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Pauken Calls for More Vocational Education in Web Ad

In a new web ad, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Pauken criticizes what he calls "an elitist educational system pushing everybody to go to a four-year university."

by Reeve Hamilton

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In a new web ad released by his Republican gubernatorial campaign, former Texas Workforce Commission Chairman Tom Pauken pushes back against what he calls "an elitist educational system pushing everybody to go to a four-year university."

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