Texas governor's race heats up over new book

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Texas governor's race heats up over new book

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/texas-governors-race-heats-over-book-163727509.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0MpO.3F2DKSfQ5HGVS_9mA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-13T163727Z_1_LYNXMPEA8C0AM_RTROPTP_2_USA-TEXAS-IMMIGRATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis talks to reporters at a news conference in Austin" align="left" title="Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis talks to reporters at a news conference in Austin" border="0" /></a>By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - The race for Texas governor entered a new chapter this week with the release of a memoir from Democratic candidate Wendy Davis that rekindled attention on abortion and led to an ethics complaint from her opponent, Republican Greg Abbott. Abbott, currently the state's attorney general, is accusing Davis of misusing campaign contributions to promote the book called &quot;Forgetting to Be Afraid,&quot; in which Davis, a state senator, reveals she had terminated two pregnancies. &quot;Senator Davis' book promotion has gone from ethically questionable to outright unlawful,&quot; Abbott campaign spokesman Matt Hirsch said. Davis campaign spokesman Zac Petkanas called the complaint frivolous and said it shows &quot;how worried Greg Abbott is about the power of her story.&quot; Davis, who rose from being a single mother in a trailer park to a Harvard Law school graduate, gained national standing in 2013 when she donned pink running shoes and staged a dramatic 10-hour filibuster at the Texas statehouse against sweeping abortion restrictions.</p><br clear="all"/>

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