She is barely a blip in the polls, and the odds of her securing the Republican nomination for Texas governor are viewed as vanishingly small. But Lisa Fritsch, a conservative activist, author and former radio show host, suddenly has bragging rights among second-tier candidates trying to make a respectable showing against the primary favorite, Attorney General Greg Abott

Lisa Fritsch, an activist, author and former radio host, last weekend.

In a recent poll, Ms. Fritsch came out ahead — just barely — of the former Texas Republican Party chairman Tom Pauken, once an appointee of Gov. Rick Perry on the Texas Workforce Commission. She was also the top Republican vote getter in a Tea Party straw poll in Austin last weekend, although Kathie Glass, a Libertarian, won the poll, with 48 percent. Ms. Fritsch was second at 27 percent, and Mr. Pauken had 21 percent.

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