{"id":2254938,"date":"2024-05-29T11:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-sees-path-for-school-voucher-victory-after-texas-house-runoffs\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:38:55","slug":"abbott-sees-path-for-school-voucher-victory-after-texas-house-runoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-sees-path-for-school-voucher-victory-after-texas-house-runoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott optimistic about school voucher success post Texas House runoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fabbott-sees-path-for-school-voucher-victory-after-texas-house-runoffs%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=2254938&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--><p>The Texas primary\u2062 saw losses for\u2062 multiple GOP incumbents who\u2063 opposed Gov. Abbott&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-bidens-disgraceful-exploitation-of-the-tulsa-race-massacre\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: Biden\u2019s Disgraceful Exploitation Of The Tulsa Race Massacre\">school choice initiative<\/a>. Six \u2063Republicans \u2063lost in runoffs, joining nine ousted earlier. Abbott foresees enough votes in November for the measure. \u200dSchool vouchers,\u2063 using\u200b taxpayer funds \u2063for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">private school tuition<\/a>, have yielded varied \u200dresults nationally. Abbott&#8217;s push for school choice\u2063 is gaining momentum despite opposition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas House<\/a> Republican incumbents lost the Texas primary, including multiple who opposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greg-abbott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gov. Greg Abbott<\/a>\u2018s (R-TX) most coveted policy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/school-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>school choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the eight Republicans in the Texas House lost their runoff elections on Tuesday, adding to the nine who were ousted by challengers in the state\u2019s March primary. If they win their elections come November, Abbott estimates the Texas House will have enough votes to greenlight his measure.<\/p>\n<p>School choice vouchers use taxpayer money to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypocrisy-top-dems-including-biden-pelosi-oppose-school-choice-but-send-their-kids-to-private-school\/\" title=\"Hypocrisy: Top Dems Including Biden, Pelosi Oppose School Choice but Send Their Kids to Private School\">fund private school tuition<\/a>. It\u2019s had mixed results of success nationwide. Arizona was one of the first states to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-gov-bill-lee-eyes-universal-school-choice-for-2024\/\" title=\"TN Gov. Bill Lee aims for universal school choice by 2024\">implement universal school choice<\/a> in 1998, and now, <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2024\/02\/29\/arizona-gov-katie-hobbs-wants-to-hobble-school-choice-despite-years-of-student-achievement-gains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a> is in the top 10 states for student achievement growth. In Florida, however, some of the largest public schools in the state may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/26\/desantis-florida-school-closures-00159926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>be forced to close<\/a> as a result of school choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Texas Legislature now has enough votes to pass school choice. This is a victory for every Texas family across our great state,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cWhile we did not win every race we fought in, the overall message from this year\u2019s primaries is clear: Texans want school choice. Opponents of school choice can no longer ignore the will of the people.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>For months, Abbott has focused on creating a governing body that advances his school choice agenda, and it has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2901127\/texas-republicans-wage-intraparty-war-state-braces-for-painful-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>created chaos<\/a> in the Texas House, with expensive primary races challenging incumbents, such as state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3015328\/trump-power-test-bitter-fight-blood-red-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Speaker Dade Phelan<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3019748\/texas-house-speaker-dade-phelan-survives-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>won his runoff<\/a> election on Tuesday. Abbott has also expanded special sessions to pass school choice vouchers, which have failed.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Abbott said the Texas House was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2024\/03\/20\/greg-abbott-tppf-vouchers-primary-runoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>two votes<\/a> away from having a majority to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devos-republicans-must-seize-window-of-opportunity-on-school-choice\/\" title=\"DeVos: Republicans Must Seize \u2018Window of Opportunity\u2019 on School Choice\">pass school choice legislation<\/a>, which Democrats and rural Republicans have shot down in previous votes on school choice vouchers.<\/p>\n<p>While most of Texas\u2019s districts are drawn in a way that makes them almost sure to vote for a Democrat or Republican consistently, Democrats are eyeing one district Abbott is counting on for school choice to pass: Texas House District 121 in San Antonio. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There, state Rep. Steve Allison, a Republican, lost to an Abbott-backed primary challenger, Marc LaHood. The district was filled with attack ads, with Abbott spending $8 million of his own campaign funds on the primaries, as well as pro-voucher groups. <\/p>\n<p>Margins between Democrats and Republicans in the district have <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Texas_House_of_Representatives_District_121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>grown smaller<\/a> in recent elections, and Democrats are hoping LaHood will be painted as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/opinion\/article\/kristian-carranza-laurel-swift-19435747.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>too extreme<\/a> for San Antonio.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Texas House GOP incumbents lost in the primary, some opposed Gov. Abbott&#8217;s key policy on school choice. Six of eight Republicans in the House were defeated in the runoffs, following nine others ousted in March. Their success could impact the future of school vouchers in Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2254939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24139756771204.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24139756771204.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}