National Education Association lauds Charlie Crist’s Karla Hernandez-Mats pick
The nation’s largest labor union, the National Education Association (NEA), is praising U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist’s decision to select Karla Hernández-Mats as his running mate.
Crist formally announced Saturday that Hernández-Mats, president of United Teachers of Dade, will join him on November’s Democratic ticket against Gov. Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez. The nod from NEA, of which Hernández-Mats is also a member, marks a ringing endorsement by teachers and educators for the Democratic ticket against DeSantis’ education agenda.
“Karla Hernández is a mom with two kids in Florida’s public schools, a first-generation American of Honduran descent, a teacher who has partnered with pare...
