A new low: Texas Democrats don’t have candidate for governor

AUSTIN (AP) — Democrats haven’t won Texas’ governor’s race for decades, but a booming Hispanic population and the party’s dominance of the state’s largest cities have made them willing to keep trying.
After high-profile candidates lost decisively in the last two elections, though, the party now finds itself in unprecedented territory for the 2018 election: with no major candidate to run.
Democratic leaders haven’t yet lined up a substantial name to repre