Public Education Candidate Forums (Spring 2024)

Raise Your Hand Texas hosts a series of statewide public education candidate forums to allow Texans to educate themselves on the issues and be informed voters before election day. The candidate forums are specifically geared toward education topics and let participants know where candidates stand on some of the most pressing issues facing our public schools. Organized and hosted by our Regional Advocacy Directors, each event invites all candidates running for the Texas Legislature or a run-off election in their respective region. All candidates on the ballot for the district are invited to participate, and no candidates are endorsed.

Candidate Forums

These Public Education Candidate Forums were presented by Raise Your Hand Texas and organized by its Regional Advocacy Directors. These forums featured candidates for Texas House or Senate seats with all candidates on the ballot invited to participate in order to present their stances on education issues to their respective communities. Recordings of the forums, including any portion of these, may not be used in political advertisements.

The following candidate events were taped prior to the 2024 Primary elections.

House District 2
Jill Dutton (Republican)
Brent Money (Republican)
House District 61
Tony Adams (Democrat)
Chuck Branch (Republican)
Frederick Frazier (Republican)
House District 1
Dale Huls (Republican)
Chris Spencer (Republican)
Gary VanDeaver (Republican)
House District 80
Cecilia Castellano (Democrat)
Rosie Cuellar (Democrat)
Carlos Lopez (Democrat)
Clint Powell (Republican)
House District 115
Scarlett Cornwallis (Democrat)
Cassandra Hernandez (Democrat)
Kate Rumsey (Democrat)
House District 18
Ernest Bailes (Republican)
Stephen Missick (Republican)
Shanna Steele (Libertarian)
House District 52
Jennie Birkholz (Democrat)
Angel Carroll (Democrat)
House District 34
Roland Barrera (Democrat)
Solomon Ortiz Jr. (Democrat)
Denise Villalobos (Republican)
House District 37
Ruben Cortez (Democrat)
Alex Dominguez (Democrat)
Jonathan Gracia (Democrat)
Carol Lynn Sanchez (Democrat)
House District 45
Chevo Pastrano (Democrat)
Erin Zwiener (Democrat)
House District 77
Alex Annello (Democrat)
Norma Chávez (Democrat)
Vince Perez (Democrat)
Homer Reza (Democrat)
House District 139
Mo Jenkins (Democrat)
Charlene Ward Johnson (Democrat)
Angeanette Thibodeaux (Democrat)
House District 29
Adrienne Bell (Democrat)
Jeffrey Berry (Republican)
Edgar Pacheco Jr. (Republican)
House District 86 & 87
Cindi Bulla (Republican)
Caroline Fairly (Republican)
Jesse Quakenbush (Republican)
John Smithee (Republican)

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