Texas State House district 118

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School vouchers are a major issue in the Texas House District 118 race, where Democrat Kristin Carranza is challenging Republican Jorge Borrego for an open seat.

During an interview on TPR's The Source, Carranza said taxpayer dollars should be going towards strengthening public schools.

Within this district, there's only about 1,500 students that attend a private school, so over 98% of our students go to public schools.

Republican Jorge Borrego and Democrat Christian Carranza are squaring off to replace outgoing State Representative John Lujan in the Texas House this November.

Previous election data suggests that House District 118, which wraps around the southern and northeastern edges of San Antonio, is a toss-up.

The median percentage of Republican votes relative to Democratic votes in the past two statewide elections averages R fifty-one percent.

Tied with HD34, HD70, and HD144 for the leanest partisanship in the state, according to the Texan's Texas Partisan Index.

Hook is running against Republican Mark Teixeira for the seat currently held by Republican Chip Roy.

Meanwhile, Republican Jorge Borrego is defending the state school voucher program as he campaigns for House District 118 in South and East San Antonio.

Borrego, a former education policy director at the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, helped advance Governor Greg Abbott's private school voucher initiative.

He told TPR's The Source that Texas can support both private school choice and strong public schools but argued the state's larger problem is how schools are funded.