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One phrase often heard this year: There's never been a political year like 2016. But that鈥檚 not exactly true.
Lauren Fox writes for Talking Points Memo, and she says we shouldn't forget about the Texas gubernatorial race of 1990. Twenty-six years ago were up against each other for one of the highest seats in Texas politics. The race was dubbed 鈥淐laytie and the Lady.鈥�
Fox is among the first to explore the connection between the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump race. She says she鈥檚 been interested in the similarities since reading a book about it a few years ago.
"(I) was always interested in how we, as women, and as watching women politicians running 鈥� how they grapple with running against men when some of the men tend to be a little bit more misogynistic or have their certain histories with women,鈥� Fox says. 鈥淭hey say things about women's issues that might be explosive on the campaign trail. And I just was really interested as I started seeing Donald Trump pivoting towards his attacks on Hillary Clinton."
What you'll hear in this segment:
- More about the race between Richards and Williams
- How Williams' misogyny helped Richards win the race
- Some of the similarities between the gubernatorial race and the 2016 presidential race
