“Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to frien...” — Wendy Davis Quote

Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.

We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you start has nothing to do with how far you can come.

Texans don't want to sit back and watch Austin turn into Washington, D.C. State leaders in power keep forcing people to opposite corners to prepare for a fight instead of coming together to get things done.

It's great to talk about how good things are now. But we can't sit on our laurels and expect that our time will sustain itself if we don't do a better job on issues like education... It's absolutely the case that the low cost of college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid I was able to receive made my education possible.

Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.

It is clear that I am a person who believes fundamentally in facts, evidence, data, and science, which supports decision-making and allows us to function as a society based on knowledge.

We are a party which believes that we work in the national interest, not just to please my opposition.

Oxfam believes that any global talks to reform tax rules must include all countries, including the poorest.

Middle America believes in fair play, an equal opportunity to succeed or to fail.