying.” (Be sure and like our page...

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Early voting starts soon, and here are two more candidates that need our support!

Publish Date: October 16, 2018

Voting starts in less than one week and we have candidates on the ballot across the state and across party lines who will support public schools and employees. We'll have our Election 2018 page ready tomorrow with our entire list of endorsed candidates, but here are two more profiles of candidates that deserve our support ​In HD 121 in San Antonio​, Texas AFT has endorsed Steve Allison,...

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Candidate Profile: Rep. Mary Ann Perez

Publish Date: October 2, 2018

The election on Nov. 6 will be crucial in ensuring we have allies of public education at the Capitol this spring, and thus, we'll spend the next few weeks profiling our endorsed candidates in the Hotline. Every race and every vote counts for our effort to secure more funding for our students, and better pay and health care for our school...

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