Kathie Glass announces Libertarian bid for governor She ran unsuccessfully for Texas' top job in 2010 and 2014

Libertarian candidate for Texas governor Kathie Glass speaks with supporters in Missouri City at Spring Creek Barbeque on Thursday, Aug. 7. Libertarian candidate for Texas governor Kathie Glass speaks with supporters in Missouri City at Spring Creek Barbeque on Thursday, Aug. 7. Photo: Zach Haverkamp Photo: Zach Haverkamp Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Kathie Glass announces Libertarian bid for governor 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

AUSTIN -- Retired Houston attorney Kathie Glass, attacking Gov. Greg Abbott for cronyism and catering to much to special interests, on Monday formally announced her third try to become Texas governor as a Libertarian.

Glass, 63, had announced in September that she planned to run again. She ran unsuccessfully for governor as a Libertarian in 2010 and 2014, and unsuccessfully for the Texas Supreme Court last year.

Glass has said she believes this will be the year she can draw together a coalition of disaffected Republicans and Democrats to win.

"I am a Texan, patriot, wife, mother, lawyer, self-made woman, business owner . . . Washington is broken, and the two party system is corrupt — corrupted by cronyism and special interests," she said in an interview. "Neither will fix itself. And neither can be reformed from within."

"With the 2018 governor's race staring us in the face, I gave serious thought to whether I was up for another run for Texas governor," she said. "I concluded that the reasons I ran still exist."

"Governor Abbott is not leading Texas to enforce the Constitution by nullifying unconstitutional federal acts and tyranny," she said in an earlier interview. "He has not fought against cronyism in Texas government. On the contrary, he has proven himself to be a crony of the highest order. No one who has announced an intent to run for Texas governor even shares these goals and beliefs."

Glass made her formal announcement in a morning press briefing at Austin's Driskill Hotel.