Tribpedia: Dolph Briscoe Jr

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Dolph Briscoe, Jr. (1923-2010) was a rancher, businessman and the 40th governor of Texas. A Democrat, he served from 1973 to 1979. As of 2009, he was the oldest living, former governor in Texas.

Briscoe was born in Uvalde, Texas to a prominent Texas rancher.  He died in his family home, June 27, 2010.

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Texas' Energy Lessons From the 1970s

Steam rises from the stacks at the Martin Lake Coal-Fired Power Plant in Tatum, TX March 30, 2011.
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Steam rises from the stacks at the Martin Lake Coal-Fired Power Plant in Tatum, TX March 30, 2011.

Unrest in the Middle East, rising oil prices and frustration with federal energy policy — for Texans of a certain age, today’s headlines must seem like déjà vu all over again. Today’s situation is far less severe than the aftermath of the 1973 Arab oil embargo. But Texans can still learn energy lessons from the 1970s, among them that the fuels that seem like a wise choice today may cause trouble tomorrow.

Former Texas governors (from left): Preston Smith, Mark White, Dolph Briscoe, and Bill Clements.
Enlarge photo by: Bob Daemmrich
Former Texas governors (from left): Preston Smith, Mark White, Dolph Briscoe, and Bill Clements.

Mark White Remembers the Late Dolph Briscoe

  • by Jennifer Stayton
Former Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr., who died Sunday at age 87, was a genuine, intelligent and thoughful man whose hands-off style and moderate politics were right for the Texas of his time. So says another former governor, Mark White, who talked on Monday to Jennifer Stayton of KUT News.
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TribLive: A Conversation with Julián Castro

For the third event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the mayor of San Antonio about the big issues facing the nation's seventh-largest city, how his early notions of the job squared with the reality of being in it, his age, his ethnicity, his party affiliation in a nonpartisan office and, of course, his future plans.

Jim Mattox and Ann Richards
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Jim Mattox and Ann Richards

Primary Races Tend to Be Bloody

Ask a Republican who’s not on Gov. Rick Perry or Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s payroll about the 2010 governor’s primary, and you’ll get a response about a well-timed trip to Palm Springs in early March, when the two candidates square off. Party faithful want to stay above the fray: Primary challenges to longstanding incumbents tend to get rough quick.