Opponents of School Choice Lose Texas House Primaries

Of the 21 Texas house Republicans who opposed school choice last year, only between six and ten will have a chance to return to the legislature.

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A classroom sits empty ahead of statewide school closures in Ohio in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus at Milton-Union Exempted Village School District in West Milton, Ohio, March 13, 2020.

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In a time when Republican primary challengers often enter races for petty reasons, it was nice to see some challengers run on conservative policies and win yesterday.

Texas governor Greg Abbott wanted to pass school choice last year, and Republicans control both houses of the Texas legislature. The senate passed school choice no problem, but the house did not. In November, 21 out of 85 house Republicans voted with Democrats on an amendment that removed school choice from an education-funding bill.

Dominic Pino

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Dominic Pino

Dominic Pino is a former economics editor and Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow at National Review and the former host of the American Institute for Economic Research podcast Econception.

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