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The 2014 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican governor Rick Perry, who had served since the resignation of then-Governor George W. Bush on December 21, 2000, declined to run for an unprecedented fourth full term, making this the first open election for governor of the ...
The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican governor Rick Perry ran successfully for election to a third consecutive term. He won the Republican primary against U.S. senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and political newcomer, Debra Medina.
David Barton, author, minister and former vice chair of the Republican Party of Texas [11] David Dewhurst, Lieutenant Governor of Texas (running for re-election) [12] [13] Louie Gohmert, U.S. Representative (running for re-election) [14] Debra Medina, activist and candidate for Governor in 2010 (ran for Comptroller of Public Accounts) [15]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), the agency that oversees the state’s Medicaid program, could soon have a new leader. Gov. Henry ...
On August 17, 2009, Hutchison formally announced that she was a Republican candidate for Governor of Texas and positioned herself as a moderate alternative to Governor Rick Perry. Perry criticized Hutchison for her pro-abortion rights position and received endorsements from social conservatives in the state. [ 61 ]
With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier ...
Perry defeated Senator Hutchison and Debra Medina in the March 2, 2010, primary election, becoming the Republican nominee. He faced Democratic nominee William Howard "Bill" White, the former mayor of Houston. During the general election campaign, Perry refused to debate White until White released his tax returns from 1995, his last year as ...