Cypress Edition | October 2022

CANDIDATE Q&A

Get to know candidates running in November’s midterm elections

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Texas House of Representatives, District 135

MIKE MAY

Why are you running to repre- sent Texas House District 135?

What are the biggest challeng- es facing District 135, and how would you address those if elected?

What changes would you like to see made to the state’s school nance system, if any?

Occupation: licensed professional engineer Relevant experience: petroleum engineering, petrophysics, geology, geophysics, well drill- ing, business owner- ship, 25 years in oil and gas www.mayforstaterep.com Occupation: mechanical engineer Relevant experience: incumbent seeking third term, LSG Fresh- man of the Year (2019) 512-463-0722 www.jonrosenthaltx.com JON ROSENTHAL

I love the United States of America! I want to protect our families, our children, our country and our freedom.

My priorities are crime, border security, ination and lowering taxes.

Candidate did not respond by press time.

I’m honored and humbled to represent HD 135 and I will continue to advocate for public education, access to health care, and equity justice. I will always ght against bigotry and discrimination in all forms. And it’s my long- term goal to dismantle the STAAR test by removing testing from school nance.

In 2019, our biggest challenges were increasing access to health care (especial- ly for women) and updating the school nance system to put more state funding into our public schools. Now we are in the ght for public safety, voting rights, bodily autonomy, libraries—plus xing our electric grid!

We should close the corporate property tax loophole to increase public education revenue, and then we must ensure that all monies for public education stay in public education. We can be more ecient by replacing the STAAR test with more valid measurements to promote positive student outcomes.

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