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Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth attorney, was initially elected to the Texas Senate in 2008. She was the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, giving up a shot at winning re-election to the Senate.

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Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 in an interview with Texas Monthly:

"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."

By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016
Wendy Davis
stated on January 4, 2016 in a legal brief:

"One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 19, 2016
Wendy Davis
stated on September 21, 2015 in an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”:

After the Texas cutoff of aid to women’s health care services including Planned Parenthood clinics, "over 150,000… women lost the only health care they had. Our Medicaid birth rate shot up. It cost taxpayers over $130 million in one year alone in extra Medicaid birth costs."

By Andy East • November 24, 2015
Wendy Davis
stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate:

Greg Abbott has benefitted from "payday lenders who have given him $300,000 and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees."

By Dylan Baddour • October 29, 2014
Wendy Davis
stated on September 17, 2014 in a TV ad:

"Weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution" from a hospital board chairman, Greg Abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:

A 2011 measure passed into law with Wendy Davis’ support "removes from the attorney general the ability to settle lawsuits just like" the school funding case.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 30, 2014
Greg Abbott
stated on June 26, 2014 in a billboard message:

"Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2014
David Dewhurst
stated on May 7, 2014 in a roundtable debate with state Sen. Dan Patrick:

Wendy Davis "was just doing a fund-raiser in Chicago with the international socialists organization."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Greg Abbott
stated on May 6, 2014 in a press release:

Wendy Davis raised money for a U.S. House Democrat who is a member of a Democratic socialists group.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Republican Party of Texas
stated on April 11, 2014 in a tweet and chart:

"Wendy Davis has already taken more $ from teacher unions than the past 3 Democrat gubernatorial candidates combined."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2014

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