Texas News Wendy Davis Will Challenge Chip Roy For Central Texas Congressional District KWBU | By Texas Standard Published July 22, 2019 at 8:20 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:39 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon/KUT Wendy Davis at the Stand With Texas Women rally at the Capitol in 2013. Davis spent 13 hours filibustering a bill in the Texas Senate aimed at restricting abortion rights. The former Texas state senator and gubernatorial candidate is a “known quantity” in Texas, and will likely draw attention and money from outside of the state.