Issue Position: Protect Public Education

Issue Position

Last decade, we saw how Republicans respond to an economic crisis -- by cutting more than $5.3 billion in funding for public education. Those cuts resulted in over 10,000 teachers losing their jobs and increased class sizes for students across the state. Ann will fight like hell to protect public education in our state budget, and she will never sell out our kids.

If we want a fighting chance to accomplish these goals, we must address the rampant gerrymandering perpetrated by Republicans over the last two decades. 2020 was always going to be an important election. Next year, state legislators will redraw our political maps for the next decade. Texas Democrats have a strong chance to take back the State House, fight for fair maps, and provide a check on Governor Abbott and his right-wing agenda. Now, the stakes are higher than ever. Ann Johnson is the right state representative for our district.

The current Republican incumbent, Sarah Davis, has not stood up for our values. We know this because she's had almost a decade to do better, and instead she does worse:

Fighting against expanding Medicaid and preventing more than a million Texans from gaining health coverage;
Voting against sensible gun safety reforms;
Voting to slash public education funding;
Failing to put forward meaningful solutions to climate change;
Supporting Republican leaders who have attacked our reproductive rights and access;
Supporting partisan gerrymandering and efforts to undermine fair representation.
In 2020, a blue wave starts in Texas -- and that Texas blue wave starts in District 134 by electing Ann Johnson to the Texas State House of Representatives.

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