Nichols writes: "She's a progressive, pro-choice woman with a dramatic personal story, who made her name fighting the powers that be. As such, she does not fit the currently accepted image of a winning statewide candidate."
Sen. Wendy Davis at the 2010 Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi, Tex., 06/26/10. (photo: Spencer Selvidge)
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es, Wendy Davis is making an uphill run for governor of Texas.
She's a progressive, pro-choice woman with a dramatic personal story, who made her name fighting the powers that be. As such, she does not fit the currently accepted image of a winning statewide candidate in a place where, as Molly Ivins noted, there has been a tendency to elect "good ol' boy" governors.
But Davis has some history on her side.
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