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On speed dial. >> because richards was the last democratic governor in the state of texas. >> ive yearned for her advice actually because i know obviously, be she went through a really tough race and she was subjected to some very unfair scrutiny. but she survived it. >> i am proud to announce my candidacy. >> daviss plan? not running on what made her famous, but on her memorable life story told by her daughter in this campaign video. >> she was raised by a single mother with a sixth grade educa...

Laude of harvard law school while raising two daughters on the side. >> journalist robert draper is a long time observe ser of texas politics. all of that happened to be truth but not the full truth. >> they found the errors raising questions just how much help davis got in footing the bill for harvard or the exact age at which she got divorced which was 21. >> by 19, was divorced. >> would you just say there were mistakes, they were oversight? >> yeah, most women and ive had so many women say t...

Resolve quite honestly. it helped me to be able to really focus on the issue that we were fighting for. >> daviss fight was about stopping a bill that would end late term abortions and impose stricter guidelines that could close clinics. she won. >> when you brought the house down. >> the victory was short-lived. republicans undid it a month later. >> but davis herself had been launched as a potential governor. like another famous texas democrat who took on good old boys, ann richards. davis has...

>> another part of the story is the struggle of a young mother whose children were in fort worth as she commuted east to law school. >> it was very difficult. as i was commuting back and forth from school. there were some pretty tough nights leaving my girls. but i was doing what i felt was best for them and for me. >> is there some undercurrent here about a womans appropriate role reparticularly as a mother? >> i think were i a man, this would not even be a topic of conversation. >> daviss batt...