Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1986 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986 to select the Governor of the State of Texas. Republican Bill Clements, who previously served one term as governor: having been elected in 1978, reclaimed the governorship and was elected to a second nonconsecutive term over the Democratic incumbent, Governor Mark Wells White in their rematch; as White had defeated Clements four years earlier in 1982. White, who had been elected governor in the Texas gubernatorial election, 1982, faced several controversies during his administration--most notably the "No Pass/No Play" controversy, which was originally pushed by H. Ross Perot and fellow Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby. Besides, White's defeat in the 1986 election, the rest of the fellow Texas Democrats were re-elected in their down-ballot statewide posts.. }
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- Texas_gubernatorial_election,_1986 abstract "The 1986 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986 to select the Governor of the State of Texas. Republican Bill Clements, who previously served one term as governor: having been elected in 1978, reclaimed the governorship and was elected to a second nonconsecutive term over the Democratic incumbent, Governor Mark Wells White in their rematch; as White had defeated Clements four years earlier in 1982. White, who had been elected governor in the Texas gubernatorial election, 1982, faced several controversies during his administration--most notably the "No Pass/No Play" controversy, which was originally pushed by H. Ross Perot and fellow Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby. Besides, White's defeat in the 1986 election, the rest of the fellow Texas Democrats were re-elected in their down-ballot statewide posts.".