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How the MTA Recommends Candidates

The MTA Candidate Recommendation Committee establishes policies and procedures for recommendations.
Published: June 2022

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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, access to MTA lobbyists and activists, as well as their responses to the questionnaire developed by the CRC. Candidates running for open seats, and those in some contested legislative races with incumbents, fill out the questionnaire 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 and Political Action Leaders.

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. 6 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. 8.

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