Wendy Davis running for Texas governnor

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Run, Wendy, run :D

http://news.yahoo.com/democrat-wendy-davis-running-texas-governor-214809944--election.html
Democrat Wendy Davis promised a more populist and bipartisan state government in Texas as she declared her long-anticipated candidacy for governor Thursday, but she didn't mention abortion rights, the subject that brought her to national attention.

Speaking before a hometown crowd where she received her high school diploma, the Fort Worth state senator tried to stake out the middle ground, vowing to represent the working class and improve public education, economic development and health care to Texas.

"Texans don't want to sit back and watch Austin turn into Washington, D.C.," Davis said. "State leaders in power keep forcing people to opposite corners to prepare for a fight instead of coming together to get things done."

Davis has said that her experience going from being a single teen mother living in a trailer to a successful Harvard-trained attorney in the Texas Senate informed her political views. She said Texas needed to be "a lot less lone and a lot more star." ...
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Time to send her a donation, methinks.
 
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I look forward to the day that I can regain the lead in the long running "Texas vs Alaska: My governor is stupider than your governor" contest.
 
I'm an expat who had the [mis-]fortune of living in Texas before moving out of the US, so I'm forever linked to the state. I get ballots every year, but don't vote in state elections as they don't really affect me (I only vote in federal elections). However, I think I'll make an exception in this case. Sadly, I don't think she stands a snowball's chance, but I hope my vote helps.
 
Tony said:
She has my vote.
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Likewise.

I don't hold out hope that she'll actually win (demographics don't matter quite so much when only the old, angry, white morons have the motivation to vote).

Heard NPR this morning keeping their fingers cross that she'll be the next Ann Richards.
 
The districts are gerrymandered too much for her, or any Democrat, to overcome it.
 
thaiboxerken said:
The districts are gerrymandered too much for her, or any Democrat, to overcome it.
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She's running for governor, what do the districts have to do with it? It's by popular vote.

However, I do agree that she doesn't have much of a chance. The Republicans can nominate any old ignoramus and he will win. As they have been doing since they beat Ann Richards.
 
thaiboxerken said:
I didn't know that it was popular vote only. In that case, I think she has a decent chance.
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As far as I know, all US elections for political office are by popular vote except President. There may be some exceptions but I've never heard of them.
 
As Texas continues to get more urban and less rural it is inevitable that it will eventually become a blue state.
 
Travis said:
As Texas continues to get more urban and less rural it is inevitable that it will eventually become a blue state.
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Assuming the trend continues. And there is still a long way to go.

Davis will have my vote.
 
At least one North Texas Rag is willing to say that it is possible.

If the GOP puts up Abbot she has a real chance. That asshat has made his career all about unnecessary lawsuits. Those don't appeal to anyone but the rabid base. Waste of money, waste of time, and often on the wrong side of important issues.

Her battles will be 1)turnout and 2)defining women's health as more than just abortion. It is amazing that either are even necessary . . .
 
Cleon said:
A female, Democratic governor in Texas wouldn't be unprecedented.
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It wouldn't be. However, Ann was helped by Claytie "Weather is Like Rape" Williams and STILL only won the office by a 3% margin. After one term she was out, beaten by 7%.

Without some major missteps by Abbot, she'll lose by double digits.
 
SomedayGirl said:
It wouldn't be. However, Ann was helped by Claytie "Weather is Like Rape" Williams and STILL only won the office by a 3% margin. After one term she was out, beaten by 7%.

Without some major missteps by Abbot, she'll lose by double digits.
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Yes, probably and unfortunately correct. While Texas has gotten a bit bluer in the last few years, politics is still dominated by Republicans, and they are becoming loonier and more intransigent as time goes by. Ted Frikkin Cruz won the senate over the Democrat by fifteen points. I applaud Wendy Davis and I think she'll say some important things that need to be said, but her chances of winning, barring a major misstep by the GOP, are practically nil.
 
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