Texas House, District 9District race (Texas) · 2 candidates
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Rocky Thigpen
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Shelley Tatum
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Texas's public schools are underfunded and over regulated. That must change. First, the basic per pupil allotment for public school students must be significantly increased. The current allotment of $6160 has not increased since 2019 and lags inflation by at least $800. …
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Texas must become proactive rather than reactive in response to the water crisis that looms just over the horizon. Here in House District 9, we have already seen attempts by private equity to purchase large amounts of land, install an army of high capacity wells, and sell that water to cities and dryer parts of the …
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Texas must regulate the construction and operation of AI Data Centers due to the risk to communities and the environment. In House District 9, two data centers are proposed for Angelina county. …