state of colorado answer each question

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Answer the following questions. For each question, make sure you include a link showing where you obtained the information.

  1. Pick any Texas Governor other than Greg Abbott. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Texas)
  2. Include a picture of the governor.
  3. Name the political party this governor represented.
  4. List any governmental positions held prior to becoming governor
    1. Name the dates the positions were held
  5. Personal information
    1. Date of Birth, Death (if deceased)
    2. Birthplace
    3. Education
  1. Gubernatorial Elections or assuming of office
    1. Indicate how he came into office (won election, assumed governorship upon death or resignation of…)
    2. For each of his gubernatorial elections, include the following
    1. Indicate for many years this person served as governor.
    2. What part of the Texas Constitution (article and section) discusses how the governor is elected?
  1. Vetoes
    1. Write a one-paragraph summary on a particular bill that your governor vetoed.
    1. What part of the Texas Constitution (article and section) discusses the gubernatorial veto?
  1. Write a two-paragraph (single-spaced) summary of any speech given by this governor. In your summary be sure to note any policy positions or social views the governor takes. For what is the governor trying to argue? What is the governor’s agenda in the speech? Include the text of the speech below your summary.
  2. Find one op-ed published in a newspaper about the tenure of this governor. It must be an op-ed, not just a website about the governor (no Wikipedia, for example). Summarize the OP-ED in a three-paragraph essay the argument of the op-ed. Include a link to the op-ed.

NOTE: Do not cut and paste anything for this assignment. The summaries are to be in your own words after you have read and learned about the topic. Those who cut and paste or in any other way plagiarize will be subject to a 0 and failure of the course.

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Running head: GEORGE BUSH AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

George Bush as governor of Texas
Name
Institution
Course
Date

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GEORGE BUSH AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

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1) George W. Bush (1995-2000).
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Photo and name sourced from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Texas
3) George’s political party- Republican
4) Positions he had held before becoming governor- None
5) Personal information (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush)
Date of Birth; July 6th 1946
Walker’s birthplace; New Haven, Connecticut
His higher education; Yale University and Harvard Business School
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Gubernatorial Elections or assuming of office
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush)
1. George W. Bush won the gubernatorial election in the State of Texas in 1995.
2. He had two gubernatorial elections; one in 1994 and the other in 1998 and won
in both instances.
1. The years George Bush served as the governor of Texas; 1995-2000

GEORGE BUSH AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

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2. Texas Constitution (article and section) on governor election; Article 4,
Section 4. (https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.4.htm)
1. Veto
1. One bill that Governor George Bush vetoed in Texas
(http://texasprobate.net/97leg/vetoed.htm)
Governor Bush v...


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