{"id":3028,"date":"2014-01-24T13:05:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T19:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trta.org\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2014-01-24T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T19:05:36","slug":"trta-good-voter-health-series-day-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trta.org\/es\/trta-good-voter-health-series-day-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TRTA “Good Voter Health” Series: Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 5: The Key Races<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) ends its \u201cGood Voter Health\u201d series today with an important strategic article about high profile contested races in Texas. As we mentioned in Day 2 of our series, TRTA does not endorse candidates for political office. It is vital, however, that our members research the candidates in their area and ask them tough questions about the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), the defined benefit plan, and the TRS-Care health insurance program.<\/p>\n

To locate the candidates running for office in your area, we recommend the Texas Tribune Elections Bracket located here: http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2014\/elections\/brackets\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are several key races that TRTA is following closely this primary season. Most legislative elections are decided during the primaries and not during the November general election. For this reason, we encourage all of our members to VOTE early in February (18-28) or on March 4<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

If you live in an area where some of these key races are taking place, it is very important that you get in touch with the candidates and find out their answers to the following questions, and it is absolutely VITAL that you VOTE in the primaries<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n