Mark Thompson Announces He Will Run for Governor

by: Matt Glazer
Wed May 13, 2009 at 03:05 PM CDT
According to KXAN Mark Thompson, former Democratic candidate for Railroad Commissioner, has announced he will run for Governor.
Mark Thompson, who made an unsuccessful bid last year to be TX Railroad Commissioner, says he will run for governor as a Democrat.
Thompson received 44.57% of the vote in 2008 when he ran against Republican incumbent Michael Williams. Thompson joins Tom Schieffer and humorist Kinky Friedman. Friedman only received 12.44% of the vote last time he ran for Governor and is still in the exploratory phase.