Who was the first Texas Republican elected in a statewide vote in the last half of the 20th century?

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John Tower was the first Texas Republican elected in a statewide vote in the last half of the 20th century when he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1961. William Clements was the first Republican governor elected in Texas since Reconstruction, but he was not elected until 1978. Rick Perry and John Cornyn were both elected to statewide offices in the 1990s.

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