Carlos Vasquez, left, and Lon Burnam
The race between state Rep. Lon Burnam and openly gay Fort Worth school board member Carlos Vasquez in House District 90 is heating up, according to the Star-Telegram.
According to the report, Vasquez called fellow school board members traitors after the board replaced its first Hispanic president with its first black president.
Burnam said that Vasquez “cannot behave well in public” and would not work well in the Legislature.
Vasquez accused Burnam of talking too much about environmental issues and not about the issues constituents care about. He also said that Burnam is targeting the district’s black community with robocalls.
The district was redrawn to be majority Hispanic.
The insults continued with Vasquez accusing Burnam of not campaigning hard enough for President Barack Obama in 2008. But Vasquez then revealed that he first supported Hillary Clinton while Burnam said he was always an Obama supporter.
Early voting began today and runs 12 days through May 25. Early voting locations are listed here on the Dallas County Elections website. Tarrant County locations are available here.
Primary day is May 29.
