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Early voting for the Republican and Democrat primary runoffs is underway through Friday. This week’s One Click Survey asks about turnout.

And one A.G. candidate offered crickets in a side-by-side interview. All that, and more, in the Texas Minute for Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan

Taxpayer-Funded Smut? While parents across Texas fight to remove explicit materials from their children’s classrooms, the Dallas and Austin school districts continue providing such books to students—and paying for them with taxpayer dollars. Katy Drollinger has the story [[link removed]].

For example, schools across both districts have purchased multiple copies of “Gender Queer” and “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” which feature scenes of sexually explicit content.

Whatever else the purchases are doing, they aren’t improving reading achievement. According to the state’s official school ratings, only 37 percent [[link removed]] of students attending Dallas ISD read at grade level, while 47 percent [[link removed]] of students at Austin ISD meet their grade level in reading.

Students’ math skills are similarly low.

Public schools are producing a highly woke – and highly illiterate – generation of Texans. That won’t go well for any of us [[link removed]]. Paxton v Bush: The Attorney General Runoff In the Republican primary runoff, voters are choosing between incumbent Ken Paxton and outgoing Land Commissioner George P. Bush. Texas Scorecard invited both to sit down and answer questions posed by readers [[link removed]].

Ken Paxton showed up. Bush chose to ignore the request.

When candidates refuse to answer voters’ questions, voters should be concerned. In Their Own Words: Priorities With 34 candidates in the May runoff seeking the Republican nomination for seats in the Texas Legislature, we asked them [[link removed]] for their top three priorities.

Check out their answers [[link removed]]. Sometimes just as revealing, of course, is when the candidates don’t answer at all… Runoff Preview: Casteel and Isaac In House District 73 Former New Braunfels Mayor Barron Casteel and nonprofit executive Carrie Isaac are in a pitched fight for the Republican nomination in House District 73. This newly redrawn open seat encompasses Comal County and part of Hays County. Sydnie Henry has the story [[link removed]].

A lawyer, former New Braunfels mayor, and son of a previous lawmaker, Barron Casteel is active in local politics and returned to his family’s law practice, Casteel & Casteel, following his tenure as mayor. He has raised more than $346,000 and currently has less than $35,000 cash on hand. Casteel has been endorsed by the American Federation of Teachers, a teachers union that opposes much of the GOP agenda, as well as Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas REALTORS PAC.

Carrie Isaac is a community activist who heads a veterans assistance group and served on multiple community boards for food assistance programs. Her husband, Jason Isaac, previously served in the Texas House. She has raised less than $250,000 and currently has less than $20,000 cash on hand. Isaac has the endorsements of Texas Right to Life, Texas Values Action, Texas Home School Coalition, Young Conservatives of Texas, Gun Owners of America, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, and former Texas GOP Chairman Allen West, among others.

Check out the article [[link removed]] to find out where they stand on hot-button issues. Quote-Unquote

“If we are too weak to take charge of our own morality, we shall not be strong enough to take charge of our own liberty.”

– Calvin Coolidge​

ONE CLICK SURVEY

Think of your family members, friends, and neighbors. How many are voting in the May 24 Republican primary runoff election?

Most of them [[link removed]] Some of them [[link removed]] They’re Democrats [[link removed]]

Once you’ve clicked an answer, reply to this email with any thoughts you’d like to share!

Today In History

On May 17, 1839, the Texas Rangers killed the organizers of a plot supported by the Mexican government. Documents found later indicated the organizer was coordinating with Cherokees in an effort to help Mexico recapture Texas.

Number of the Day

166

Current number of commissioned Texas Rangers out of 234 employees in the Texas Rangers Division of the Department of Public Safety.

[Source: Texas Department of Public Safety [[link removed]]]

Your State & Federal Officials

The districts displayed here should reflect those recently redrawn by the Legislature. Though the new lines do not take representational effect until 2023, they will appear on the 2022 ballot. Please note that your incumbent legislator and/or district numbers may have changed.

​ U.S. Senator [[link removed]]

John Cornyn - R

(202) 224-2934

U.S. Senator [[link removed]]

Ted Cruz - R

(202) 224-5922

Governor of Texas [[link removed]]

Greg Abbott - R

(512) 463-2000

Lt. Governor [[link removed]]

Dan Patrick - R

(512) 463-0001

Attorney General [[link removed]]

Ken Paxton – R

(512) 463-2100

Comptroller [[link removed]]

Glenn Hegar – R

(512) 463-4600

Land Commissioner [[link removed]]

George Bush – R

(512) 463-5001

Commissioner of Agriculture [[link removed]]

Sid Miller – R

(512) 463-7476

Railroad Commissioners [[link removed]]

Wayne Christian – R

Christy Craddick – R

Jim Wright – R

(512) 463-7158

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Speaker of the Texas House

Dade Phelan (R)

(512) 463-1000

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