The Right Idea

Brian and Derek have the pleasure of sitting down with TPPF’s Distinguished Senior Fellow Sherry Sylvester to discuss the results of the 2024 Primary Election, from a national, statewide and local perspective.

2:26 Derek’s take on the major headlines coming out of Tuesday’s results - Parents Win!
3:19 Sherry’s take on the big winners and losers - Don’t mess with Governor Abbott
6:04 How School Choice impacted Texas statewide
9:50 The Media’s coverage of Super Tuesday
17:43 School Choice Support in the 89th Legislature
19:35 What will the School Choice debate look like next year?
26:15 George Soros failed
35:49 Who are Texas’ new Congressional candidates?
39:22 New Senator hazing

Creators & Guests

Host
Brian Phillips
Brian Phillips is the Chief Communications Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. For over a decade, Brian has helped policymakers and political candidates develop effective messages and communication strategies. Phillips is a veteran of presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial campaigns, and has extensive experience working in the United States Congress and public policy think tanks.
Host
Derek M. Cohen
Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D, is the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Chief Research Officer and Right on Crime Senior Fellow. Previously the Vice President of Policy and director of Right on Crime, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative, Cohen was instrumental in the passage of the First Step Act, federal legislation that borrowed from successful changes to prisons and sentencing that he had helped pass in conservative states. In addition to leading the Foundation’s work on criminal justice, he is also the lead researcher of firearms policy.

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The Right Idea: The Texas Public Policy Foundation's weekly look at the people, policy, and politics that drive Texas.