Tag: Red State: An Insider’s Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics

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Red State: The Story of How Republicans Seized Control of Texas

Posted on · The GOP has had such a stranglehold on statewide offices here in Texas for so many years now that it's hard to imagine a time when it was any different. Sure, Ann Richards was Governor of Texas for a while there, but she seems very much like the Democratic exception to the Republican rule. How […]

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Conversations About Texas Politics: Houston Matters for Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014

Posted on · The GOP has had such a stranglehold on statewide offices here in Texas for so many years now that it's hard to remember a time when it was any different. Even Ann Richards seems very much like the Democratic exception to the Republican rule. On today’s special edition of Houston Matters, we devote the hour […]

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Red State: The Story of How Republicans Seized Control of Texas

Posted on · The GOP has had such a stranglehold on statewide offices here in Texas for so many years now that it's hard to imagine a time when it was any different. Sure, Ann Richards was Governor of Texas for a while there, but she seems very much like the Democratic exception to the Republican rule. How […]