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Texas Tribune Offers Sad Turnout News for Lone Star State Democrats
Newsbusters ^ | May 27, 2018 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 05/27/2018 7:38:07 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

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To: fieldmarshaldj

Thanks. What Democrat won after her?


21 posted on 05/28/2018 4:28:08 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Fai Mao

Well, he would have won easily had he not made that stupid comment.


22 posted on 05/28/2018 4:29:07 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

In 1994 ? No Democrat has won the Governorship after her.

As for other statewide offices, the Dems actually did well in 1994, if only because there were no open races, all incumbents. Bob Bullock for Lt Governor (won reelection), Dan Morales for Attorney General (also won reelection), John Sharp for Comptroller (won reelection), Martha Whitehead for Treasurer (appointed by Ma Richards, won her first race, and then the office was abolished in 1996) and Garry Mauro for Land Commissioner (also won reelection).

Only Dubya running for Governor knocked off the sole incumbent in 1994 (Ma Richards) and Rick Perry as Agriculture Commissioner winning reelection. From 1991-95, excluding other offices such as Supreme Court and Railroad Commissioners, Perry was the only Republican in statewide office. In 1998, the Republicans won every one of the open statewide offices I cited above from the Democrats and have not lost them to date.


23 posted on 05/28/2018 5:57:40 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Thanks for the info!


24 posted on 05/28/2018 7:38:28 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Oops, made one mistake. There were two Republicans elected statewide in 1990, Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison to the defunct Treasurer position. When Hutchison was elected to the Senate, Ma Richards appointed a Democrat to her seat (Martha Whitehead), leaving Perry as the lone Republican going into the 1994 elections.


25 posted on 05/28/2018 7:58:35 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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