1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 Early voting gets underway next week for the May 28th 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:04,000 runoff election. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,000 We're taking a look at the Democrats who are in 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:07,680 the race for Senate District 30. 5 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,040 Rowan Hardman joins us now. 6 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:12,080 Rowan, you've been keeping a close eye on this race. 7 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,200 That's right, Alyssa. 8 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,240 The runoff is between Delfrey and Michael Braxton. 9 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:19,360 Del Frey takes a strong stance in fixing the healthcare 10 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,320 system and supporting the public schools and the teachers that 11 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:22,800 are in them. 12 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,080 Michael Braxton focuses his campaign on women's rights and the 13 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:28,720 cost of living crisis that we are facing. 14 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,320 So it's going to be very competitive. 15 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:32,800 It's a very contested race, as you may know. 16 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,200 Frey was not surprised when it came to the announcement 17 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:36,160 of the runoff. 18 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:39,600 Since then, he has been campaigning whenever he can, visiting 19 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,280 the counties in the district. 20 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,640 Frey wants to be transparent when he talks about the 21 00:00:58,640 --> 00:00:59,360 issues. 22 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,760 When I talk about public education, I want to say, 23 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,640 hey, look, guys, we have lost 40% of our school 24 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,360 staff in the past two years due to underfunding to 25 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,800 our public education system. 26 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,680 We need to fund our schools more directly from the 27 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,920 state, uh directly from the state as we did over 28 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,040 a decade ago. 29 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,120 I I want to talk about the specifics. 30 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,080 He believes that Texas should provide better health care for 31 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,680 its residents, even by getting on the Medicaid expansion program. 32 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,040 Frey believes his experience gives him a leg up against 33 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,160 his running opponent. 34 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,880 I did have an interview set up with Michael Braxton, 35 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,240 but due to an unforeseen emergency, we were not able 36 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:51,440 to sit down with them. 37 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,480 However, I did speak with him back during the primaries. 38 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,400 And this is what he had to say when it 39 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,880 came to boosting the economy in the district. 40 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:04,440 As I've been traveling over my 10 counties, 11 counties, 41 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:09,240 one way that I will improve is that TI is 42 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:14,040 coming in, and TI is offering uh so many uh 43 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,080 jobs, and I will have to current all the way 44 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:22,840 across our my district because Wichita Falls, Collins County, 45 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,320 and Grayson County is booming. 46 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,200 Braxton has a strong stance on education as well, but 47 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,160 he realizes that some people can't go to a four-year 48 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:31,960 university. 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,600 My stance on education, and I'm glad you that you 50 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:39,000 asked me this one, is that education is so important 51 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,640 uh for our young people today. 52 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:45,160 Our Gen X, Gen X, Y and Z. 53 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,960 And education is really important. 54 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,440 But one thing that we have to look at is 55 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:55,000 that everybody can't do a four-year degree.