Jeffrey Payne for Governor?

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As I wanted to inform myself about the Texas gubernatorial race I was browsing through Wikipedia.
I discovered that one Democrat has already declared his candidacy. However, he doesn't have his own lemma, only the information "businessman" is added; thus I started browsing through the Internet in order to find out more about him. So I stumbled upon the following article:

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/07/14/abbott-begins-re-election-democratic-candidate-emerges

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What do you you think are Payne's chances of winning the Democratic nomination? (I'm not even talking about his chances against Abbott.) In the poll options I added the candidates that are listed as "potential", providing each of them is going to run. What would be a decent result for him in the general election?

Here's his interview with CBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79R9KjzTI-E

Prediction?  Payne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSPNQ82Sq4E

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Prediction?  Payne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSPNQ82Sq4E

😂😂😂

I'd rather like to see him run against Ted Cruz than against Greg Abbott.
Is Abbott even seen as anti-gay?

Sorry, I don't know who Payne is.  I was just making a poor joke. The YouTube clip is Mr T as Clubber Lang ready for his rematch with Rocky Balboa in Rocky III.  A reporter asks him "Do you have any prediction for the fight?"  Lang replies "Prediction? Pain."

I just like how serious Lang was when he said that.

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Prediction?  Payne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSPNQ82Sq4E

😂😂😂

I'd rather like to see him run against Ted Cruz than against Greg Abbott.
Is Abbott even seen as anti-gay?

Sorry, I don't know who Payne is.  I was just making a poor joke. The YouTube clip is Mr T as Clubber Lang ready for his rematch with Rocky Balboa in Rocky III.  A reporter asks him "Do you have any prediction for the fight?"  Lang replies "Prediction? Pain."

I just like how serious Lang was when he said that.

I do understand the clip, but I thought you were dead serious, cause all the canvassing will probably cause much pain for Payne. (I can already see all the puns already.)

Sorry for the misunderstanding.  This is the list of candidates (and potential candidates, though there are none here) as listed on politics1.com

GOVERNOR:
Greg Abbott (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Larry Secede Kilgore (R) - Conservative Activist, Telecommunications Worker & Frequent Candidate
Jeffrey Payne (D)  - Businessman, Bar Owner & LGBT Activist
Kory Watkins (Libertarian) - Anti-Police Group Organizer & Gun "Open Carry" Activist

politics1 isn't a definitive site for potential candidates though.  As a serious answer: my understanding is that Greg Abbott is a popular governor and I think the Democrats will likely focus on the U.S Senate race given that they have an elected member of the House challenging the controversial Senator Ted Cruz.

Payne will probably receive, at best, the base Democratic vote if he is the nominee.


The Texas Lieutenant Governor, Dan Patrick, is regarded by many as an extremist anti LGBTQ social conservative.

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/02/16/texas-lieutenant-governor-works-hate-group-drum-support-anti-trans-bathroom-bill

So, if Greg Abbott is anti LGBTQ, he would likely be regarded in the context of "at least he isn't Dan Patrick."