We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you start has nothing to do with how far you can come.

I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.

I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it.

Things come in a quieter way to me. It's not laziness, and it's not diffidence. I just know how far you have to bend for work. That's important for me.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

It's tragic from how far we've come from 'Hope and Change'.