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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. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1939, in three states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year.
The Coke R. Stevenson Memorial Center meeting hall is located off Interstate 10 in Junction, Texas.. Coke Robert Stevenson (March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947.
In it, he says, "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." July 8 – The Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boat Yankee Clipper inaugurates the world's first heavier-than-air North Atlantic air passenger service between the United States ( Port Washington, New York ) and Britain.
KXAN looked at results in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections and 2018 and 2022 gubernatorial elections to determine the average shift in each county between each election cycle.
Pages in category "Texas gubernatorial elections" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
1939 – Wendell Willkie, later Republican nominee for president in 1940 [6] 1940 – Jack Porter, challenger to Lyndon Johnson in the 1948 Texas Senate elections. [7] 1946 – Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, former U.S. representative from Michigan (1939–1943) [8] 1947 – John Aspinwall Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt [9]
Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (née Wallace; June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Texas: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1933 to 1935.