Hero: Self-described 'white Christian male' Matthew Dowd has generously decided to exit Texas Lt. Gov. race so a black woman can have a shot

Sarah D | 2:11 PM on December 07, 2021

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

But all good things must come to an end, and that’s what’s happened to Matthew Dowd, who hoped to be Texas’ next Democratic lieutenant governor:

Just in: @matthewjdowd is ending his campaign for lieutenant governor #txlege

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) December 7, 2021

Matthew Dowd quits the Texas lt. governor's race less than 90 days after he launched his campaign. https://t.co/safftSPMjM

— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) December 7, 2021

Matthew Dowd announced his failed campaign for Lt. Governor of Texas on September 29, 2021.

Today is December 7, 2020.

His failed campaign lasted just 69 days. pic.twitter.com/vfkqlfpHiU

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) December 7, 2021

Sorry, Jen Rubin.

You hate to see it:

https://twitter.com/matthewjdowd/status/1468289518893682688

It takes a lot of integrity to bow out of a race you had no chance in hell of ever winning and cite your white male Christianity as an excuse.

Dowd says he doesn’t want to “be the one who stands in the way of the greater diversity we need in politics.”

His announcement comes as Carla Brailey, the @texasdemocrats vice chair who is Black, is poised to enter the primary. #txlege https://t.co/HWj9jtZYa9

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) December 7, 2021