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Dolph Briscoe Jr. (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010) was an American rancher and businessman from Uvalde, Texas, who was the 41st governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party .
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is an organized research unit and public service component of the University of Texas at Austin named for Dolph Briscoe, the 41st governor of Texas. The center collects and preserves documents and artifacts of key themes in Texas and United States history and makes the items available to researchers ...
Incumbent Democratic governor Dolph Briscoe was easily re-elected to a second term, winning 61% of the vote to the 31% of Republican Jim Granberry, the former mayor of Lubbock. Raza Unida candidate Ramsey Muniz won 6%, while the remaining 2% were cast for other candidates. [1] Briscoe was sworn in for his second term on January 21, 1975.
Briscoe went on to win the general election by a relatively small margin, winning 48% of the vote to Republican Henry Grover's 45%. Raza Unida candidate Ramsey Muniz won 6%. As of 2022, this is the last time Jim Hogg and Brooks counties did not vote for the Democratic candidate, instead voting for the Raza Unida party.
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas.The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845.
Hundreds attended the Anderson County School Board meeting on Nov. 13— including State Sen. Adrienne Southworth — speaking in defense of the Briscoe family and against a school counselor and ...
Chase Briscoe won his way into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs on Sunday night. Briscoe held off Kyle Busch to win the Southern 500 and score his second playoff berth with an incredible drive.
Adolph Thornton Jr., known as Young Dolph, was shot and killed on Nov. 17, 2021, inside Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies on Airways Boulevard.