look tonight. it was an oklahoma teacher conducted by our own. >> reporter: this is ray who teaches fifth grade. you told me you work two jobs to make ends meet. >> yes, ma'am. for the last 4 years i work at a brahm's and subway sandwich. there's something wrong when you have a masters degree and work to put your kid through scouting. >> reporter: what is your message to lawmakers? >> there is nowhere to run and hide. this is beggar than party politics. they may say, you're a democrat, you won't vote for me anyway. i'm a republican. there's mid-terms elections coming up. so help me if they put an r on a fence post and run against one of those incumbents who don't fix this funding i will vote for the fence post.