Gubernatorial campaign Carole Keeton Strayhorn

soon after 2002 election, keeton began publicly feuding governor perry on saw inability provide leadership on issues such school finance , government spending.

on may 9, 2006, keeton turned in 223,000 voter signatures office of texas secretary of state roger williams. 45,540 required place on november general election ballot. told you, texas, keeton said while standing in front of 101 boxes stuffed signatures. have blown barn doors off petition drive. media reports later confirmed boxes substantially less half full (for comparison, opponent, kinky friedman put 169,000 signatures in 11 similar boxes). on june 22, 2006, texas secretary of state roger b. williams declared 108,512 signatures on petition valid, 35,000 less friedman s count.

keeton tried have herself listed on gubernatorial ballot carole keeton grandma strayhorn , claiming grandma common nickname her, , independent opponent kinky friedman able use kinky on ballot (although listed richard kinky friedman ). secretary of state williams ruled keeton s nickname slogan used during campaign state comptroller (one tough grandma). friedman, on other hand, had used kinky professional name on albums , novels, , had been known name @ least 40 years.

during texas governor s debate, keeton suffered image points when not name president-elect of mexico, felipe calderón, during rapid-answer segment of debate. in format similar tv game show, candidates had 15 seconds answer questions. stated election had been hotly contested.