Abbott Campaigns with Fiorina to Reach Women Voters
Appearing in downtown Austin Wednesday with former Hewlett-Packard CEO and prominent Republican Carly Fiorina, GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott said women in Texas would keep the state red.
Campaigning with Fiorina is Abbott's latest attempt to appeal to women voters in Texas, a demographic with which Abbott held a slight lead over Democrat Wendy Davis in a recent Texas Lyceum Poll. The poll showed Abbott leading Davis 46 percent to 44 percent among women voters, though that difference was within the survey's margin of error. The poll showed Abbott leading 49 percent to 40 percent overall.
"I am winning the women's vote in the state of Texas," Abbott said at a campaign-organized women's lunch at the Four Seasons. "It will be Texas women who keep Texas red."
Davis, a state senator who shot to national fame with a filibuster against a bill restricting abortions, is also fighting for votes from women. She has repeatedly hit Abbott for his stance on abortion and equal pay, pointing to pay disparities in Abbott's own office. And this week, she is launching a radio ad featuring First Lady Michelle Obama, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/08/abbott-leading-among-women-despite-davis-efforts/
[font color=green]Way to go, Greg. That should rake in about 1% of the vote.[/font]
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