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Democratic dominance: 1845–mid-1990s. From 1848 until Dwight D. Eisenhower 's victory in 1952, Texas voted for the Democratic candidate for president in every election except 1928, when it did not support Catholic Al Smith. The Democrats were pro-slavery pre-Civil War, as Abraham Lincoln was a Republican in the North.
Jeopardy! is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given general knowledge clues in the form of answers and they must identify the person, place, thing, or ...
Brad Rutter. Brad Rutter is the biggest all-time money winner on Jeopardy! and briefly held the record for biggest cumulative game show winnings for any U.S. game show contestant. Rutter retained the record for Jeopardy! winnings with either $4,255,102 (or $4,270,102, including a pair of Chevrolet Camaros).
How School Choice Upended GOP Politics in Rural Texas. John McCormack. May 23, 2024 at 2:43 AM.
In a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and signed by Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi, French asked for a legislative fix and said the law puts the primary election in “jeopardy.” He noted that if ...
The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament, which began in 1987, was an annual tournament in which 15 high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 competed in a ten-episode tournament structured similarly to the Tournament of Champions. The winner receives $100,000 and entry into the Tournament of Champions.
The Texas Tribune will host Previewing the 2024 Election 9 a.m. Oct. 29 at the Tribune's Studio 919 in downtown Austin or online for a discussion on the important races to watch and what it could ...
"Texas Whatever" is the twelfth episode of the fifth season of the American sports drama television series Friday Night Lights, inspired by the 1990 nonfiction book by H. G. Bissinger. It is the 75th overall episode of the series and was written by consulting producer Kerry Ehrin , and directed by main cast member Kyle Chandler .