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In 1989, Guerrero was named among the "Top 10" legislators by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]]. She was cited in ''[[Newsweek]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'' and, having left the legislature, was awarded a speaking slot at the 1992 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[New York City]],<ref name=chron/> which nominated [[Bill Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]] to oppose [[incumbent]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] of Texas. She was also executive director of the Texas Women's Political Caucus.<ref name=austin/>

In 1989, Guerrero was named among the "Top 10" legislators by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]]. She was cited in ''[[Newsweek]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'' and, having left the legislature, was awarded a speaking slot at the 1992 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[New York City]],<ref name=chron/> which nominated [[Bill Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]] to oppose [[incumbent]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] of Texas. She was also executive director of the Texas Women's Political Caucus.<ref name=austin/>

==Railroad commissioner==

===Railroad commissioner===

In 1991, [[Governor]] [[Ann Richards]], a fellow Democrat, appointed Guerrero to fill a vacancy on the three-member Railroad Commission. Her selection was said to have symbolized Richards' hope of a "New Texas"; prior to that, the commission's members had always been white males.<ref name=chron>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5729458.html</ref>

In 1991, [[Governor]] [[Ann Richards]], a fellow Democrat, appointed Guerrero to fill a vacancy on the three-member Railroad Commission. Her selection was said to have symbolized Richards' hope of a "New Texas"; prior to that, the commission's members had always been white males.<ref name=chron>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5729458.html</ref>

Guerrero underwent proton beam therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center near San Bernardino, [[California]]. Lobbyist Mignon McGarry said that Guerrero went for treatment at Loma Linda after having been admonished by [[physician]]s at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] that she would otherwise not live much longer than two years.<ref name=chron/>

Guerrero underwent proton beam therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center near San Bernardino, [[California]]. Lobbyist Mignon McGarry said that Guerrero went for treatment at Loma Linda after having been admonished by [[physician]]s at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] that she would otherwise not live much longer than two years.<ref name=chron/>

==Endorsing Rick Perry==

===Endorsing Rick Perry===

Though a staunch Democrat, Guerrero endorsed the reelection in 2006 of Republican Governor [[Rick Perry]]; the two had a friendship that began in 1985 when both were freshmen Democratic legislators. Guerrero said that while she and Perry disagreed on certain issues, they had a relationship of "civility."  Perry won his general election with 39 percent of the vote over four rivals, including Carole Strayhorn, a Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Independent. On Guerrero's death, Perry directed that flags at the  Texas State Capitol and other state buildings be flown at half-staff in her memory. He described Guerrero as a "bright, passionate woman who worked hard to represent the interests of her constituents. . . . She was the sort of person who placed loyalty and principle ahead of politics."<ref name=austin/> Former state House Speaker  [[Pete Laney]] of|Hale Center, a Democrat, agreed with Perry: "I don't think there was anyone who was more passionate about their service in the legislature or (about) their constituents and beliefs."<ref name=chron/> Strayhorn said that Guerrero "did so much at a very young age, certainly knocked down a lot of barriers for women and Hispanics and all of the above."<ref name=austin/>

Though a staunch Democrat, Guerrero endorsed the reelection in 2006 of Republican Governor [[Rick Perry]]; the two had a friendship that began in 1985 when both were freshmen Democratic legislators. Guerrero said that while she and Perry disagreed on certain issues, they had a relationship of "civility."  Perry won his general election with 39 percent of the vote over four rivals, including Carole Strayhorn, a Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Independent. On Guerrero's death, Perry directed that flags at the  Texas State Capitol and other state buildings be flown at half-staff in her memory. He described Guerrero as a "bright, passionate woman who worked hard to represent the interests of her constituents. . . . She was the sort of person who placed loyalty and principle ahead of politics."<ref name=austin/> Former state House Speaker  [[Pete Laney]] of|Hale Center, a Democrat, agreed with Perry: "I don't think there was anyone who was more passionate about their service in the legislature or (about) their constituents and beliefs."<ref name=chron/> Strayhorn said that Guerrero "did so much at a very young age, certainly knocked down a lot of barriers for women and Hispanics and all of the above."<ref name=austin/>