Video: Rep. Shelton and Sen. Davis exchange jabs in state senate campaign

by Ross Ramsey of The Texas Tribune, Emily Ramshaw of The Texas Tribune

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Shelton was one of only 8 legislators who voted against a bill that established a timeline for rape kit analyses. Davis was the only Fort Worth council member to vote for higher property taxes on seniors.

FORT WORTH — In the new commercial above, a rape victim credits state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, with legislation that put her attacker in jail, and says Davis' challenger, state Rep. Mark Shelton, R-Fort Worth, was one of eight lawmakers who voted against it.

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In a ad above, Mark Shelton's campaign depicts his SD-10 opponent, Fort Worth Sen. Wendy Davis, as a "lifelong tax liberal" who takes money from the pockets of seniors. Cue the vacuums.

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