t was the summer of 2002 and it appeared that Democrat Tony Sanchez might be gaining traction in his campaign against Gov. Rick Perry by depicting the incumbent — who had received $1 million in insurance company money in his political career — as incapable of reining in skyrocketing costs for homeowners insurance in Texas, which were the highest in the nation. But Perry fired back, attacking the insurance companies and ordering a state investigation that led then-state Attorney General John Cornyn, who was running for the U.S. Senate, to file suit that August against Farmers Insurance charging that it was raising rates and reducing coverage while poor-mouthing its actual profits.
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