In the ’60s it was three Democratic candidates — President John F ... an associate professor of political science at University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, said Carter was also able to ...
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The peanut farmer turned politician was praised ... In 1980, former Texas Gov. John B. Connally Jr., ran for the Republican nomination to challenge Carter. When Connally lost, he threw his support ...
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Texas was a big part of Carter's political success. He was the last Democrat to carry Texas in 1976. He campaigned in Texas often. His visits to Houston continued after the presidency. A fierce ...
A peanut farmer-turned-politician, Carter's single term ... in the Republican-leaning state. Texas had been a blue state during the 1960s, when Democrats John F Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson, and ...
The Georgia peanut farmer turned politician won Texas’ 26 electoral votes in ... of human being that needs to be president,” John Pouland, Carter’s state coordinator for the 1976 Democratic ...