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Kathie Glass
Kathie Glass
Born	Katherine Youngblood; Buford, GA
Alma mater	University of Georgia; University of Georgia School of Law
Occupation	lawyer; Political activist
Years active	1982 - Present
Political party	Libertarian
Spouse(s)	Tom Glass; (two children)
Website	kathieglass.org

Kathie Glass is a Libertarian politician in the U.S. state of Texas. She received the Libertarian nomination for Texas Attorney General in 1982, and for Governor in 2010 and 2014. She is the chairman of the Harris County Libertarian Party

Early life and education[edit]

Glass was born in Buford, Georgia. Her mother worked as a school secretary, and her father was an assembly line worker for General Motors. She was the first person in her family to go to college, and graduated magna cum laude from the Univesity of Georgia with a degree in English, then earned a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law. She moved to Texas in 1977.

Texas Gubernatorial Election 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rick Perry (Incumbent)	2,617,106	58.1
	Democratic	Tony Sanchez	1,809,915	40.3

Texas Gubernatorial Election 2006^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Rick Perry (Incumbent)	1,716,792	39.02	-19.08
Democratic	Chris Bell	1,310,337	29.78	-10.52
Independent	Carole Keeton Strayhorn	796,851	18.11
Independent	Richard “Kinky” Friedman	547,674	12.44
Libertarian	James Werner	26,749	0.60

Texas Gubernatorial Election 2010^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Rick Perry (Incumbent)	2,733,784	54.97	+15.95
Democratic	Bill White	2,102,606	42.28	+12.50
Libertarian	Kathie Glass	109,057	2.19
Green	Deb Shafto	19,475	0.39
Independent	Andy Barron (Write-In)	7,973	0.16

^ "Texas Board of Elections as of July 24, 2009". Elections.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
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