Texas loves its creationists:

Ken Mercer wins GOP nod for Board of Ed seat

Incumbent Ken Mercer has won the Republican nomination for the District 5 spot on the State Board of Education.

Mercer, a software engineer from San Antonio, defeated physician assistant Steve Salyer to face Democrat Rebecca Bell-Metereau of San Marcos in the general election on Nov. 6.

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Mercer, a former state legislator, was first elected to the board in 2006.

As a board member, Mercer, a social conservative, had tried to retain the requirement in schools that the “strengths and weaknesses” of all scientific theories, including evolution, be taught. […]