Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose.

Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked.

Dr. O'Donnell is the right leader for District 78. As a (former) principal, she understands how critical a quality education is for the children of El Paso. Dr. O'Donnell also champions accountability, and reasonable civil justice reforms, while fighting against a state income tax -- she's the right choice for El Paso and Texas needs her leadership.

I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.

You can't have a quality education without a sound financial background. They are getting quality education there. We need to make sure that quality education continues. We don't know what the state Legislature is going to do with the finances, and that will have a huge impact on what we do locally to support those finances.

The board has to make sure that the education in Collin County is affordable, available and of high quality.