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Wendy Davis to announce that she will run for Governor of Texas! Yeehaw!

Courtesy of the Guardian:

Wendy Davis is set to run for Texas governor, in a race that could have wide-ranging consequences for Democrats at both national and state level.

The state senator from Fort Worth became an overnight celebrity in June, as a result of her 11-hour filibuster against restrictive new abortion legislation. The bill ultimately passed in a special session of the state legislature, but Davis's stance galvanised people on both sides of the debate and led to large rallies and protests at the Texas state capitol in Austin.

Davis has been mulling over whether to run for several months, but delayed announcing her decision following the death of her father earlier this month. She will formally reveal her decision on 3 October.

"A week today, I'm announcing something big," she wrote today on Twitter. The Associated Press reported that Davis will run, citing two unnamed Democrats with knowledge of her decision. Politico and the Dallas Morning News reported that Davis and her advisors have begun telling influential Democrats that she will stand.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

This is GREAT news for Texas and even better news for her fellow Democrats in Texas. Once she is on the ticket it will attract tons of media attention and any other Democrat running at the same time is guaranteed to get extra attention and extra funding.

Can I ask a favor? Once we turn Texas blue, can we please start on Alaska?

If Texas can do it I see no reason that Alaska cannot follow suit. It is my fervent hope that before I die I get to see the state of my birth finally return to its progressive roots.

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