(Austin) -- One of the nation’s leading state teacher association has enthusiastically endorsed State Representative Hubert Vo in his re-election campaign for the Texas House, saying he “has the proven experience our public schools, educators, and schoolchildren need.”

“Hubert Vo’s record is one-hundred percent in favor of the issues that matter to public education in Texas,” said Rita Haecker, president of the Texas State Teachers Association. “Public schools, educators, and schoolchildren could not have a better friend that Hubert Vo. He is the kind of ally our public schools, our educators, and our schoolchildren need to keep working in the Texas Legislature to protect their future.”

The Texas State Teachers Association was founded in 1880 and is the state affiliate of the National Education Association.

Vo was first elected to the Texas House in 2004 when he defeated a powerful veteran lawmaker and has been praised for what his hometown newspaper called "a refreshing willingness to work across party lines for the benefit of his constituents." (Houston Chronicle, October 8, 2006).

Last session, Vo championed a bill to improve student safety by requiring defibrillators on public school campuses and at athletic events. He has helped lead the ongoing battle siphoning tax dollars out of public schools to fund a private-school voucher scheme, a plan his opponent has said he supports “aspects of."

The backing of the influential Texas State Teachers Association means Vo has been endorsed by every major pro-public education group in the state. For a full list of his endorsements, see http://www.hubertvo.com/support.htm

The Alief Independent School District’s recently bestowed its prestigious “You Make a Difference” award on Vo for “speaking out on important issues affecting public education.”

A successful small businessman, Vo has proposed an innovative plan to boost teacher salaries by linking them to the pensions of state legislators in an effort to bring the wages of Texas classroom teachers up to at least the national average. The reforms will provide taxpayers more accountability, reduce high teacher turnover rates, and help experts recruit more teachers into the profession to address the state’s historic teacher shortage.

Vo earned his degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston by day while working as a machinist at Hughes Tool Company in the evenings. He has been a leader in the Alief community for three decades, serving on the board of the Alief YMCA and as a council member of the Alief Super Neighborhood.

Vo and his wife Kathy have three children and are active in a wide variety of community projects.