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Twilight of the Texas Democrats
Kenneth Bridges
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In 1978, Republican William P Clements won the race for governor of Lone Star State, marking the start of an interlude of two-party competition in the state. This title analyzes a range of factors that includes the disaffection among Mexican American voters fanned by La Raza Unida and miscalculations by Democrat John Hill and his campaign staff. Series: Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 b&w photos, 2 maps, 8 tables, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
In 1978, Republican William P. Clements won the race for governor of the Lone Star State, marking the start of an interlude of two-party competition in the state. Eventually, Republican ascendancy would once again make Texas a ""safe"" place for a single party - but not the party that had dominated the state since the end of Reconstruction.At the time, observers asked whether the election of a Republican governor was a mere flash in the pan. For the previous twenty years, other races, at every level from national to local, had made inroads into Democratic strongholds, but that party's dominance ... Read more
In 1978, Republican William P. Clements won the race for governor of the Lone Star State, marking the start of an interlude of two-party competition in the state. Eventually, Republican ascendancy would once again make Texas a ""safe"" place for a single party - but not the party that had dominated the state since the end of Reconstruction.At the time, observers asked whether the election of a Republican governor was a mere flash in the pan. For the previous twenty years, other races, at every level from national to local, had made inroads into Democratic strongholds, but that party's dominance ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781603440097
SKU
V9781603440097
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About Kenneth Bridges
KENNETH BRIDGES is an assistant professor of history at South Arkansas Community College. He lives in El Dorado, Arkansas.
Reviews for Twilight of the Texas Democrats
Scholars interested in the emergence of the Republican Party in Texas will find much to admire in this book, while political junkies will enjoy rehashing the pivotal elections of the 1970s. - Nancy Beck Young, author of Wright Patman: Populism, Liberalism, and the American Dream