AUSTIN, Sept. 18 -- -- AUSTIN, Sept. 18 -- Former governor Ann W. Richards, modern-day Texas's most famous Democrat, whose 1994 reelection loss to George W. Bush ignited his political career, was ...

There’s a good case to be made that Texas’s 1994 gubernatorial election is the most consequential event in the state’s modern history. On November 8, George W. Bush defeated Democrat Ann Richards by 7 ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — Ann Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity, died last night after a battle with cancer, a family spokeswoman said. She was ...

In July 1992, a Texas Monthly cover story touted then-Governor Ann Richards as presidential material. At a time when Democrats thought they’d conceded the 1992 presidential election by nominating a ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A family spokeswoman says former Texas Governor Ann Richards has died.She was 73.The spokeswoman says Richards died at home surrounded by her family. Richards was found to have ...

Taylor, 79, first performed her solo play “Ann,” about the former governor of Texas, in 2010. Now, she’s saying goodbye to the white suit. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Leading Ann Richards in 1990, he was ...