In Austin-area House race, candidates’ party loyalties at question
Yet another leg-up for the
But his opponents in the
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Wiley, who had
Wiley said Workman has supported an increase on local hotel occupancy tax and increasing taxes on nursing home patients. He also pointed to Workman's initial vote against an amendment that bans third-trimester abortions during the last regular legislative session. Workman later changed his vote.
Workman defends his record, saying the hotel industry in
Workman said he plans on continuing to curb cities like
"We have unfinished business at the
Wiley lost to Workman by 22 percentage points in the 2016 primary. This time, Workman, a construction consultant, faces a third Republican -- retired nurse
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In the Democratic primary for
Goodwin said voters haven't asked her about Daugherty. She said she's running on things they care about, including fixing the school finance system. She'd like to ensure that commercial properties are fairly appraised which would generate more revenue for schools. She opposes using state money to pay for private school tuition and supports curbing the growth of charter schools, which are privately run public schools.
"Voters want change. They are tired of the divisiveness in the Legislature, and I am ready to step up and provide that change," said Goodwin, who has raised the most money in the Democratic primary --
In addition to supporting Medicaid expansion and stopping "reckless developments" that hurt the environment, Soltes said she wants to increase the state's share of school funding from about 40 percent to 60 percent and divert some of the money spent on fortifying the
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Also running in the Democratic primary:
head of a public employee retiree group;
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