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Monday, November 06, 2006

Texas: Carole Strayhorn - the independent Rosa Parks of Texas!

From Governor candidates crisscross state. Churches, rallies, phone banks, all for votes.
By Jason Embry, W. Gardner Selby, AUSTING AMERICAN-STATESMAN:
"The margin is so close that if we go to the polls and vote, Wednesday morning will seem like Juneteenth," Tatum said, referring to the day in 1865 that news of the slaves' freedom reached Texas. "We have a governor that's arrogant, we have a chamber that's greedy, but we have a grandmama that's tough and ready to shake up the place." .....

Candidates worship, run, eat in effort to sway voters, Minister's words draw criticism from Perry foes By PEGGY FIKAC and GARY SCHARRER, Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau: ....Strayhorn won rousing endorsements from Fort Worth black ministers, who compared her to Barbara Jordan, the late Gov. Ann Richards and a civil rights icon.....

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