Ex-Bush aide Matthew Dowd seeks office in Texas as Democrat

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The one-time top strategist for former President George W. Bush and since-departed political analyst for ABC News is running for lieutenant governor of Texas — as a Democrat.

Matthew Dowd advised Bush’s 2004 presidential bid before enjoying a long media career that made him a fixture of This Week, ABC News’s marquee Sunday morning public affairs television show.

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