Describe the history of the two main political parties in Texas and the periods when each was dominant.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The Republican Party controlled state politics from the end of the Civil War until the end of Reconstruction.
2. After Reconstruction, the Democratic Party ruled for more than 100 years.
3. In 1961, Jim Hightower became the first Republican to win a state-wide race in Texas since the Reconstruction Era.
4. In 1978 Bill Clements became the first elected Republican governor of Texas in 105 years, after the Democratic Party fissured between the liberal and conservative wings of the party.
5. The Republican Party became better organized during the Reagan presidency, and in 1994 it began to control state-wide political offices. By 2003, it controlled the legislature.
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