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Los Angeles TimesDemocrats court Ricardo Sanchez for Texas Senate seat
http://www.latimes.com.nyud.net:8090/media/photo/2011-04/197857480-18092126.jpgLt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, pictured speaking to the media in Baghdad in February 2004, is being
recruited to run for the U.S. Senate in Texas as a Democrat. (Spencer Platt, Getty Images)By Michael A. Memoli
April 18, 2011, 9:55 a.m.
Eager to expand the electoral map in their effort to maintain control of the Senate, national Democrats are recruiting Ricardo Sanchez, former commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, to run for the open seat in Texas in 2012.
Sanchez, a retired Army lieutenant general, has not made a final decision on the race, but Democrats in Texas and Washington say he's giving it serious consideration.
During a briefing with reporters last week, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee chair Patty Murray of Washington teased that the party may have a top-tier recruit in the Lone Star State. She listed Texas among her "6 for 12," places where Democrats planned to target Republican-held seats.
"General Sanchez has spent his entire life serving our country, and there's no question he would be a strong candidate if he decides to continue to serve his country in the U.S. Senate," DSCC spokesman Matt Canter said in a statement Monday. "He's exactly the kind of independent leader who can win in Texas."
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