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The present constitution of 1876 returned terms to two years, [10] but a 1972 amendment again returned them to four. [11] In the case of a vacancy in the office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. [12] Prior to a 1999 amendment, the lieutenant governor only acted as governor until the expiration of the term to which he succeeded.
The 1920 Texas gubernatorial election was held on 2 November 1920 in order to elect the Governor of Texas. Former Democratic state representative Pat Morris Neff won comfortably in a four-way race against Republican nominee J. G. Culbertson, American Party of Texas nominee T. H. McGregor, and Black and Tan Republican nominee Hickerson Capers. [2]
The 1970 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Preston Smith was reelected to a second term, winning 53% of the vote to Republican Paul Eggers ' 47% in a rematch of the gubernatorial race of two years earlier .
1919 12th sp; 1920; 1922. 13th sp; 1924; 1926; 1928; 1930. ... Texas was the first state to elect a woman governor, ... 2007 Texas constitutional amendment election ...
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1920, in 35 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 2, 1920. Elections took place on September 13 in Maine. In Massachusetts, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a one-year term. Every governorship ...
Proposition 8 was a referendum for a state constitutional amendment placed on the ballot by the Texas legislature and approved by the voters at the November 7, 1972 general election. The measure amended sections 4, 22, and 23 of the Texas Constitution, changing the length of the terms of statewide elected offices in Texas from two years to four ...
Governor Hobby put the ratification of the amendment on the legislative agenda. [83] On June 28, 1919, Texas ratified the amendment. [85] The house approved it by a vote of 96 to 21 on June 23 and the senate passed it by a voice vote five days later. [86] Texas was the ninth state and the first Southern state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment ...
Texas gained four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2010 census, and Texans believed that Republicans would draw most of the state's new districts to favor themselves. [182] The legislature did not complete its maps during the regular session, so governor Rick Perry called a special session. [183]