Opposition to Abbot's school vouchers plan has come from a united Democratic coalition and about two dozen Republicans who represent rural areas.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott will face another test this week as he seeks to fill the state legislature with GOP lawmakers who will back his top legislative priority.Texas is holding its primary runoffs for both parties on Tuesday, when voters will head to the polls to finalize their nominees in nearly three dozen races.This election cycle, Abbott has endorsed 14 GOP primary challengers in hopes of unseating the House Republicans who repeatedly voted against his school vouchers program.
And in House District 58, Abbot-backed Helen Kerwin will aim to unseat Representative DeWayne Burns.Schoolcraft and Kerwin had the advantage against both the incumbents in their races, with Schoolcraft pulling in 48 percent of the GOP vote to Kuempel's 45 percent in March and with Kerwin seeing 49 percent support to Burns' 41 percent. Spencer received 43 percent of the Republican vote, while VanDeaver saw 46 percent.
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