SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis is plugging Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton to South Dakotans as the candidate who would look out for women to the benefit of the nation’s economy.
Davis spoke to roughly 50 people Thursday at the opening of Clinton’s first South Dakota office. She urged voters at the gathering to back the Democratic front-runner in the June 7 primary.
She praised Clinton for her support for increasing the minimum wage, affordable childcare and equal pay for women. Davis is known for a more than 12-hour filibuster to temporarily stall new abortion restrictions in Texas.
Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders opened a Sioux Falls office last week.
Sanders and Clinton are competing for the Democratic nomination. The victor will likely run against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
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