Texas voters made their voices heard at the ballot box last week by ousting from the state House of Representatives Republicans who had voted with Democrats to block school choice for families in the Lone Star State.
The Texas House is now positioned to successfully pass a sweeping school-choice bill on behalf of Texas families in the 2025 legislative session. (RELATED: Terence Jeffrey: US Has Spent Boatloads Of Taxpayer Money On Education— But Students’ Test Scores Are Still Abysmal)
On May 28 on X, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced: “The Texas legislature now has enough votes to pass School Choice.” The governor’s remarks referenced the results of the GOP primary elections in March and the primary runoff election that day, which were a clear indicator that Texans want educational freedom.
Not only will anti-school-choice representatives be removed from office at the end of this term, but strong supporters of choice were victorious.
More specifically, in the March primary election, six representatives who voted against school choice in last year’s special session were defeated (Steve Allison........