From Dallas Morning News:

The prospect of challenging the wealthy, well-financed Republican incumbent who has held the state’s No. 2 post since 2003 has not deterred three Democrats from seeking their party’s nomination for lieutenant governor.

The candidates – Linda Chavez-Thompson, Ronnie Earle and Marc Katz – are competing in a quiet campaign in which they agree on most of the issues and on their top priority: beating David Dewhurst.

“If the lieutenant governor had been doing his job, I wouldn’t be running for this position,” said Chavez-Thompson, a former executive vice president of the AFL-CIO and vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. “What I’ve seen in Texas the last few years has really made me angry. We have a lieutenant governor who doesn’t care about everyday working Texans.”

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