Anti-School Choice Republicans Are Unpopular With Texas GOP Primary Voters

A large majority of Texas Republican primary voters told pollsters they’d be less likely to vote in Texas GOP primaries for a House member who had opposed school choice during the 2023 legislative sessions, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Several Republicans banded together with Democrats in several legislative sessions in 2023 to block school choice in Texas, and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott endorsed primary challengers against the Republicans who voted against his school choice agenda.

Now, new polling suggests that Republican primary voters may lean toward the candidates Abbott endorsed, with 60% saying they’d be less likely to vote for incumbents that voted against school choice and 16% of voters saying they’d be less likely to support incumbents who voted for vouchers, according to the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston.