Wendy Davis campaigns for Texas governor

Wendy Davis
Texas State Democratic Senator Wendy Davis questions the state's Republican Senator Glenn Hegar, sponsor of Senate Bill 1 (SB1), as the state Senate meets to consider legislation restricting abortion rights in Austin, Texas in this July 12, 2013 file photo. (REUTERS/Mike Stone) (REUTERS)

Hollywood loves stars and loves an underdog, and Democrat Wendy Davis is both. At a recent rooftop fundraiser hosted by Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at the Bad Robot film studios near Los Angeles, she socked away more money for what could be a financially record-shattering race for Texas governor.

Likewise, in Manhattan brownstones, Silicon Valley mansions and Washington hotels, Davis has told her compelling personal story of rising from a trailer park to Harvard Law and reeled in donors. She now has financial backers in every U.S. state and has collected nearly four times as much — at least $3.6 million — from outside Texas as her opponent, Republican Greg Abbott. (AP)

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