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Texas: Commissioners of Agriculture

Texas Commissioners of Agriculture, 1950-2010 (May be incomplete!)
John C. White 1951-77 Reagan V. Brown 1977-82 Rick Perry 1991-98 Susan Combs 2004

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1950: John C. White (Dem), elected.
  • 1988: Kent Hance (Rep), elected.
  • 1990: Rick Perry, elected.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Marvin Gregory (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Rick Perry (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Rick Perry (Rep), elected; Marvin Gregory (Dem), defeated; Clyde L. Garland (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1998 Mar 10: L. P. 'Pete' Patterson (Dem), nominated; Ernesto L. De Leon (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Susan Combs (Rep), nominated; Hamp Hodges (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Susan Combs (Rep), elected; L. P. 'Pete' Patterson (Dem), defeated; Jimmy T. LaBaume (Libertarian), defeated; Michael J. Yarbrough, defeated.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Tom Ramsay (Dem), nominated; Ernesto L. De Leon (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Susan Combs (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Susan Combs (Rep), elected; Tom Ramsay (Dem), defeated; Jane Woodward Elioseff (Green), defeated; Vincent J. May (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Todd Staples (Rep), elected; Hank Gilbert (Dem), defeated; Clay Woolam (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Todd Staples (Rep), elected; Hank Gilbert (Dem), defeated; Richard C. Donaldson (Libertarian), defeated.
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