Davis wants $10 minimum wage amid 'Texas Miracle'
AUSTIN, Texas — National protests over higher wages for fast-food workers spilled into the Texas governor's race Friday when Democrat Wendy Davis maintained support of raising the minimum wage to $10.
That's less than the $15 an hour that labor organizers are demanding for workers at restaurants like McDonald's and Burger King, but Davis' defense set off a predictable backlash from her Republican opponent and conservatives.
Republican Gov. Rick Perry anchored his failed 2012 presidential run on the "Texas Miracle" — what he called a low-regulation, predictable business climate that he said kept the state's economy afloat during the recession. In June, the Texas Republican Party approved a platform that calls for abolishing minimum wage laws altogether.
But Davis' backing of a minimum-wage hike gave new visibility to economic policy in a campaign that has largely focused on education and vows to change what she calls a culture of insider politics.
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