Recent public polls give Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the GOP nominee, a double-digit lead. The latest bad news came Thursday, with a University of Texas/Texas Tribune survey that showed Abbott 16 points ahead of Davis. Her campaign noted that it was conducted over the Internet — regarded as less reliable than surveying through traditional interviews — and maintained that its internal numbers show the race is closer. But the Texas Tribune results are in line with a recent random-sample telephone survey sponsored by Houston Public Media and KHOU-TV, which also put Abbott 16 points ahead. One benchmark, Henson said, is whether Davis will do significantly better than 2010 Democratic nominee Bill White, the Houston mayor who lost to incumbent Rick Perry by close to 13 points. If not, the results in November could undermine the idea that money and organization are the key to winning for Democrats in Texas. The theory rests on rapid changes that are expected to make Latinos the largest demographic group in Texas within six years. “Quite frankly, statewide races in the past have been very complacent about consistently having a program in those Latino communities,” said state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, the Democrats’ nominee for lieutenant governor. “We haven’t had a race in two decades that has put resources into Latino communities. I am so proud of the strides we have made, but I wish there was so much more...... Nonetheless, Davis has raised more than $30 million, a staggering amount of money for a Texas Democrat. Her star power was such that it brought in contributions from the likes of Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg. Abbott, however, retains a significant financial advantage, entering the final month of the campaign with about five times as much money on hand as Davis... “Our work is paying off,” Davis declared at a rally in Austin. That may well be true — somewhere down the road. .-Washington Post At the end of the day , its up to you to decide on who is right and who is wrong. :) #InsideJoke washingtonpost/politics/has-wendy-davis-helped-or-hurt-the-democrats-in-texas/2014/10/24/07a5a056-5aad-11e4-bd61-346aee66ba29_story.html
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