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This 5 page paper looks at Texas politics by looking at three governors: W. Lee O'Daniel, Coke Stevens, and Beauford Jester. How conservatism played a role in Texas politics is the focus of attention. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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reigned. The politics at the time involved corruption and racism. Three examples of how this unfolded are in the gubnertorial candidacies of W. Lee ODaniel, Coke Stevens, and Beauford
Jester. For each of these candidates who would be governor of the state of Texas, there is a story about how they moved up the ranks and how they changed
politics in the state forever. Of course, according to a student writing on this subject, there was a shift from the 1950s on when politics would become less conservative. First,
a look at ODaniel helps to support this thesis. ODaniel was actually a business man who was worth about half a million dollars by the time he decided to run
for office (Green, 1984). Yet, he possessed a country boy look but that was not who he really was (Green, 1984). In other words, the people thought they were getting
a good boy who could be molded. Instead, they were getting someone who was well beyond his years in terms of political prowess. When ODaniel selected Joe Kunschik as labor
secretary there had been a lot of complaints (Green, 1984). One problem with which ODaniel had to deal is aligned with taxation. It seems that he believed originally that the
tax revenue was enough, but in the end it turned out that a raise in taxes was in order (Green, 1984). In the end, rather than raising the taxes on
the people as a whole, he raised it solely on businesses (Green, 1984). ODaniel was seemingly a candidate with a high sense of morals. He complained that the Liquor Control
Board was not doing its job (Green, 1984). To top things off, when running against Johnson, it seems that Johnson was able to corral the black vote, despite the fact
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