Ex-Bush strategist Matthew Dowd running as Democrat in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Matthew Dowd, a erstwhile governmental advisor to Republican President George W. Bush, is moving arsenic a Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor. The onetime main strategist to Bush’s 2004 reelection run made the announcement Wednesday. He enters the contention arsenic a dense underdog challenger to Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a firebrand who successful 2 presumption arsenic second-in-command has driven the Texas Capitol to the hard close implicit guns, termination and immigration. Dowd worked for Texas’ past Democratic lieutenant governor, Bob Bullock, successful the 1990s earlier joining Bush’s team. He aboriginal broke with the erstwhile president and worked arsenic an expert for ABC News. No Democrat has won a statewide predetermination successful Texas successful much than 25 years.