Texas has been a red state for the past twenty years, but with the recent announcement of Beto O’Rourke’s campaign, is there a chance the state will finally turn blue? The last time Texas saw a democratic Governor was Ann Richards, who took office in 1991 after defeating Republican Clayton Williams. A Baylor graduate, Richards was the first woman in fifty years to be elected to a statewide office, according to the University of Texas archive, when she became State Treasurer in 1986. She ultimately lost her re-election to George W. Bush in 1994. So, what exactly does this have
