"I am grandma. And I am still grandma. And My nickname is still grandma,” Carole Keeton Strayhorn said.

But don't expect to see that nickname anywhere on the November ballot.

After a two-month battle, Strayhorn, an Independent gubernatorial candidate, dropped her lawsuit Thursday to get “Grandma” listed as part of her name on the November ballot.

“Grandma has become a distraction from the real issues we face," she said.

The state comptroller announced her decision a few hours after a judge in Austin ruled she didn't have jurisdiction to decide the nickname case.

Strayhorn sued Secretary of State Roger Williams this month in her attempt to have her name listed as Carole Keeton “Grandma” Strayhorn on the ballot. Williams had ruled that “Grandma” is a slogan, not a nickname permitted on the ballot.

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	No Grandma Carole Keeton Strayhorn cannot use 'Grandma' on the state ballot.

Strayhorn has called herself “one tough grandma” in speeches and campaign advertisements.

Strayhorn, who was elected as a Republican, seeks to oust GOP Gov. Rick Perry.

Democrat Chris Bell, independent Kinky Friedman and Libertarian James Werner also are running for governor.

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This report includes information from the Associated Press.