Lieutenant Governor: Mike Collier
While we might interest moderate Republicans perusing this progressive publication to vote for Scott Milder – a local public school activist who’s against the bathroom bill and called Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick a “jackass” (yes, really) – Democratic readers would be best served voting for Mike Collier, a former state party finance chair and retired Houston accountant. Collier’s platform diverges in all the best ways from the current right-wing overload in the Texas Senate, from immigration to LGBTQ rights to women’s health. On education, he hopes to adequately fund public schools by closing corporate tax loopholes that solely benefit large corporations, and will fight to make tuition affordable for the working class. He’s supportive of labor unions, raising the minimum wage, and ensuring access to affordable health care. We endorse Collier’s vision for the state.