LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows kicked off his campaign tour with a rally dubbed “One Party. One Mission. Strike Force” at the American Windmill Museum on Monday, as he seeks re-election while working to defend his party’s majority.
Burrows told supporters the election will shape Texas’ future, pointing to his family as his motivation.
“Why do you need to vote this cycle — and for all of you that can be different — but I’m going to tell you what my why is. It’s my three little boys right there,” Burrows said. “When I think about the future of Texas, I think about the future they’re going to inherit. This election is going to determine it.”
Burrows plans to travel nearly 2,000 miles through more than two dozen communities from West Texas to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the Greater Houston region, the Gulf Coast, South Texas and Central Texas.
Williams focuses on affordability
Democrat Malik Williams is challenging Burrows to represent District 83 in the State House.
In an interview with KCBD NewsChannel 11’s James Eppler, Williams said affordability is one of the biggest issues facing Texans, pitching legalizing THC to boost revenue and expanding health coverage.
“If we legalize it, regulate it and tax it, we can use that revenue to help fund public education and give teachers a much-needed pay raise,” Williams said. “Let’s expand the ACA here, where the federal government pays 90% of the bill and Texas only has to pay 10%, so millions of individuals here in our state can have health insurance.”
You can watch the full interview at kcbd.com .
Early voting runs through Oct. 30. Election Day is Nov. 3.
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