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Identifier: e_cle_000700
Title: Results of the 1978 General Election by Texas county
Description: Results of the 1978 General Election by Texas county. Lists total votes for the General Election of 1978 by county in Texas for the U.S. Senate, Texas Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Railroad Commission. The item also includes a list of presidential election results in Texas for the following years: 1848, 1852, 1856, 1860, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1916.
Page Count: 4
Subject Name: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991, Hill, John L., 1923-2007, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Hobby, Bill, 1932-, White, Mark, 1940-, Wallace, Mack, Poerner, John, Baker, James A. III, Krueger, Robert, 1935-, Marshall, Gaylord, Lacy, James W.
Subject Topic: Election, Voting
Time Period: "Gubernatorial Campaign, 1977-1978"
Themebook Term(s): John Hill, Bill Hobby, Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_000407
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Utility charge fuels TV debate," October 12, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Utility charge fuels TV debate," by Bob Tutt, Houston Chronicle, October 12, 1982, wherein Mark White and Governor Clements debate utility companies charging their customers for fuel costs.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Tutt, Bob
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Election, Campaign debates
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_001203
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements' war chest doubles total of 3 leading challengers," April 2, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping from Fort Worth Star-Telegram headlined "Clements' war chest doubles total of 3 leading challengers," April 2, 1982, by Lee Jones and Ron Hutcheson, regarding campaign donations received by Texas candidates for statewide offices including governor, lieutenant governor, and treasurer. Article lists major contributors to statewide races. Includes Clements' office filing form.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Jones, Lee
Contributor: Railroad Commission of Texas, Temple, Buddy
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Election, Campaign donations
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_000406
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements, White both claim victory after third debate," October 18, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements, White both claim victory after third debate," Houston Chronicle, October 18, 1982. The third gubernatorial debate involves both candidates blaming each other for a water shortage, illegal immigration, deteriorating highways, joblessness, and budget shortfalls.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Associated Press
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Election, Campaign debates
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_000480
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined: "Teachers' group out to unseat Clements", El Paso Times, August 14, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined: "Teachers' group out to unseat Clements", El Paso Times, August 14, 1982. The Texas Federation of Teachers hopes to oust Clements and elect Mark White with a fundraising effort called the "Beat Bill Clements Club".
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Election, Teachers
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_000505
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined:"Prison reform keeps surfacing", March 29, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined: "Prison reform keeps surfacing," Austin American-Statesman, March 29, 1982. Prison overcrowding and funding is a major issue in the 1982 election year.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas Prison System
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding, Election
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_001088
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Favorable campaign polls fuel confidence of toned-down Clements," January 12, 1986
Description: Austin American Statesman clipping headlined, "Favorable campaign polls fuel confidence of toned-down Clements," by Dave McNeely, January 12, 1986, concerning Bill Clements' "Calm Campaign" which he used when running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1986.
Page Count: 1
Creator: McNeely, Dave
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Election
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"

Identifier: e_cle_012224
Title: Handwritten letter from Larry N. Gainer to William P. Clements, Jr., [1986]
Description: Handwritten letter from Larry N. Gainer to William P. Clements, Jr., [1986]. Regarding the upcoming election between William P. Clements, Jr. and Mark White and issues related to oil prices and the oil drilling industry. Larry N. Gainer informs Clements that he and his family will be voting for Clements in the upcoming election and that he used to an employee of SEDCO.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Gainer, Larry N.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Clements, Ben Gill, White, Mark, 1940-, Reagan, Ronald
Subject Topic: Petroleum products--Prices, Election, Governors--Election, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO, Mark White, Ronald Reagan

Identifier: e_cle_000501
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White pounds utility rates," October 31, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, "White pounds utility rates," by Jimmy Brown, Gladewater Mirror, October 31, 1982. Mark White brings up the major election issue of utility rates and the fuel adjustment clause, citing Clements favoring utility companies at the cost of voters.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Brown, Jimmy
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Texas. Public Utility Commission
Subject Topic: Public utilities, Election
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_000822
Title: Open letter from Lester Roloff to followers supporting the Clements Campaign, September 17, 1982
Description: Open letter from Lester Roloff supporting the Clements Campaign, September 17, 1982. Regarding Clements support for Roloff and his youth homes. He also urges the election of Bill Meier due to his opposition of Mark White.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Roloff, Lester, 1914-1982
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Roloff, Lester, 1914-1982
Subject Topic: Election, Political endorsements, Religion and state
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_000460
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "TSTA backing White; Clements unimpressed," August 1, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "TSTA backing White; Clements unimpressed," August 1, 1982, from the Hood County News, Granbury, Texas. Clements loses support of teachers about the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA), calling them "pro union."
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, O'Neal, Barbara, Texas State Teachers' Association
Subject Topic: Education, Secondary, Election
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, Education Reform

Identifier: e_cle_005084
Title: Memo from Jarvis E. Miller and David Herndon, to William P. Clements, regarding Opening Special Session to Texas Research League's Proposal for College Construction Funding, May 22, 1982
Description: Memo from Jarvis E. Miller and David Herndon to William P. Clements, regarding Opening Special Session to Texas Research League's Proposal for College Construction Funding, May 22, 1982
Page Count: 1
Creator: Miller, Jarvis E. (Jarvis Ernest), 1929-, Herndon, David
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Election, Education, Higher
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_000459
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, "Clements call to fuel campaign," Terrell Tribune, August 27, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements call to fuel campaign," Terrell Tribune, August 27, 1982. Clements calls a special session to deal with the state's unemployment fund, and is commented upon by Mark White.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Election
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

Identifier: e_cle_000414
Title: Newspaper clipping, "White charges Clements has killed Arkansas water deal," McAllen Valley Evening Monitor, June 15, 1982
Description: Newspaper clipping,"White charges Clements has killed Arkansas water deal," McAllen Valley Evening Monitor, June 15, 1982. Mark White, Democratic nominee for governor, attacks Clements for "killing" a deal to purchase water from Arkansas and accuses him of blocking attempts to resolve a lawsuit about prison reform.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Asher, Ed
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, White, Mark, 1940-
Subject Topic: Election, Water rights, Prisons
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White

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