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TEXAS: A Version Of VA's No Car Tax Slogan
Land Commis. Garry Mauro (D), "far behind in the polls but predicting victory,
launched his bid" to unseat Gov. George W. Bush (R). Mauro "faulted" Bush for
backing tax increases and other policies that he said "are too costly for average Texans."
Bush will announce his reelection bid next month. The opening day of Mauro's campaign
took him to Dallas, Houston, Austin and Waco (Attlesey, Dallas Morning News,
11/18). Mauro outlined a plan that he hopes will cut Bush's big lead. "The plan includes
elimination of the motor vehicle sales tax; a 'patient's bill of rights'; a pay raise for
teachers and money to build school facilities; and a fight to end the automatic parole of
prison inmates" (Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle, 11/18). (Back to Contents)
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TEXAS: A Version Of VA's No Car Tax Slogan
Land Commis. Garry Mauro (D), "far behind in the polls but predicting victory,
launched his bid" to unseat Gov. George W. Bush (R). Mauro "faulted" Bush for
backing tax increases and other policies that he said "are too costly for average Texans."
Bush will announce his reelection bid next month. The opening day of Mauro's campaign
took him to Dallas, Houston, Austin and Waco (Attlesey, Dallas Morning News,
11/18). Mauro outlined a plan that he hopes will cut Bush's big lead. "The plan includes
elimination of the motor vehicle sales tax; a 'patient's bill of rights'; a pay raise for
teachers and money to build school facilities; and a fight to end the automatic parole of
prison inmates" (Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle, 11/18). (Back to Contents)
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Democrat Mauro to Run for Governor of Texas
HOUSTON (Reuters) - State Comptroller Garry Mauro said Monday he would run to be the Democratic
candidate against popular Republican Gov. George W. Bush next year.
Mauro, 49, told supporters at a rally he would eliminate the sales tax on motor vehicles and raise teacher
salaries by $5,000 a year in a program he called "Texas Families First."
He said he would pay for the changes by hiking taxes on cigarettes and liquor and freezing state
spending.
Mauro has been state comptroller since 1982. He is a longtime friend and political ally of President
Clinton and ran his presidential campaigns in Texas in 1992 and 1996.
Newspaper polls this year have shown him trailing Bush by a large margin, but the election is nearly a
year away. No other Democrat has entered the race.
"Why do I seek this office? It's not because George Bush is not a nice man. He is. It's simply because he
and I have a different vision of what's important for this great state," Mauro said.
Bush, son of former President George Bush, is considered a possible candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination in 2000, but has said he will run for a second term as governor.
Mauro said he would also seek laws giving people more say about their medical care under health
maintenance organizations and a state ban on taxes on food and prescription drugs. He also called for a
$2 billion investment in schools and a "war" on street gangs.
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TEXAS: Bush's 52 Points Of Lead
A Scripps Howard Texas poll, conducted 10/27-11/7 surveyed 1,000 adult Texans;
margin of error +/- 3%. Subsample: 793 regis. voters; +/- 4% (release, 11/15). Tested:
Gov. George W. Bush (R) and Land Commis. Gary Mauro (D).
General Election Matchup
If Reelected, Should
RVs
Bush Run For WH 2000?
Bush
68%
All
Mauro 16
Yes 51%
Undecided 14
No
31
Bush Job
Why Do Approve of Bush
Rvs Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Like His Ideas 23% (RVs only)
Approve
71% 54% 86% 71% 72% 68%
Don't Know
10
Disapprove
25
38
13
25
25
25
He's Sincere 9
Heard Nthng Bad 9
How Are Race Relations In
His Character 8
Texas?
Excel/Good 25%
Affirm. Action Prgrms
Fair
47
Favor/Oppose.
Poor
25
Favor 48%
Don't Know 3
Oppose 42
Affirmative Action Programs
Addition] Effrt Needed
Fair/Unfair.
For Workplace Equality?
Fair 33%
Yes 23%
Unfair 56
No
72
Do Illegal Immigrants Steal Jobs
Should U.S. Use Military
Or Take Jobs Nobody Wants?
To Patrol The Borders?
Steal Jobs
36%
Favor/Strongly Favor 52%
Jobs Nodody Wants 53
Oppose
43
When ex-Gov. Ann Richards (D) ran in '90, "she never trailed Republican Clayton
Williams by more than" 15 points, even "in the darkest days" (Ratcliffe, Houston
Chronicle, 11/15). Mauro says, TX politics "is full of come-from-behind" wins: "I could
give you a whole scenario where Dolph Briscoe was unbeatable, Bill Clements was
unbeatable, Clayton Williams was unbeatable [and] Ann Richards was unbeatable.
And now George Bush is unbeatable" (Wallace, Waco Tribune-Herald, 11/17).
Dallas Morning News' Slater reports, Bush points to his first-term record as why he
should be reelected, saying "he's succeeded" in "improving education, curbing juvenile
crime, limiting lawsuits, reforming welfare and significantly reducing property taxes."
Critics say he "appropriated issues" led by legis. leaders and "failed once he stepped out
on his own," with a "high-profile" push for a 40% cut in school property taxes. Bush,
"disappointed his proposal failed," said the compromise he got as a result led "amounted
to the largest tax cut in state history" (11/16).
That's What Friends Are For
Mauro, who worked with Pres. Clinton and HRC on the '72 George McGovern
campaign in TX, has drawn support from the Clintons for his bid. HRC hosted a DC
fundraiser and "plans to follow it later this month" in CA, and Clinton pollster Mark
Penn "has signed on to the race." Why? "Friendship for one thing. But friendship will
take you only so far in politics." With "handicappers" forecasting Bush V. Gore for WH
2000, the WH "camp figures it couldn't hurt to prick" Bush in '98 or "to road-test
campaign tactics that Gore might want to use two years later" (Tumulty, Time, 11/24
issue). (Back to Contents)