Lee Wrights will formally declare his candidacy for the Texas Libertarian gubernatorial nomination, according to this story. Also seeking the nomination are Kathie Glass, who was the party’s gubernatorial nominee in 2010, and Gene Chapman. In 2010, Glass polled 2.19%. Wrights is probably best-known for placing second for president at the Libertarian national convention 2012. Gary Johnson was nominated with 419 votes, and Wrights placed second with 152.
There is a fourth candidate, Joshua Baker. Mr. Chapman will not sign the candidate oath and is therefore not eligible for the nomination. Ms. Youngblood-Glass will have to overcome many negatives about her 2010 campaign (not a single penny spent on TV, for instance). Mr. Wrights seems the only candidate of the four who can run a campaign that will be both principled -and- effective.
Jeff Daiell
They’d be fools not to nominate Lee Wrights.