Garry Mauro
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Garry Mauro is an American Democratic Party politician from Texas, most noted for being the four-term commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 1983 to 1999 and for losing the 1998 Texas gubernatorial race to George W. Bush, who at that time had been governor since January 17, 1995.
Mauro, a native of Bryan, Texas, polled only 31 percent in the 1998 general election. His was the weakest Democratic showing in modern history. Mauro was a strong supporter of President Bill Clinton, who lost Texas in both his 1992 and 1996 campaigns. Outgoing Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, a fellow Democrat, had publicly urged Mauro not to seek the governorship against Bush and instead to seek reelection as land commissioner. Bullock said Democrats would have been better served had they left Bush unopposed. Bullock endorsed Bush that year.
Mauro currently practices private law in Austin, Texas.
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- ↑ Garry Mauro - New Politics Forum. Retrieved 20 February 2006.
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