Candidates talk federal education money with KXAN
by Josh Hinkle | Friday, 22 Oct 2010, 8:06 PM CDT | KXAN.com
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Congressman Lloyd Doggett’s campaign says the incumbent Democrat will not debate his Republican challenger, Dr. Donna Campbell . Doggett’s staff says it is a gimmicky last-minute attempt, but Campbell insists the invitation is still open.
Keep in mind, these two candidates for District 25, which covers part of Austin, shared a stage with their Libertarian opponent Jim Stutsman on Tuesday in Bastrop at a candidate forum. But after speaking with Doggett and Campbell, it sounds like there is still a lot left unsaid.
Campbell took the opportunity to explain her position on education funding when sitting down with KXAN on Friday. Doggett is currently airing a television ad saying she wants to end federal funding for education.
“You know, I have to laugh because of all issues for him to take me to task on, he’s the one who’s our Texas representative and put an amendment that singled out Texas which successfully blocked $830 million of education funding that was destined for our schools,” Campbell said.
As close to a debate as can be, before sitting down with Campbell, we caught up with Doggett to ask him about the amendment that keeps popping back up in this race.
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