Dem Gov.: Wendy Davis Is Our Best Chance Of Winning Governor’s Mansion

Gov. Peter Shumlin, with the backdrop of a couple of horses, holds a news conference on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in Plainfield, Vt. Broadband computer services are now available to 4,000 rural customers in north centr... Gov. Peter Shumlin, with the backdrop of a couple of horses, holds a news conference on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in Plainfield, Vt. Broadband computer services are now available to 4,000 rural customers in north central Vermont. Gov. Peter Shumlin helped Vermont's Cloud alliance announce that it had added four new towers that will expand service to homes and businesses in Woodbury, Hardwick, Wolcott and parts of Elmore, Greensboro, Walden and Cabot. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) MORE LESS
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State Sen. Wendy Davis’s (D) candidacy for governor gives Democrats their best chance of taking the Texas governor’s mansion from Republicans, Democratic Governor’s Association chairman Peter Shumlin (D) said Thursday. 

“I think Wendy Davis gives us the best shot of winning the Texas governor’s mansion in a long time,”  Shumlin said Thursday at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast. 

Since Davis jumped into the race polling has shown Attorney General Greg Abbott (R), the favored candidate on the Republican side, polling in double digits ahead of Davis. Still, Democrats have repeatedly argued that Davis will wage a competitive race and could very well succeed outgoing Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R). 

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