by Jan Reid
Texas governor’s election of 1994: and AR’s campaign debt, 407; and AR’s concession speech, 402, 405; AR’s plans for, 268, 316–317; and AR’s public approval rating, 315; AR’s reelection campaign for, 317, 352, 376, 380–381, 387, 389, 390, 396–398, 399, 400–405, 415, 417; and AR’s reelection plans, 317–318, 331, 355, 374; and George W. Bush, 338, 380, 383–384, 388, 389, 391, 396, 397–398, 399, 400, 405, 406; debate during, 399–400, 401, 402
Texas governor’s election of 1998, 231, 423
Texas Highway Department, 93, 94
Texas Homestead Act, 385
Texas Legislature: AR’s relationship with, as Texas governor, 309, 310, 315, 316, 320–321, 322, 373–374, 374, 394; and campaign contributions, 68; and Dirty Thirty, 68–69; and prison system, 320–321; productivity of, 309; and salaries of officials, 67; and special sessions, 307–308, 315
Texas Medical Association, 305
Texas Monthly: on AR as Texas governor, 285–286, 298, 309; on AR as Travis County commissioner, 89–90; and AR’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle, 338–339, 340; and Bradley, 94; and Cartwright, 48, 140; and Cisneros, 172; on Earle, 353; and Guerrero, 213; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 210, 226, 239–240, 339; on Vidor, 338
Texas National Guard, 347–348, 371–373
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), 306, 307, 396
Texas Nature Conservancy, 289
Texas Observer: and AR’s support for death penalty, 320; Holley as editor of, 278; and Ivins, 46, 104, 131–132; and Lyndon Johnson, 25, 74; and Randolph, 16; and Rapoport, 287; David Richards’s Mattox essay for, 230–232
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, 289–290, 306
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 306
Texas Railroad Commission, 250, 276, 342–343, 354
Texas Rangers, 41, 227, 294–295, 298, 299, 370,
Texas Rangers baseball team, 243, 379, 398
Texas Republican Party: and AR’s environmental policy, 367; and AR’s public approval rating, 315; electoral power of, 273; and harassment and logjamming tactics, 369; and Karen Hughes, 368–369; and Hutchison, 358; and open-records requests, 389, 390, 391; and redistricting, 308
Texas State Board of Insurance, 282, 283–284
Texas State Cemetery, 421, 423–424, 425
Texas state treasurer, Ann Richards as: and AR’s campaign debt, 147; AR’s campaign for,xvii, 120, 126–131, 132, 133–134, 183, 253; and AR’s Christmas party, 154–155; AR’s election as,xviii, 135, 135, 136, 137; and AR’s fiscal restraint, 322; and AR’s modernization policies, 148–149, 173; AR’s reelection in 1986, 166–167, 327; and AR’s relationship with Mauro, 140–141; and AR’s staff meetings, 138, 140, 147; and AR’s transition team, 146–148; and election of 1990, 241–242, 257; and history of office, 128–129, 130, 141
Texas Supreme Court, 69, 234, 279–281, 307
Texas Tribune, 228
Texas Water Commission, 281, 284, 304, 414
Texas Water Development Board, 304
Texas Water Well Drillers Board, 304
Third Coast, 106, 149, 150
Thompson, Bill, 400
Thornburgh, Dick, 343
Thornton, Bob, 182
Threadgill, Kenneth, 35
Tiede, Saralee, 209
Time, 158
tobacco settlement, 410–413
Tolleson, Mike, 50
Tom Horn (film), 192
Tomlin, Lily, 182, 183, 185–186, 223, 327, 329, 414, 422
Tower, John, 27–28, 70, 122, 131, 354
Toxic Release Inventory, 304–305
Travis County Alcohol Counseling Service, 117
Travis County commissioner, Ann Richards as: AR’s 1980 reelection for, xvii, 96, 122; and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 113; AR’s campaign for, 81–87; and AR’s change of focus, 89–90; and AR’s constituent mail, 105–106; AR’s election to, 82, 87, 292; AR’s paycheck from, 127; and AR’s policy priorities, 91–94; and AR’s relationship with road crew, 88–91; and AR’s speeches, 91; and AR’s staff, 90; and functions of commissioner’s court, 90
Travis County Jail, 92
Travis County Services for the Deaf, 92
Truman, Harry, 1, 8, 30
Tuchman, Barbara, 341
Tucker, Karla Faye, 201
Tutu, Desmond, 356
Twenty-Sixth Amendment, 84
Umphrey, Walter, 249–250, 289
United Nations, 95
University of Texas Lady Longhorn basketball team, 291
University of Texas Young Democrats, 15, 20, 22, 43, 409
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), 371–373
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 24–25
U.S. Congress, 412–413
U.S. Energy Department, 364, 365–366
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 366–367
U.S. Justice Department, 308, 318, 321, 322, 412
U.S. Supreme Court, 40, 76–77, 127, 222, 231, 319
Valenti, Jack, 329
Vance, Arthur, 242
Verghese, Abraham, 356
Verhovek, Sam Howe, 357
Verner, Lipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, 411–412, 413
Vietnam Veterans against the War, 54
Vietnam War,xviii, 59–60, 84, 108, 123, 134, 378, 398–399
Vincent, Fay, 380
Voting Rights Act, 273, 308
Voudouris, Johnny, 81, 86, 87, 88
Vulcan Gas Company, 47
Waco, Texas, AR’s childhood and youth in, 1, 3, 5–6
Waco Horror, 7
Waco League of Women Voters, 8
Wade, Henry, 77, 100
Wagner, Jane, 182
Walker, Edwin, 30–31
Walker, Jerry Jeff, 48, 54, 58–59, 266, 271, 300, 341
Walker, Julia, 50
Walker, Stanley, 51
Walker, Susan, 266, 300, 341
Wallace, George, 72
Wallace, Henry, 23
Warner, Margaret, 377
Washington, Craig, 230
Washington, Jesse, 6–7
Washington Gridiron Show, 331
Watergate scandal, 70, 71, 85, 131, 230
Webb, Walter Prescott, 423
Weddington, Ron, 72
Weddington, Sarah: AR as chief of staff for, 78–80, 81, 95, 289; and AR’s dinner for Queen of England, 301; and AR’s election as Travis County commissioner, 82; AR working on 1972 campaign of, xviii, 72–73, 75, 76, 83; and Carter, 103; and Foundation for Women’s Resources, 97; and Hutchison, 242; and Roe v. Wade, xviii, 77
Weiser, Dan, 230
Weller, Peter, 301
Wells, Nat, 20
West, Royce, 374
White, Bill, 366
White, John, 100
White, Mark: and Bullock, 141, 144; and Fainter, 359; and McKinnon, 212; political strength of, 144; as Texas governor, 165–166, 230–231, 284, 316; and Texas governor’s election of 1982, 124, 134, 135, 137; and Texas governor’s election of 1986, 165–166, 212, 287; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 213, 214, 222, 225, 225, 227, 228, 229, 241, 251, 383, 392, 398
Whitmire, John, 320, 321
Whitten, Lynn, 33, 46, 146, 147
Whitten, Sam: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 112; AR’s eulogy for, 155–156; AR’s friendship with, 33, 43, 45–47, 46; career of, 21–22, 43; and Celebration of Life, 60; death of, 155
Whitten, Virginia: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 112; and AR’s election as Travis County commissioner, 88; AR’s friendship with, 22, 28, 33, 35, 43, 45–47, 121; and AR’s letters from Europe, 62; and Celebration of Life, 60; death of, 173; early career of, 21–22
Wiley, Mary Margaret, 25
Wilkinson, David Marion, 370
Williams, Clayton Wade, 236
Williams, Clayton Wheat, Jr.: as cattle rancher, 236–237; education of, 235, 239; and environmental management, 238; family background of, 233–235, 239; and handshake incident, 252; income taxes of, 250, 255, 256, 257; “Joys of Bustin
’ Rocks” anticrime ad campaign of, 238; and oil and gas business, 235–236, 250–251, 255; and primary campaign of 1990, 237–239, 240, 243; and rape quote, 240, 251, 252; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 233, 234, 237–239, 240, 241–242, 249, 250–252, 255, 256, 259, 260, 287, 315, 339, 379, 383, 398, 403, 416; and whorehouses, 240–241, 252
Williams, Clayton Wheat, Sr., 233–234
Williams, Damian “Football,” 335
Williams, Modesta, 235, 236
Williams, Monte: and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 248, 255, 261; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 214–215, 216, 218, 223, 228, 247
Williams, Oscar Waldo, 233
Williams, Paul, 147, 210, 213, 249, 250, 275, 357
Williams, Robin, 381
Williamson, Barry, 343–344, 345, 347
Willis, Cecil, 3–5, 7, 12, 211, 272, 384, 385
Willis, Iona Warren, 3–5, 7, 12, 17, 19, 211, 272
Willis, Jimmie, 1, 2, 86
Wilson, Charlie, 312, 423
Wilson, Eddie, 35, 44–45, 47–48, 49–50, 54, 87–88, 104
Wilson, Genie, 44
Wilson, James, 390
Winegarten, Ruthe, 28, 148, 156–161
Wittliff, Bill, 329
Wofford, Harris, 343
women’s movement. See feminism
Wood, Buck, 85
Wooley, John, 93–94, 128
World War II, 3–5, 8
Wright, Jim, 27, 142, 184
Wynne, Gordon, 178, 183
Yarborough, Don, 28
Yarborough, Ralph: and Bentsen, 123–124; and Connally, 28, 32; and Evelyn Wanda Johnson, 94; and Lyndon Johnson, 16–17, 39–40; and liberal Texas Democrats, 13, 17, 273; and McPherson, 411; and David Richards, 13; and Tower, 131
Yellow Dog Democrats, 77
Yontz, Caryl, 72, 78
Young, Bill, 258
Zabel, Doug, 79–80
Zaffirini, Judith, 288
Zanuck, Richard, 329
Zeugin, Sharon, 402
