Inside the Texas State Board of Ed Election 

The gloves are coming off in Dallas Republican George Clayton’s race to keep his seat on the State Board of Education. Convinced he was done in by a conservative whisper campaign against him for being gay, and worried that either of his Republican opponents will spell trouble for the SBOE, he’s sounding more vocal, more defiant, than he ever was back before his primary election was decided. Patrick Michels, The Texas Observer, 07/12/2012