An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics
by
Wayne Thorburn
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
In November 1960, the Democratic party dominated Texas. The newly elected vice president, Lyndon Johnson, was a Texan. Democrats held all thirty statewide elective positions. The state legislature had 181 Democrats and no Republicans or anyone else. Then fast forward fifty years to November 2010....