HOW THE MTA RECOMMENDS CANDIDATES
MTA’s member-elected Candidate Recommendation Committee establishes policies and procedures for recommendations in elections, which are reviewed by MTA’s Board of Directors for final approval.
Evaluations of incumbent legislators in contested races are based on support for MTA’s legislative agenda, voting records and access to MTA lobbyists and activists. Candidates running for open seats, and in some legislative races with contested incumbents, fill out questionnaires developed by the CRC and are interviewed by CRC members, MTA local presidents and their appointees, members of the MTA Board and Executive Committee, and Senate district coordinators.
The recommendations in this Primary Election Guide are the result of that process. We hope you will take the guide with you to the polls on Sept. 1 and help elect MTA-recommended candidates. These candidates will listen to educators and act in the best interests of students and public education.
The MTA also urges you to join our Legislative and Political Action Teams and participate in campaigns.
An Election Guide in the Fall edition of MTA Today will make recommendations for the General Election on Nov. 3.
