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On speed dial. >> because richards was the last democratic governor in the state of texas. >> i've 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. >> davis's 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 education. she married young and by 19 was divorced and raising me as a single mother. >> davis and her...

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 i've had so many women say this to me, the date of their divorce is the date they ceased to live together as man and wife with ...

Resolve quite honestly. it helped me to be able to really focus on the issue that we were fighting for. >> davis's 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 none of richards bravado. >> poor george. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth. >> davis is...

>> 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 woman's appropriate role reparticularly as a mother? >> i think were i a man, this would not even be a topic of conversation. >> davis's battle is uphill. her opponent, attorney general greg abbott, has a double digit lead in the plos. >> ...