The first time she met the woman who would become her state representative, they were both serving as greeters at a polling location in Round Rock. Throughout early and Election Day voting, Jennie Birkholz, a Democrat and public health care consultant, answered voters’ queries about a school board election in the Austin suburbs in November 2022. She recalls Caroline Harris Davila, a Republican running for a seat in the state House of Representatives, shaking hands with would-be constituents and bringing her adorable golden retriever for voters to pet. In between conversations with those about to cast ballots, Birkholz, who has two school-aged children, asked Harris Davila what Birkholz considered to be softball questions related to public schools and how they are funded. Birkholz says the…
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