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"  Sen. Wendy Davis, she of the insta-famous 11-hour filibuster, has spent a busy summer hopping from Washington D.C. back to Texas in efforts to fundraise and work with the Democratic pro-choice political group (and our pal) Emily&amp;#039;s List. Now, the new feminist icon is considering a gubernatorial run.   &amp;quot;I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: either my State Senate seat or the governor,&amp;quot; Davis says. Her final decision is expected to come in a few weeks, according to The New York Times. A former House speaker confirms that she&amp;#039;s added something new and exciting to left-wing Texas politics: &amp;quot;I think there&amp;#039;s great enthusiasm, and she&amp;#039;s probably created more enthusiasm than any Democrat in Texas has created in decades as far as interest from around the country.&amp;quot;   Now that noted a*shat Gov. Rick Perry has announced that he&amp;#039;s not seeking re-election (YAY!), Davis would be contending against Texas attorney general Rick Abbott, who&amp;#039;s the frontrunner for the Republican ticket.  While Abbott&amp;#039;s largely considered pretty tough to beat, Davis has already accomplished some huge feats in the Lone Star state \u2014 her work on behalf of women&amp;#039;s rights, including the filibuster against Texas&amp;#039; stringent abortion legislation, has drawn more attention to oppressed Democrats in Texas, a minority group that hardly receives any press or credit for going against the GOP current.   We think Davis \u2014 a struggling single mom-turned Harvard grad-turned state senator \u2014 has more than enough pluck to go up again Abbott. Financially, Davis is a force to be reckoned with too: During her Washington trip at the end of June, she raised $930,000 in small contributions after the filibuster. If she ran, and won, think of all the Perry-instituted anti-choice bullsh*t she could tear down. It&amp;#039;d be magnificent.   Follow Anna on Twitter.   Image courtesy Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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