POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Miriam A. Ferguson, Republican Congress, Radical Republican
13 Dec 2016
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Formal qualifications: article iv of the constitution stipulates that the governor must be: Citizen of the us (able to vote) Resident of texas for 5 years: like the legislature these qualifications are so broad that millions of texans could legally run for office. The social, economic, and political realities of the state require additional qualifications be met: some represent accomplishments, others are personal. These informal qualifications are similar to but more stringent than for members of the legislature. In short, a successful gubernatorial candidate will (probably) be: wasp (white, anglo-saxon protestant, male, conservative, democrat, attorney, involved in civic affairs, probably held some political office usually attorney general or lt. governor. To be able to hold pressures of being in office: is wealthy or has access to large sums of money. There has only been 2 female governors miriam ferguson and anne richards.
