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Chavez-Thompson Gets In

San Antonio’s Linda Chavez-Thompson has filed to run for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. The former state and national labor leader is one of the few Hispanic Democrats to run for state-wide office in 2010. Ben Philpott, who's covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, has this profile.

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San Antonio’s Linda Chavez-Thompson has filed to run for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. The former state and national labor leader is one of the few Hispanic Democrats to run for state-wide office in 2010. Ben Philpott, who's covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, has this profile.

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Ben Philpott

KUT NEWS

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