Texas Comptroller Eyes Governor's Race [View All]

[Freddie Stubbs]

Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn's reputation as a watchdog for the health and education of children is summed up in a needlepoint decoration in her office: "One Ticked Off Grandma." Strayhorn may try to add another job to her resume _ governor.

"People are very directly asking me to run for governor, and I'm listening," said the 64-year-old Strayhorn, who regularly takes aim at Gov. Rick Perry, a fellow Republican.

Strayhorn's attacks on Perry and his policies _ including state cuts to health care and the failure to devise a new method for funding public schools _ routinely make headlines. She has accused Perry of being behind the Texas Legislature's efforts to strip her state agency of some of its high-profile duties.

Said Kathy Walt, a spokeswoman for Perry: "Her paranoia is amazing."

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