Successor to Former. Rep. Ryan Haynes will continue tradition of supporting school choice in House District 14.
Nashville, Tenn. (August 12, 2015) – The Tennessee Federation for Children PAC (TFC PAC) congratulates Jason Zachary on defeating Karen Carson in the special election primary for state House District 14, and commends both candidates for running a positive, issue-focused campaign.
Jason Zachary’s pledge to fight for children against the special interests of the education bureaucracy follows in the footsteps of the previous officeholder, Ryan Haynes, who stepped down this year to serve as chairman of the Tennessee state Republican Party.
“We saw in 2014 and 2012 that voters want legislators who support choice in education,” said Tony Niknejad, director for the Tennessee Federation for Children PAC. “Defeating a challenger with an 11-year political career is difficult, but Zachary’s determination to put parents in charge of their children’s education clearly resonated with the Republican voters of West Knox and Farragut.”
GOP voters have lined up behind school choice. Earlier this year, a poll performed by OnMessage, Inc. found that 69% of GOP Primary voters support an opportunity scholarship program that gave parents the right to use tax-dollars to send their child to a school that best serves his or her needs. The polling memo from OnMessage, Inc. can be found here: http://bit.ly/17rPyJk
More recently, school choice has made the news as an issue that unites nearly every Republican candidate for President. “With 13 of the Presidential candidates in the news all emphasizing and re-emphasizing their strong support for school choice, it’s really no surprise that Jason Zachary won. There’s simply not many Republican voters left when you espouse a position that’s contrary to Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker and others.” Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have taken positions opposing school choice.
“We expect 2016 will be a very exciting election year for Tennessee.”
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Tennessee Federation For Children Political Action Committee (TFC PAC) – TFC PAC has been formed to educate voters about the importance of educational choice and advocate for the election of candidates who will stand up to empower families and parents through a high-quality, statewide educational choice bill.
