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The Texas State Board of Education’s Long Range Plan for Public Education 2001 - 2006 dedicates a chapter to using technology in education. In the report, the Board gives itself a five-year homework assignment to develop “a state technology plan for acquiring and using technology in public schools, fostering professional development related to the use of technology, enhancing computer literacy and skills among all of the state’s public education students, and strengthening communication and use of information related to education technology in every region of the state.” Yet some Board members seem to want the school kids to do as they say—not as they do. Fifteen candidates for this 15-member board are Luddites who raised $130,681 by July 2002. This includes four incumbents (Grace Shore, Jerry Montgomery, David Bradley and Rene Nunez) who raised 45 percent of this total. Non-incumbent, Seba Herron, raised more than any other Luddite Board candidate ($42,759).

Five State Board districts produced multiple Luddite candidates, led by District 7, which boasts three Luddites. Democratic Luddite William Hargrove will face incumbent Republican Luddite David Bradley in November, forcing those East Texas voters to pick one Luddite or the other.
 

Luddites For State Board of Education

Education Candidate	Party	Dist.	Primary Outcome	Non-E-Disclosed Money Raised Jan '01 - July '02
Seba J. Herron	R	15	Lost	$42,759
IGrace Rose Shore	R	8	Lost	$30,255
IJerry Montgomery	R	5	Won	$13,975
Gail A. Lowe	R	14	Won	$13,850
IJ. David Bradley	R	7	Won	$8,760
IRene Nunez	D	1	Won	$5,430
Linda H. Bauer	R	8	Won	$3,725
Trinidad Munoz	R	1	Won	$2,564
Lynn E. Allen	R	8	Lost	$2,472
Robert A. Butler	D	9	Lost	$2,276
Patricia A. Hardy	R	11	Won	$1,895
Mavis B. Knight	D	13	Won	$1,475
Thomas Butler	D	7	Lost	$740
William Hargrove	D	7	Won	$485
Blanca A. Castillo	R	11	Lost	$20
			TOTAL:	$130,681

^I = Incumbent