{"id":1521771,"date":"2022-06-18T08:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521771"},"modified":"2022-06-18T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:21:07","slug":"teachers-union-backed-gop-reps-fall-in-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-backed-gop-reps-fall-in-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Union-Backed GOP Reps. Fall in Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteachers-union-backed-gop-reps-fall-in-primaries%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a> <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">s<\/span>tate lawmakers in several states who opposed <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/school-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school choice<\/a> initiatives with <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/teachers-unions\">teachers union<\/a> support are consistently losing their primary elections. <\/p>\n<p>In <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iowa\">Iowa<\/a>, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kentucky\">Kentucky<\/a>, and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\">Texas<\/a>, a slew of Republican state lawmakers who bucked their party&#8217;s long-standing support of school choice and in some cases received endorsements and donations from teachers unions all lost their respective primaries in recent weeks. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/lawmakers-introduce-10-billion-school-choice-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOP LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE $10 BILLION SCHOOL CHOICE BILL AHEAD OF MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The results have raised questions about whether opposition to school choice and support from teachers unions is becoming a kiss of death for the careers of Republican state lawmakers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;School choice is emerging as a litmus-test issue for Republican primary voters,&#8221; Corey DeAngelis, the director of research at the school choice advocacy group American Federation for Children, told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. &#8220;At this point, any Republican opposing school choice and parental rights in education is essentially begging to end their political careers.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In Texas, several Republican candidates endorsed by the Texas affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, including Justin Berry and Barron Casteel, lost their primary races. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a familiar story unfolded in several other states. <\/p>\n<p>After the Republican-controlled Iowa state legislature killed a bill expanding school choice, Gov. Kim Reynolds endorsed the primary opponents of several of the lawmakers responsible for the bill&#8217;s demise. <\/p>\n<p>The result? State Rep. Dustin Hite, who served as the chairman of the Iowa House Education Committee and had received the support of local teachers unions, garnered a measly 42% of votes cast and was soundly defeated by challenger Helena Hayes, who raked in 57%. <\/p>\n<p>Hite was joined in early retirement by state Reps. Dennis Bush, Jon Thorup, David Maxwell, Lee Hein, and Joe Mitchell, who also lost their respective primary races. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Kentucky state Rep. Ed Massey, who was opposing school choice efforts in the state&#8217;s legislature, also lost his primary election last month, despite vastly outspending his opponent. <\/p>\n<p>DeAngelis&#8217;s organization, the American Federation for Children, has endorsed numerous pro-school choice candidates in their respective primary races. In a <i>National Review <\/i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/06\/parents-wanted-school-choice-and-they-voted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed<\/a> with the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Jason Bedrick, DeAngelis touted the federation&#8217;s successes in endorsements, noting that 38 out of 48 of the organization&#8217;s endorsed candidates had either won their primary races or advanced to runoffs. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Opposing parental rights in education after the past two years is becoming a form of political suicide,&#8221; DeAngelis told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. &#8220;School choice is on the Republican Party platform, [and] 82% of Republican voters support school choice nationwide.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican state lawmakers in several states who opposed school choice initiatives with teachers union support are consistently losing their primary elections. 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