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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bentsen has established some civil rights credentials early in his political career. The senator voted against the poll tax in 1949, a device used in the South too help disenfranchise Blacks by forcing citizens to pay for the right to vote...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Deep in the Heart of Texas | 7/15/1988 | See Source »

...know much about Bentsen, but I hear he's pretty good," Randon said. "I think Blacks will still support the Democratic ticket. There's no way I'm going to vote for Bush...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Deep in the Heart of Texas | 7/15/1988 | See Source »

...Bentsen is a traditional Texan conservative," Professor Julian Davis, chair of the Public Affairs Department at Prarie View A&M and a Jackson delegate. "His positions are more in line with Republicans. He's really popular in Texas. He has made some attemps to recognize the New South...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Deep in the Heart of Texas | 7/15/1988 | See Source »

...Bentsen will help Dukakis in Texas," Davis said. "I will go out on a limb and predict that Dukakis will carry Texas because of Bentsen...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Deep in the Heart of Texas | 7/15/1988 | See Source »

...that crazy about Jesse Jackson anyway," Ray Ingram said, an engineer in Houston. "I'm going to vote for Dukakis because "I'm a Democrat. I also like the fact that Lloyd Bentsen is a Texan...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Deep in the Heart of Texas | 7/15/1988 | See Source »

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