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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...LARRY COMBEST (R) District 19 (Western Panhandle--parts of Lubbock and Amarillo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TEXAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...19th District is a mix of Old West machismo and Sun Belt sophistication--home to oil, Cowboy Mornings, agribusiness and Texas Tech. Like the district's economic prosperity, Combest's political success comes from expertise in old and new technologies: he was John Tower's agricultural-affairs specialist, is a member of the Agriculture Committee and chairman of the Select Intelligence Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TEXAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...wanting Larry Combest to be unopposed for the third time in the past six years, Sawyer, a public-health statistician, jumped into the fray. He urges citizens of this heavily agricultural district to take a hard look at what Republicans have not done for them, arguing that the kind of loose regulation that G.O.P. power brokers like Combest promote is a raw deal for farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TEXAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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