General Abbott filed for re-election today.  We are pleased to finally have an opponent even if that opponent may have a different name come November.

We wanted you to have a copy of the just issued press release to read BAR's statement and celebrate the true kick off of the campaign.

BAR prepared her statement below before receiving Cruz's statement which we happily quoted.   The title of Cruz's statement: "Dominoes Falling: Now What?"

To a great campaign,

Katie Floyd
Campaign Manager
Barbara Ann Radnofsky for Texas Attorney General

For Immediate Release
Press Release

Barbara Ann Radnofsky's Statement Regarding Attorney General Abbott Filing for Re-election

Houston, Texas.  December 22, 2009.  Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Democratic candidate for Texas Attorney General, filed to be on the ballot on December 3, 2009.  She was the first Democratic candidate to file at Texas Democratic Party Headquarters on the first day of filing.

In response to the news that Attorney General Abbott had filed for reelection, Radnofsky stated:

"The voters will have a clear choice in November between a woman who wants to be the People's Lawyer and a man who wants to move on to something else.  I'm prepared to safeguard all Texans from fraud and crimes whether committed with a computer or a tire iron." 

Standing in the wings is Ted Cruz, former employee of the Attorney General, who insists that there is a "strong possibility" that "dominoes will fall this spring".  This afternoon, Cruz stated that he believes Senator Hutchison's expressed intention to resign and that General Abbott will move on.  According to Cruz, there remains "a substantial possibility" that Cruz will be the Republican nominee for Attorney General.

During her 30 year legal career, Barbara Ann has represented retirees, life-saving doctors, blood banks, children burned by lighters, families of murder victims, unfairly treated businesses: a wide variety of persons entitled to protection. Barbara Ann graduated with honors from the University of Houston and the University Of Texas School Of Law.   She was honored as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas in 1988 and for the past 17 years she has been listed in, "Best Lawyers in America".

Prior to 2006, she was a partner at the law firm of Vinson and Elkins in Houston, where she served as head of the Alternate Dispute Resolution Section.  She was the first woman at Vinson and Elkins to have children as an associate and later attain partnership.  Texas never has had a woman Attorney General. 

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Media Contact:Katie Floyd - Office: 713-357-3360; katie.floyd@radnofsky.com