[Dog Gone]

Will she switch parties or stick to her primary challenge

She'll do whatever the polling indicates. If she thinks she can beat Perry in the primary, she'll stay a nominal Republican, but she's been talking like a liberal Democrat for the past couple of years.

Like many Texas Republicans, Strayhorn didn't convert to the Republican Party until the party became competitive in Texas. But she's still a Rat at heart.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Dog Gone, while no expert on Strayhorn I do not remember her being a dim. She was a somewhat conservative Mayor of Austin (well conservative for that town) and a school board member before that. Neither position carries a party label and in her first elected state position she was a Republican.

[Theodore R.]

Like many Texas Republicans, Strayhorn didn't convert to the Republican Party until the party became competitive in Texas.

That's also true of Perry.