Defiant Texas state Senator Davis has overcome long odds before

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Defiant Texas state Senator Davis has overcome long odds before

By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - State Senator Wendy Davis, the woman whose 10-hour speech captured national attention and single-handedly slowed the Texas Republican drive to restrict abortion, has overcome long odds before in her life. While her defiance of the mostly male Texas Republicans may ultimately fail if Governor Rick Perry calls another special session of the legislature, the gambit has propelled her to stardom in a Texas Democratic party that has not won a statewide office in two decades. ...

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