Wendy Davis

“I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.”

“Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.”

“I am running for my Senate district in 2014 and looking forward hopefully to earning the confidence of my community once again and being reelected for that seat.”

“The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future, and that's what I've done.”

“I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.”

“I was one of those kids that could just show up and take the test and do well on it. I didn't study a whole lot.”

“Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state.”

“Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.”

“Let's make sure that we don't close down 37 of the 42 clinics in Texas and leave women with nowhere to go and put them in a situation where their health will be at risk, because what we do know is that closing down the ability to access that service unfortunately does not take the need away or women's confronting that issue away.”

“Texas really is the greatest state in the greatest nation. Texans - and women all over the country - deserve leaders that care, that listen, and that work to protect their interests.”