Index
Italic page numbers refer to photographs.
The abbreviation AR in subheadings refers to Ann Richards.
abortion rights: AR’s support for, xxii, 77, 224, 316, 353, 354; and Costanza, 103; and Hutchison, 242; and Schlafly, 98; and Clayton Williams, 239
Abzug, Bella, 95, 98, 99, 102, 158
Acheson, Dean, 30
Adair, Red, 35
Adams, Abigail, 185–186
Adams, Bud, 336
Adams, Kent, 350
Adams, Kirk: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 181, 182–183; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 213; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 317, 381, 397, 404; and Congress Avenue Bridge march, 268; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and Krueger, 355; marriage to Cecile Richards, 121
Adams, Lily, 408; and AR’s concession speech for Texas governor’s election of 1994, 402; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx, 180, 181, 183, 185; and AR’s public memorial, 421; and Congress Avenue Bridge march, 268
Agribusiness Accountability Project, 131
Albright, Madeleine, 419
Alcoholics Anonymous: AR’s commitment to, xvii, 114, 119, 121, 133, 184, 193, 201, 246, 391; and AR’s relationship with Bullock, 310; and AR’s relationship with Shrake, 193, 246, 330; AR’s use of AA language in debates, 225–226; and Clark Richards, 117–119
Alderton, Charles, 7
Alexander, Donna, 180–182, 187–189
Allbaugh, Joe, 391
Allen-Shapiro, Janet, 215
Allred, James, 392–393
American Airlines, 329
American Civil Liberties Union, 33, 40, 104
American G.I. Forum, 348
Amnesty International, 393
Anderson, Jim, 167
Anderson, Joy, 167, 213, 274, 332, 339
Ann Richards Capital Council, 177
Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, 424
Another Pair of Aces (film), 299
Another Raw Deal, 109
Apple Computers, 324
Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority, 379
Armadillo World Headquarters, xviii, 49–50, 87, 88, 292
Armstrong, Anne, 241–242
Armstrong, Bob: and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 126–127, 128, 146; AR’s relationship with, 125, 126; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and Endangered Species Act, 366; and General Land Office, 131, 140, 168; and Mauro, 131, 140, 146; and Texas governor’s election of 1982, 124, 134
Ashby, Lynn, 383
Asleep at the Wheel, 266
Associated Republicans of Texas, 367
Attlesey, Sam, 165
Austin American-Statesman: and AR as Texas state treasurer, 156; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 133; and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 86; and Bullock, 126, 305; and Clements, 166; and Guerrero, 346; and Huber, 44
Austin Chronicle, 413–414
Austin Opry House, 246
Austin–Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, 91
Babbitt, Bruce, 366–367
Bailey, Chuck, 310, 311, 385, 386
Baker, Howard, 410–411, 412, 413
Barnes, Ben: AR at roast of, 70; and George W. Bush, 398–399; and Connally, 93; and Farenthold, 69–70; and Kralj, 106; as lieutenant governor, 73, 378; and Reid, 167; as Texas Democratic Party fund-raiser, 71
Barrientos, Gonzalo, 78
Barrow, Clyde, 406
Barton, Joe, 355
Barton Creek, 93
Barton Springs Pool, 93
Bashur, Reggie, 255
Bass, Nancy Lee, 301
Baylor University, 5–6, 8, 11–12, 14
Beach, Patrick, 126
Beatty, Warren, 145
Beaudine, Bob, 380
Beck, David, 20
Begala, Paul, 212
Benson, Ray, 193
Bentsen, Lloyd: AR’s appointment for Senate seat, 351–355; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 184; and Bill Clinton, 351, 353, 364; and John Hall, 304; Hutchison replacing, 358; lobbyist activity of, 411; and Jack Martin, 124, 258, 268; and presidential election of 1988, 175–176, 182, 187, 189, 190, 196, 209; and Quayle, 189; U.S. Senate election of 1982, 123, 134, 135, 137
Berkeley, Busby, 179
Biden, Joe, 175
Big Bend National Park, 34
Big Bend Ranch State Park, 238
Bingamon, Brant, 49, 52, 193, 194, 425
birth control movement, 75–77
black-capped vireos, 367
Blackland Army Air Field, 8
Blackmun, Harry, 77
Blakley, William, 27–28
blind salamanders, 366–367
Blueprint for the New Texas (Holley), 279, 307
Bonar, Ave, 265
Bonner, Cathy: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 179; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 248, 255; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 381, 387; and Bullock, 302; and Commerce Department, 274, 323, 324; and Foundation for Women’s Resources, 97; and South Padre Island strategy sessions, 268
Boone, Fletcher: and AR as governor, 265; as artist, 16, 299; and bridge parties, xv, 153; and Browne/Reid wedding, xvii; and Raw Deal, 101, 104, 109, 110; relationship with Libby, 110–111; and University of Texas Young Democrats, 20
Boone, Libby, xv, xvii, 110–111, 153
Boyle, Peter, 51
Boy Scout convention, 286
Bradley, Gary, 93–94, 128, 156, 166, 347, 367
Branch Davidians, 371–373
Brann, William Cowper, 6
Bright, H. R. “Bum,” 123
Briscoe, Dolph, 71, 91, 124, 129, 132, 292
British Medical Journal, 412
Brito, Billy, 348
Brito, Mario, 348
Brooks, Jack, 335
Brown, Reagan, 132
Browne, Dorothy: as AR’s aide, 269; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 177; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 248–249, 258; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 213, 214, 215, 218; and AR’s prison system policy, 319, 321, 322, 349–350; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 380–381; and AR’s support of death penalty, 320; and campouts, 57; and Gary Cartwright, 267, 299; as deputy director of Criminal Justice Division of governor’s office, 274–275, 392; and Naishtat, 417–418; and Reid, xv, xvii, 109–111; and substance abuse programs in prisons, 321, 392; and Texas Civil Liberties Union, xv, 104; as Treasury employee, 153–155, 167, 201
Browner, Carol, 414
Brown v. Board of Education (1954), 21
Bryce, Robert, 413–414
Bud Shrake West, 37
Bulldog Construction Company, 250
Bullock, Amelia, 125
Bullock, Bob: AR as rival of, 141, 172; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 127, 128; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 179; and AR’s dinner for Queen of England, 301–302; and AR’s ethics legislation, 291; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 385–387; AR’s relationship with, as Texas governor, 296, 302–303, 305, 307, 310–311, 358, 359, 373, 387; AR’s relationship with, as Texas state treasurer, 310; and AR’s State of the State address, 282, 283; and budget, 307, 308; death of, 423; early political career of, 106–108; and election of 1982, 124, 134, 135; and Endangered Species Act, 366; and environmental policy, 303–306; and lieutenant governor’s election of 1990, 241, 257–258, 260–261, 271; and Mauro, 131, 140, 168, 423; and prison system, 320; on public education, 302–303; and Rampton, 288; and redistricting, 308–309; relationship with legislature, 309; and Dan Richards, 111, 121; and Rieff, 274; and Scholz Garten, 337; and Preston Smith, 84–85; smoking of, 125, 306; and sobriety, 125–126, 271; and state income tax, 303, 308, 386; and Stravato, 277; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 170; as Texas Secretary of State, 84–86; and Texas State Cemetery, 425; and Mark White, 141, 144
Bullock, Jan, 301
Burger, Warren, 77
Burka, Paul: on AR as Texas governor, 285–286, 298, 309; and AR’s reelection plans, 268; and Connally, 273; and Hutchison, 360; on 60 Minutes profile of AR, 313; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 226, 285
Burnett, Warren, 49
Burns, Stoney, 40
Burundi, 356
Bush, Barbara, 240, 312, 331, 377, 378–379
Bush, George Herbert Walker: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx, 181, 184, 185, 186; and AR’s public approval rating, 315; AR’s relationship with, xxi; and James Baker, 123; and Clean Air Act, 305, 377–378; and Rodney King incident, 335; as Midland wildcatter, 235, 377; political career of, 377; and presidential election of 1988, xviii, 379; and presidential election of 1992, 317, 333, 343, 347, 363–364; public approval rating of, 333, 363; and Republican National Convention speech, 189; and Super Collider, 324, 365; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 405; as vice president, 122, 146; and Washington Gridiron Show, 331; at White House dinner, 312; and Clayton Williams, 240; World War II service of, 375–377
Bush, George W.: and AR’s cancer diagnosis, 418; and Bentsen, 123–124; and Bill Clinton, 363; and Hance, 122–123, 165, 378; and oil business, 378–379; and Perry, 243; presidential election of 2000, 398; on public education, 303, 393–394, 399, 403; relationship of, with father, 243, 377, 380; and Rove, 122, 123, 244, 378, 380, 391; sobriety of, 243, 378, 391; and Sununu, 243, 380; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 237, 238–239, 243–244, 379; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 338, 380, 383–384, 388, 389, 391, 396, 397–398, 399, 400, 405, 406; and Texas governor’s election of 1998, 231, 423; and Texas Rangers baseball team, 243, 379; and Clayton Williams, 243–244
Bush, Laura Welch, 123, 243, 378
Bush Exploration, 378
Butts, David, 84
Caldwell, Neil, 34
Campaign Techniques Institute, 96–97
Campbell, Earl, 199–200
capital punishment. See death penalty
Care Manor Hospital, 125–126
Carpenter, Liz, xix, 127, 128, 142, 185, 186
Carter, Jimmy: AR’s relationship with, xviii, 97–99, 102; and Bentsen, 124; and George W. Bush, 122, 378, 405; and Clements, 122; and Costanza, 97–98, 102–103; and Democratic National Convention of 1980, 108; and John Hall, 304; and Krueger, 354, 356; and Mattox, 100, 230; and Texas prisons, 278, 318; and Yontz, 78
Carter, Rosalynn, 95
Cartwright, Gary “Jap”: and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 81; and Bradley interview, 94; divorce of, 58; as friend of Richardses, 35, 37; interview with chimpanzee, 36, 37; and Mad Dog, 51–55; and McDuff, 320; as M. D. Shafter, 47; and Saritzky, 329; and Shrake, 35, 37–38, 39, 50, 51, 52, 58–59, 192, 194, 298, 299, 300; singing of, 267; star of, in sidewalk in Austin, 173; and Texas Monthly, 48, 140; trial of, 49–50; and Clayton Williams, 236–237
Cartwright, Phyllis McCallie, 58, 194, 267, 299
Carville, James, 212, 223, 229
Casey, Michael, 271
Cash, Johnny, 266
Cauble, Rex, 129
Center for Public Integrity, 413
Charly (film), 52
Chávez, César, 41
Chemical Bank, 324
Chemical Council, 284
Cheney, Shelia, 109
Chevron, 324
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, 235
Christian Right, 142
Circle C Ranch, 93
Cisneros, Henry, 145, 169, 172, 204, 255, 351–353, 358
Civil Rights Act, 273
Clark, Allen, 133–134
Clark, Guy, 49
Clark, Ramsey, 393
ClayDesta Communications, 235, 250
ClayDesta National Bank, 235
Clayton, Billy, 140
Clean Air Act, 281, 305, 377, 396
Clements, Bill: and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 133; and AR’s transition team, 269, 271; and Bullock, 134; and Cryer, 134–135; and Mattox, 230; and Mosbacher, 258; and prison system, 319; and Rains, 199, 237; and Rove, 123, 134–135, 165, 287–288; and Superconducting Super Collider, 365; as Texas governor, 122, 124, 166, 169, 249, 274, 278, 281, 282, 284, 287, 316, 391; and Texas National Guard, 348, 349; and Mark White, 124, 135, 141, 165, 166, 212, 227; and Clayton Williams, 240, 249
Clinical Research Bureau, 75
Clinton, Bill: and AR’s appearance at Washington Gridiron Show, 331; and AR’s death, 420; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 182; AR’s relationship with, as Texas governor, 333, 334, 335, 364, 365–366, 405; and Bentsen, 351, 353, 364; and Cisneros, 352, 353; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 343; and Krueger, 355–356; and McGovern, 71; and presidential election of 1992, 333, 334, 335, 340, 347, 363–364; and Super Collider, 364, 365–366; and tobacco lobbyists, 412
Clinton, Hillary Rodham: AR introducing speech of, 286; and AR’s esophageal cancer treatment, 418; and AR’s public memorial, 420; AR’s relationship with, xxii; and McGovern, 71; and presidential election of 1992, 333, 334, 335, 340; and universal health care bill, 405
Clinton, Sam Houston, 16, 43, 44, 103–104
Clower, Ron, 79
Clyde (private investigator), 171–172
Coffee, Linda, 77
Cole, Pat, 128, 227, 261, 268, 274, 320, 390
Coleman, Brady, 421
Coleman, Suzanne: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 177, 178, 179, 181; on AR’s political prospects, 202–204; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 213, 224; as AR’s speech-writer, xix, 128, 177, 202, 202, 274, 279, 332, 390; and AR’s transition to governing, 268; and junket to Mexico, 326; as Treasury employee, 153, 155, 178
Collins, Jim, 124
Colorado Democratic State Convention, 415
Colton, Frank, 76
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 305
Comanche Springs, 234
Commission for the Blind, 286
Communications Workers of America, 286
concealed handgun law, 373–374, 374, 394
Congress Avenue Bridge, AR’s march on, 268–269, 396–397
Coniglio, Anita, 72
Connally, John: and AR’s dinner for Queen of England, 301; AR’s parody of, 26; death of, 389; and Estates of Barton Creek, 93; and farmworkers’ march, 41; as governor, 69, 273, 283; and Kennedy’s Dallas trip, 32; and Nixon, 70, 71, 389; and David Richards, 38; and Texas governor’s election of 1962, 28; and Texas Rangers, 295; and Texas State Cemetery, 423; and Ralph Yarborough, 28, 32
consumer rights, 142
contraceptives, 75–77
Cook, Harold, 404
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 177, 348, 349
Cortés, Ernesto, 169
Cosby, Bill, 318
Costanza, Midge, 97–98, 102–103
Couric, Katie, 418
Cox, Jack, 28
Cranston, Alan, 158
Craymer, Dale, 278
Crenshaw, Ben, 330
Cryer, Bill: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 176, 180, 181, 187; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 251; and AR’s political prospects, 143–145, 170; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 213; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 400, 401, 402–403; AR’s relationship with, 332; as AR’s Texas governor staff, 275, 278; and Clements, 134–135; and Texas National Guard, 349; and Texas Republican Party charges, 369
Cuban Missile Crisis, 30
Cuomo, Mario, xix, 176, 178, 184, 339, 364, 405, 407, 410
Daily Oklahoman, 254
Dallas Committee for Peaceful Integration, 29
Dallas Crime Commission, 251
Dallas Morning News: and AR on redistricting, 308; and AR’s campaign for Texas governor’s election of 1990, 211, 381–382; and AR’s celebrity, 340; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx; conservatism of, 20; and Guerrero’s academic claims, 344, 345; and John F. Kennedy’s trip to Dallas, 32; and Mattox, 134, 229; and Shrake, 37; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 397; and Clayton Williams, 240, 241
Dallas Notes, 40
Dallas Times-Herald, 37, 229, 251, 252–253, 254, 260, 288–289
Davis, Edmund J., 67–68
Davis, Tom, 6
death penalty: and Allred, 392–393; and AR’s campaign for Texas governor, 222, 320; AR’s policy on, 332–333, 392, 393; and U.S. Supreme Court ruling, 319
DeMarco, Susan, 177
Democratic National Convention (1960), 23
Democratic National Convention (1980), 108
Democratic National Convention (1988), AR’s keynote speech, xviii–xxi, 176–187, 195–196, 201, 222, 223, 244, 253, 279, 377, 381, 421
Democratic National Convention (1992), 318, 339, 343
Democratic Party. See Texas Democratic Party
Democratic State Convention (1994), 396–397
Denny, Reginald, 335
Dickerson, Eric, 166
Dirksen, Everett, 24
Djerassi, Carl, 76
Dodd, Diane, 48
Dole, Bob, 411
Donaldson, Sam, 99
Dos Passos, John, 15
Douglas, William O., 40
Dow Chemical, 324
Dowd, Matthew, 315–316, 339, 385
Dowd, Maureen, 410–411
Draper, Robert, 380
Driscoll, Clara, 97
Dr Pepper, 7
Dukakis, Michael: AR associated with, 244, 251; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 182; and presidential election of 1988, xviii, xxi, 175–176, 177, 187, 189, 196, 209, 379, 400
Dukakis, Olympia, 175
Earl, Nancy, 291
Earle, Ronnie: and AR’s appointment for Bentsen’s Senate seat, 353–354; and AR’s ethics bill, 292–294; and Bullock, 125; and DeLay indictment, 360; and Harding, 133, 292; and Hutchison indictment, 356–357, 358, 359–361; and Mattox, 143, 231; and Public Integrity Unit, 125, 126, 133, 143, 292, 356–357, 360, 366; reputation of, 360
Eckhardt, Nadine, 139
Eckstein, Deece, 390
Edwards, Chet, 257
Eighth Amendment, 318
Eight Tray Gangster Crips, 335
Eisenhower, Dwight, 13, 16, 23, 24, 73, 243, 375
Elizabeth II (queen of England), 301–302, 379
Ellerbee, Linda, 182
Ely, Jane, 226
Enabling Act, 68
Endangered Species Act, 366–367
environmental policy: and AR as Travis County commissioner, 92–94; and AR’s appointments, 289, 304; and AR’s clean-air initiatives, 323; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 245, 249, 377–378, 382; and AR’s legislative agenda, 304–305, 307; and AR’s New Texas, 269, 281, 284, 414; and AR’s talks with Mexico, 326; and AR’s veto of anti-SOS bill, 367; and Reid, xv, 245, 377–378, 414; and Rieff, 274; and Texas Environment Department, 303–304; of Clayton Williams, 238
Environmental Protection Agency, 281, 303, 304–305, 414
Equal Rights Amendment, 95, 98–99
Erwin, Frank, 92, 108, 271, 287
Escalante, Mike, 407
Estrich, Susan, 176
Evans, Walker, 46
Excellence in Highway Design competition, 94
Fabelo, Tony, 392
Farenthold, Frances “Sissy,” 69–70, 71, 73, 83
Farmers and Ranchers for Property Rights, 367
Fath, Conrad, 87
Faulk, John Henry, 46, 46
FBI: and AR’s handgun practice, 266, 362; and Branch Davidians, 372–373; and Bullock, 125, 168, 288, 423; and Dallas Committee for Peaceful Integration, 29; and Hightower, 168, 242, 353; and Mauro, 168, 288, 353, 423; and Oswald, 30; and Rove, 122, 168, 242, 287–288, 343
Federal Highway Administration, 94
feminism: and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 128, 137; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 187; and AR’s election as Texas governor, xxii, xxiii; and AR’s political career, 81–82, 95, 121, 127, 147, 201; and AR’s rowdiness,xvii; diversity within, 159; and Roe v. Wade,xviii; and Weddington, 72, 95
Ferguson, Miriam “Ma,” 97, 392
Fero, Kelly, 170
Ferraro, Geraldine, 145, 145, 146, 176, 183
Fields, Jack, 355
Film Texas initiative, 329
First Friday, 46–47, 47, 53, 155, 156
First Gulf War, 243, 315, 333, 334, 363
Fisher, Richard, 229, 355, 361
Flying Punzars, 38, 39, 51, 58–59, 178–179, 341
Fort Hood, 8
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 37, 166, 335, 400
Foundation for Women’s Resources, 97
Foundation School Fund, 307
Fox, Michael J., 339
Franklin, Jim, 50
Fry, Segal, 104
Fugitive Squad, 370–371
Fulbright and Jaworski, 143, 231
Fulmore Junior High School, Austin, Texas, 16
Garner, Peggy, 304
Garrett, Johnny Frank, 393
General Motors, 322–323
Gent, Jody, 193
Gephardt, Dick, 175
Gergen, David, 340
Gilmore, Jimmie Dale, 380–381
Gingrich, Newt, 405
Gipson, Fred, 423
Glasscock, Bruce, 394
Glenn, John, 158
Goka, Jeanne, 424
Goldberg, Gary, 329
golden-cheeked warblers, 367
Golden Triangle, 335, 338, 395
Goldstein, Chris, 109
Goldstein, Gerry, 109–110
Goldwater, Barry, 30, 31, 33, 40, 41, 98, 122
González, Henry B., 21, 27, 137, 384, 385
Graham, Bette, 97
Graham, Billy, 11–12, 243, 378
Gramm, Phil, xxii, 123, 149, 212, 241, 242, 354
Grant, Ulysses S., 68
Green, Tom, 176
Greenberg, Sherri, 374
Gregg v. Georgia (1976), 142
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), 76–77
groundwater, and rule of capture, 234, 236
Guerrero, Lena: academic claims of, 343–347, 349, 350; and AR’s celebrity roast, 335; AR’s fund-raiser for, 345–346; AR’s relationship with, 128; and AR’s Texas governor’s election of 1990, 204, 212–213, 221, 247, 248, 342, 342; death of, 347; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 340, 343; and Rick Perry, 242; and Railroad Commission, 276, 342–343, 344, 345, 346, 347
Guthrie, Judith, 97
Gutiérrez, José Angel, 355
Halbert, Ellen, 276
Hale, Selden, 276–278, 277, 321–322, 349–350, 393
Hall, Jerry, 192
Hall, John, xv, 304, 306, 366, 421
Hance, Kent, 122–123, 165, 212, 237–238, 239, 354, 378
The Handbook of Texas, 69
Hannah, John, 131, 142, 230, 276, 339
Harding, Warren G.: and AR’s transition team, 146–148; and election of 1982, 132, 133, 292; as Texas state treasurer, 126, 129
Harken Energy, 379
Harley-Davidson motorcycle, 328, 338–339, 340
Harris, Fred, 131
Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book (Penick), 331
Hatch, John, 250
Hauser, Sandy, 116–117, 213, 231, 421–422
Haynes, Anthony, 147
hazardous waste, 281, 284, 303, 304, 305
Headliners Club, 86
Henley, Don, 381–382
Hennard, George, 369
Henry, O., 6
Henson, Jim, 409–410
Herman, Ken, 215
Hermann Hospital Estate, 171
Hernandez, Sonia, 274
Hershey, Terry, 290
Hickie, Jane: and AR as Travis County commissioner, 88, 90; and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 111, 112, 113, 381; and AR’s appointments, 274; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 127, 128, 129–130, 133; and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 83–84; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 177, 178, 179; AR’s friendship with, 90, 121, 381; and AR’s fund-raising, 177; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 246, 248, 383; AR’s political problems with, 382–384, 387; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 202, 210, 212, 227, 228, 229, 382–383; and AR’s prison policy, 319; and AR’s reelection plans, 317; and AR’s transition as Texas governor, 268; and AR’s transition team for Texas state treasurer, 146; and “Curtains” training school, 152, 196; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and Foundation for Women’s Resources, 97; and junket to Mexico, 326; and Krueger, 356; and Public Strategies, 414; and Super Collider, 364, 383; and Tomlin, 327; and trip to Europe, 151
Hickman, Harrison, 178, 182, 226, 247, 315–316, 397, 401–402
HIFI (Hunter Industrial Facilities, Inc.), 284
Hight, Bruce, 346
Hightower, Jim: and agricultural commissioner’s election of 1982, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 139; and agricultural commissioner’s election of 1990, 242–243, 247, 257, 258, 260, 275, 278; and AR’s appointment for Bentsen’s Senate seat, 353; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 177; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 214; as editor of Texas Observer, 131–132; liberal image of, 144; and Moya, 275; and Rove, 168, 242, 288
Hitler, Adolf, 375
Hobby, Diane, 301
Hobby, Oveta Culp, 73
Hobby, Paul, 302, 303, 308, 309, 310
Hobby, William P., Jr.: and AR on committee on delivery of human services, 92; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 127, 128; and AR’s dinner for Queen Elizabeth, 301; as AR’s mentor and friend, 73, 78, 124–125, 164, 169; and election of 1982, 134, 135, 137; and Houston Post, 73, 209; and Mauro, 140, 141; and Maverick, 74–75; political strength of, 73, 144; and Glenn Smith, 209, 210, 211, 212; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 169, 170–172, 201, 214
Hobby, William P., Sr., 73
Hogan, Ben, 37
Holley, Joe, 278–279, 307, 390
Hollings, Ernest, 158
Hollywood Women’s Political Committee, 327
Holmes, Zan, 287
Hoover, Herbert, 405
Hopper, Dennis, 51, 186, 197–198, 214, 219, 300, 330
Horses Association, 16
The Hot Spot (film), 330
House Hispanic Caucus, 348
Houston Chronicle: and AR as Texas governor, 284, 324, 332; and AR as Texas state treasurer, 156–157; and AR’s campaign for Texas governor, 226, 250, 261; and AR’s environmental policy, 367; and Bullock, 141; as competition for Houston Post, 209; and Criss, 359; and open-records requests, 389–390; and Super Collider, 365; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 394–395, 397, 400–401
Houston Post, 73, 176–177, 209, 210, 271, 383
Houston Press, 356–357
Hughes, Chris, 218, 220, 221, 226, 252, 331, 339
Hughes, Karen, 157, 358, 368–369, 391, 393
Hugley Earle, Twila, 292, 353–354, 358
Hunt, Lamar, 38
Hupp, Suzanna Gratia, 369–370
Hussein, Saddam, 245, 315, 347, 380
Hutchison, Kay Bailey: and AR’s dinner for Queen of England, 301; and George W. Bush’s decision to run for governor, 393; and destruction of State Treasury records, 356–357; indictment of, 356–360, 361; and public education, 399; and Rove, 241, 257, 343; and special election for U.S. Senate, 355–356; staff of, 356–357; and Texas state treasurer’s election of 1990, 241–242, 257; and U.S. Senate election of 1994, 361
Hutchison, Ray, 242
Hutton, Timothy, 339
ICM, 415
I’m Not Slowing Down (Ann Richards), 415
Infant-Parent Training Center, 92
Inman, Bobby Ray, 290
In-Prison Therapeutic Communities, 320–321
Institute of Texan Cultures, 97
insurance industry, reform of, 274, 282–284, 395
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 20
International Women’s Year (1975), 95
Ivins, Molly: and AR’s appointments, 288–289; and AR’s celebrity roast, 336–338, 384; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 252–253, 255; and AR’s private burial, 421; AR’s relationship with, 313–314, 338, 384; and Bullock, 85, 106; and George W. Bush, 378, 403; and campouts, 57; and Bill Clinton, 335–336; on Collins, 124; controversy surrounding, 384; Grand Canyon trip of, 421–422; and 60 Minutes profile on AR, 313; sobriety of, 421; on Texas governor’s election of 1994, 403; and Texas Observer, 46, 104, 131–132; and Watergate, 60
Ivy, Frank, 88
Jackson, Jesse, 175, 177, 182, 242, 333, 339
Jackson, Joaquin, 370
Jackson, LaVada, 301–302
Jagger, Bianca, 339
Jail Standards Commission, 92
James, Craig, 166
Jarboe, Jan, 239–240
Jaworski, Leon, 143
The Jay Leno Show, 329–330
Jenkins, Dan, 37, 173, 191, 192, 195, 197
Jenkins, June, 197
Jennings, Peter, 339
Jennings, Waylon, 49
John Birch Society, 20, 30, 32
Johnson, Ben, 51
Johnson, Evelyn Wanda, 94
Johnson, Jimmy, 336
Johnson, Lady Bird, 23, 95, 286, 301
Johnson, Lyndon: AR’s relationship with, xviii, 25; and “Baptist pallet,” 186; and Ben Barnes, 69, 70; and Christian, 258; death of, 71; and Goldwater, 98; and Barbara Jordan, 291; and William Wayne Justice, 85; and Lyndon Law, 23, 27; and Mauzy, 22; and McPherson, 411; and presidential election of 1960, 22–24, 32, 74; and presidential election of 1964, 33; and Randolph, 15–16; on Republican Party, 273; tirade of, against David Richards, 25, 74; and U.S. Senate election of 1948, 8; and Ralph Yarborough, 16–17, 39–40
Jones, Jerry, 336
Jones, Tommy Lee, 329
Joplin, Janis, 35
Jordan, Barbara: and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech,xix, 178; AR’s friendship with, 290–291; and Bullock, 85, 108, 386; and Equal Rights Amendment, 99; on ethics, 294; on Guerrero, 346–347; and National Women’s Conference, 96; and Texas State Cemetery, 425
Justice, William Wayne, 53, 85–86, 278, 318
J. W. Coop (film), 52
Kaplan, Marty, 176
Karkabi, Barbara, 156–157
Keller, Mary, 104
Kennedy, Bobby, Jr., 413
Kennedy, John F., xviii, 23–24, 28, 30, 31–33, 189
Kent State demonstration, 49
Kenyon, Bill, 252
Kesey, Ken, 48
Kilday Hart, Patricia, 186–187, 309
Kilgarlin, Bill, 22
Kinch, Sam, 283
King, Coretta Scott, 95
King, Larry L., 173
King, Richard, 298
King, Rodney, 334–335
Kinnock, Neil, 175
Kinsley, Michael, 185
Kite, Tom, 330
Kohler, Danny, 349
Kohler, Nancy, 166, 274, 326, 349
Koppel, Ted, 185
Koresh, David, 371–373
Korioth, Ann, 113
Korioth, Claire: and AR’s alcohol intervention, 112; AR’s friendship with, 28, 34, 121, 151, 330; and AR’s transition management, 274; and Moya, 78; and South Padre Island planning sessions, 268; and Texas State Board of Insurance, 283
Korioth, Tony, 34, 112, 113, 337–338, 384
Kristofferson, Kris, 212, 266, 299, 329
Krueger, Bob, 131, 212, 354–356, 358, 361
Krueger, Kathleen, 356
Ku Klux Klan, 7
Kuykendall, Karen, 367
Kuykendall, Marshall, 367
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 93
Lance, Bert, 103
Landon, Alf, 23
Landry, Tom, 423
Laney, Pete, 366
Lange, Dorothea, 46
LBJ Library, AR’s dinner for Queen of England, 301–302
Lea, Tom, 423
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), 170
Lear, Norman, 329
Lee, Jean, 15
Lehrer, Jim, 339
Leno, Jay, 329–330
Leo, Billy, 253–254
Levine, Richard U., 415
Lewis, Charles, 413
Lewis, Gib, 301, 302, 305, 307, 308, 309, 366
liberal Texas Democrats: and AR as Texas governor, xxii; and Armstrong, 124, 134; and AR’s relationship with Ivins, 313; in Austin, 43; and Bentsen, 124; and conservative Texas Democrats, 13; in Dallas, 27; and election of 1982, 137; and First Friday, 46; and Hightower, 144; and Maury Maverick, Jr., 74; and presidential election of 1960, 22; and Rapoport, 287; and Scholz Garten, 16, 20, 22, 43, 337; and Shivers, 13, 15–16; and Ralph Yarborough, 13, 17, 273; and Young Democrats, 15
Lincoln, Abraham, 67–68
Linklater, Richard, 329
Lockheed, 324
Lonesome Dove (miniseries), 329
Lone Star Steel, 324
Lost Gonzo Band, 271
LoVoi, Annette, 274
Lyon, Ted, 320
MacNeil, Robert, 339
Mad Dog, Inc., xviii, 50–54, 77, 121, 245, 271, 292
Madison, James, 77
Majors, Sandra, 301
Malick, Terrence, 329
Manges, Clinton, 143
Marcus, Stanley, 31
El Mariachi (film), 329
Mark Stiles State Prison, 349
MARPOL treaty, 168
Martin, Crawford, 69
Martin, Jack: and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 246, 248; and AR’s primary campaign for governor, 187, 209, 210, 211, 212; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 385; and AR’s reelection plans, 317; and AR’s transition to governing, 268; and Bentsen, 124, 258, 268; and Bullock, 258; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and Matthew Dowd, 315; and Hickie, 387; and Public Strategies, 414
Martin, Steve, 318
Mattox, Jim: and AR as Texas state treasurer, 140, 142; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xix, xxi, 176–177, 186, 222; as attorney general, 230, 274, 276; and capital punishment, 142; and Congressional election of 1976, 100; and consumer rights, 274; and election of 1982, 131, 134, 137; and Fisher, 361; indictment of, 143, 170, 227, 231, 360; and Mauro, 140, 169, 231–232; political strength of, 144; and presidential election of 1984, 145; reelection of, as attorney general, 170; David Richards as chief of litigation for, 142, 143, 170–171, 177, 213, 230–231, 314; and Rove, 168; and state lottery for public school funding, 223, 229, 307; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, xix, 169, 170–172, 176, 187, 211, 213, 214, 218, 219, 221, 222–223, 225, 225, 227, 228–230, 231, 240, 241, 245, 246, 251, 325, 342, 398
Mauro, Garry: and Armstrong, 131, 140, 146; and clean-air initiatives, 323, 395; and Hillary Clinton, 333; and election of 1982, 131, 134, 135, 136, 137; and General Land Office funds, 148; and John Hall, 306; and Krueger, 355; as land commissioner, 167–169, 241, 281, 304, 305; and Mattox, 140, 169, 231–232; and McGovern, 71; political strength of, 144; and Rampton, 288; Reid as speechwriter for, 167, 169, 214; and Texas governor’s election of 1998, 231, 423; and writ of mandamus, 140–141
Maverick, Maury, Jr., 25, 27, 60, 74–75, 78, 109, 384–385
Maverick, Maury, Sr., 74
Maverick, Samuel, 74
Maxey, Sam, 299
McCall, Brian, 166, 227, 228, 356
McCarthy, Cormac, 370
McCarthy, Eugene, 200–201
McCarthy, Joseph, 25, 46, 74, 314
McCorvey, Norma, 77
McDonald, Chuck, 251, 252, 332, 339, 344, 345, 347, 397–398
McGregor, Malcolm, 34
McGuane, Thomas, 191–192
McKinnon, Mark: and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 247–248; and AR’s primary campaign for governor, 212, 214, 215, 222, 226; and George W. Bush, 385; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and Edwards, 257; and Guerrero, 344, 345, 347
McKool, Betty, 29, 29, 41, 58, 62, 151
McNamara, Robert, 30
McNeely, Dave, 115, 166, 257, 302, 308, 309, 386
McPherson, Harry, 24, 39, 178, 410, 411
McQueen, Steve, 192
McVeigh, Timothy, 373
Meacham, Standish, 45, 82, 112, 301
Medicaid program suit, 279
Mega Borg tanker, 249
Meno, Lionel “Skip,” 302
Meredith, Don, 52
Meredith, James, 30
Mexican American Democrats, 342
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), 308
Meyer, Fred, 358
Middleton, Harry, 301
Miles, Charles, 77–78
Militia Bill, 68
Miramontes, Luis, 76
Mitchell, George, 305, 410–411, 413
Mitchell, John, 70
Molly Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She? (Ivins), 252–253, 313–314
Mondale, Walter, 100, 145–146, 145, 158–159, 169, 176
Montagu, Ashley, 76
Montoya, Ramón, 393
Monzon, Carlos, 49
Moore, James, 343, 344, 347, 395
Mopac, 93
Morales, Dan, 218–219, 231, 260–261, 309, 322, 353, 412–413
Morgan, Marabel, 79
Morris, Celia, 179
Morris, Shawn, 331, 332–333, 339, 415
Morrison, Van, 49
Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store, 7
Moya, Richard, 78, 86–87, 113, 275–276, 339
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 167
Mullinax, Otto, 33
Mullinax, Wells, Morris & Mauzy, 17, 27
Murphey, Michael Martin, 35, 49
Murphy, Eddie, 192
Murr, Mark, 413
Mutscher, Gus, 68–69
Myles, Charlie, 337
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 325–326
Naishtat, Elliott, 374, 417–418
NASA, 383
National Conference on Drugs and Crime, 391
National Governors Association, 389
National Labor Relations Board, 20
National Rifle Association, 394
National Women’s Conference (1977), 95–96
National Women’s Education Fund, 83
National Women’s Political Caucus, 158–159
NCAA, 166
Nelson, Byron, 37
Nelson, Willie: and Armadillo World Headquarters, 49; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 208, 227, 246, 255; and AR’s inaugural party, 266; in Austin, xviii, 48; and Gary Cartwright, 58, 267, 299; films of, 299, 329; and Shrake, 193
Newsweek, 377
New Yorker, 185
New York Times, xx, 252, 357, 410–411, 413
Nixon, Richard: and Barnes, 70; and Connally, 70, 71, 389; and Endangered Species Act, 366; and Equal Rights Amendment, 98; and Jaworski, 143; and Political Paranoia shows, 41; and presidential election of 1960, 23–24; and Rove, 122; and voting age, 84; and Watergate, 60
No Child Left Behind Act, 393–394
Noonan, Peggy, 189
“no pass, no play” rule, 165
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 325–326
Northcott, Kaye, 46, 104, 130, 131
North Dallas Democratic Women: AR’s involvement in, 28–29; AR’s performances in Political Paranoia skits, 26, 28, 41, 86
nursing homes, regulation of, 274
Office of State-Federal Relations, 364, 383
O’Hair, Madalyn Murray, 86
Oldham, Sam, 371
Once Upon a Time in Texas (David Richards), 14–15, 20, 27, 31, 54, 100, 105
O’Neill, John, 111–112
O’Neill, Pat, 111–112
O’Neill, Tip, 184
Onion, John, Jr., 359–360
OPEC embargo, 235–236
Open Records Act, 369
Orlando Sentinel, 358
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 30–31, 33, 35
Oswald, Marina, 30
Overbeek, Will van, 150
Ozer, Bob, 322
Pace Bend Park, 89
A Pair of Aces (film), 299, 329
Palin, Sarah, xxi
Parker, Carl, 303, 305–306, 310
Parker, Cynthia Ann, 97
Parker, Jim, 275
Patterson, Jerry, 373
Pauken, Tom, 230
Pauley, Jane, 211–212
Penick, Harvey, 330–331
Pennybacker, Percy, 94
Peoples, Clint, 295
Perez Rueda, Leoncio, 393
Permanent School Fund, 140, 141
Perot, Ross, 104, 165, 237, 301, 333, 347, 363, 402
Perry, Anita, 419
Perry, Rick: and agricultural commissioner election of 1990, 241, 242–243, 257, 275, 278; and AR’s esophageal cancer treatment, 419; background of, 242; and pesticide regulation, 306; and Rove, 241, 242, 257, 343
Pertman, Adam, 187–189
Pharr, Howard, 400–401
Philip, Prince, 379
Phillips, Bum, 199–201, 335, 336
Phillips, Tom, 264
Pickle, Jake, 144
Pincus, Gregory, 76
Pipkin, Turk, 193
Plimpton, George, 104
political career: AR as lobbyist, 410–414; AR as possible vice presidential nominee, 158, 317; AR as Weddington’s chief of staff, 78–80, 81, 95, 289; and AR on capital punishment, 244; AR’s announcement of candidacy for governor, 220; and AR’s appearances, 96–97, 106, 115–116, 159, 175, 176; and AR’s celebrity, 269, 318, 331, 340, 381, 387; and AR’s charisma, 273; and AR’s costume as Harry Porco, 106, 107, 150, 177; and AR’s fund-raising in Hollywood, 327–328, 331; and AR’s fund-raising in New York, 416; and AR’s ideology, xxii–xxiii; and AR’s keynote speech at Democratic National Convention, xviii–xxi, 176–187, 195–196, 201, 222, 223, 244, 253, 279, 377, 381, 421; and AR’s legacy, xxii; and AR’s marriage to David Richards, 82, 83, 97, 100, 103, 105, 127–128, 409; and AR’s personality, xviii, xix, xxi, xxii, xxiii, 79–80, 89–90, 157, 161, 177; and AR’s political prospects, 143–146, 152, 166–167, 172, 189, 196, 201, 202–204, 327–329; and AR’s press conferences, 174, 261, 286; and AR’s press coverage, 160–161, 176, 177–178, 180, 182, 185, 186, 199, 226–227, 245, 249, 254, 389, 394; and AR’s problems with Jane Hickie, 382–384, 387; and AR’s progressive status, 332–333; AR’s reflections on, 409; and AR’s relationship with Hutchison, 242; and AR’s speech at National Women’s Conference, 95; AR’s speeches after holding office, 415–416, 417; and AR’s speech seconding nomination of Ferraro, 145, 176, 183; attacks on AR concerning drugs, 205, 206, 211–212, 225, 226, 227, 229, 241, 285, 382; attacks on AR with anonymous letters, 204–207, 222; and death threats against AR, 227, 268, 390; and feminism, 81–82, 95, 121, 127, 147, 201; on longhorn, 162; and public figures as friends of AR, 290–291; and Rove, 168; and young people working for AR, 331. See also Texas governor, Ann Richards as; Texas state treasurer, Ann Richards as; Travis County commissioner, Ann Richards as
Porter, Katherine Anne, 97
Porter, William Sydney, 6
Powell, Lewis F., Jr., 77
presidential election of 1960, 22–24, 32, 74
presidential election of 1980, 71
presidential election of 1984, 145–146, 145, 158
presidential election of 1988: and AR’s keynote speech at Democratic National Convention, xviii–xxi, 176–187, 195–196, 201, 222, 223, 244, 253, 279, 377, 381, 421; and George H. W. Bush, xviii, 379; and Dukakis, xviii, xxi, 175–176, 177, 187, 189, 196, 209, 379, 400
presidential election of 1992: and George H. W. Bush, 317, 333, 343, 347, 363–364; and Bill Clinton, 333, 334, 335, 340, 347, 363–364
President’s Advisory Committee for Women, 98, 102
Printing Bill, 68
prison system: AR’s policies on, as governor, xxii, 276–278, 279, 281–282, 286, 318, 319–321, 349–350, 391, 392; and correctional construction project, 319, 321, 322, 349; crowding in, 318–319, 321; and substance abuse programs, 320–321, 392, 407
Proffitt, Tony, 134
Pryor, Cactus, 86
Public Citizen, 412
public education: and AR’s New Texas, 269; and George W. Bush, 380, 393–394, 399, 403; and desegregation of public schools, 85; and public school finance, 279, 280–281, 286, 302–303, 307, 315, 393, 395; and Robin Hood compromise, 307; state lottery for funding, 223, 229, 307, 308, 315
Public Integrity Unit: AR’s opinion of, 126; Briscoe’s support of, 292; and Bullock, 125; and DeLay, 360; and Harding, 133, 292; and Hutchison, 356–357; and Lewis, 366; and Mattox, 143
Public Strategies, Inc., 315, 414, 415
Quayle, Dan, 189
Quorum Club, 106–107, 108, 193
Rampton, Greg, 168, 242, 287–288
Ramsey, Anne, 98
Ramsey, Ross, 215, 228, 251, 367
Rand, Ayn, 20
Randolph, Frankie, 16
Rangel, Irma, 221
Rapoport, Bernard, 287
Ratcliffe, R. G., 215, 261, 389–390, 394–395, 400–401
Rather, Dan, 195–196, 335, 336, 339, 344
Raw Deal, 88, 104–105, 107, 109–110, 115, 149, 265, 298
Rayburn, Sam, 24
Reagan, Ronald: and George H. W. Bush, xviii; and Political Paranoia shows, 41; as president, 24, 122, 146, 181, 184; and presidential election of 1980, 71; and presidential election of 1984, 158; presidential library of, 334; and Soviet Union, 363; and Super Collider, 324, 365
Reasoner, Harry, 301
Reconstruction, 67–68
Redford, Robert, 247
Reed, Colleen, 319–320
Reed, Pam, 304
Rehnquist, William, 77
Reid, Jan: and AR’s primary campaign for governor, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218–219; and Browne, xv, xvii, 109–111; and Gary Cartwright, 267; and environmental policy, xv, 245, 414; as speechwriter for Mauro, 167, 169, 214
Reno, Janet, 373
Republican National Convention (1992), 344
Republican Party. See Texas Republican Party
Reyes, Raul, 141
Reynolds, Chula, 146, 151, 327, 339, 383
Rhea, Billy, 299
Rice, Donna, 175
Richards, Ann: and alcoholism, xvii, 55, 60–61, 100, 102, 105, 108, 116, 132, 133, 222, 251, 252; and alcoholism intervention, xvii, 111–115, 191, 195, 381; and bird hunting, 277, 290, 373; childhood and youth of, 3–5, 4; and Christmas cards with Betty McKool, 29, 41, 58, 151; death of, 420; early political involvement of, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28–29, 31, 32, 35, 41, 66, 67, 71, 72–75, 78; education of, 11–12, 13, 15; and esophageal cancer treatment, 418–420; family background of, 3–5; as grandmother, 173, 185, 187, 408; grave of, 423–424; hairstyles of, xv, xix, 1, 50, 51, 57, 73, 90, 150, 184, 265, 271, 302, 415–416; and Hanukkah Chicken character, 61; health of, 33, 55, 173, 418; and Mad Dog, 50–51, 53–54; as mother, 18, 19, 21, 41–42, 110, 112, 116, 119, 127, 128, 159; personality of, xv, xvii, xviii, xix, 79, 161; private burial of, 421; public memorial to, 420–421; as public school teacher, xx, 15, 16; seizures of, 33, 116; sexuality issues of, 152, 205, 223, 381, 398; as smoker, 89, 149, 157, 157, 173; sobriety of, 276, 292, 320, 366; as teenager, xxviii, 1, 8–9, 10. See also political career
Richards, Ann, marriage to David Richards: and AR’s political career, 82, 83, 97, 100, 103, 105, 127–128, 409; Austin house of, 44–46; and campouts, 35, 57; and Cecile Richard’s birth, 17, 18, 19; and communication, 102; and dating life, 8–9, 11, 12, 13; and David Richards’s moving out, 116; and divorce, xvii, 150–151, 154, 191; and European trip, 61–63; and family life, 41–42, 43; family photograph, 56; and fidelity, 53; and pregnancies, 16–17, 21, 28, 33; problems in, xvii, 83, 102, 103–104, 105, 113, 115, 116; and reconciliations, xvii, 121; and San Gabriel River property, 57, 127, 151; separation of, 121, 127, 130, 135, 149–151, 191; social life of, xviii; wedding of, 12, 14; and whitewater rafting, 34, 73, 99–100, 115
Richards, Cecile: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 112; and AR’s campaign for Texas governor, 213, 221, 222; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 120, 133; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 181; and AR’s travel, 415; birth of, 17, 18, 19; childhood of, 22, 32, 34–35, 40, 41–42, 43, 45, 48–49; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; education of, 111, 117; and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 424; as teenager, 59–60, 62; as union organizer, 121; and Vietnam War protest, 59–60
Richards, Clark: alcohol problems of, 117–119; and AR’s concession speech of 1994, 402; and AR’s esophageal cancer treatment, 420; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 259; on AR’s political career, 127–128, 416–417; birth of, 25, 28; childhood of, 43, 44, 55, 61, 62; and divorce of parents, 116–117, 118; education of, 111, 117–118, 121; as election precinct chair, 87; legal career of, 117, 424; as teenager, 110
Richards, Dan: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 111–112, 113; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 128, 130, 132, 133; and AR’s concession speech of 1994, 402; on AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 224–225, 226; birth of, 22; childhood of, 40, 43, 45; education of, 111, 117; legal career of, 117, 424; as teenager, 59–60; work of, in Bullock’s warehouse, 111, 121
Richards, David: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, xvii, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115; and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 128, 135, 135; on AR’s election as Texas governor, 273; and AR’s election as Travis County commissioner, 82; and AR’s esophageal cancer treatment, 419–420; and Fletcher Boone, 101; childhood of, 7–8; early political involvement of, 15–16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 35, 38, 41, 73, 81; education of, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 378; Ivins’s column on, 314; and Ivins’s trip to Grand Canyon, 421–422; and Kennedy’s Dallas trip, 32; legal career of, 17, 19–20, 21, 22, 24–25, 27, 33, 34, 39–40, 43–44, 47, 49, 52, 69, 85–86, 103–104, 127, 314, 424; and Mad Dog, 44, 50–51, 52, 53–54; Mattox essay of, 230–232; as Mattox’s chief of litigation, 142, 143, 170–171, 177, 213, 230–231, 314; and potential Fifth Circuit judicial appointment, 100, 102–103; and redistricting, 309; and Robin Hood, 9, 15, 307; as teenager, 8–9; and Sam Whitten’s eulogy, 155. See also Richards, Ann, marriage to David Richards
Richards, Dick “Cul,” 7–8
Richards, Eleanor, 7, 8, 11, 17, 62
Richards, Ellen: and Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, 424; and AR’s campaign for governor, 213; and AR’s concession speech of 1994, 402; and AR’s death, 420; and AR’s esophageal cancer treatment, 419; birth of, 33; childhood of, 43, 61–62, 97; and Bill Clinton, 334; and Democratic National Convention of 1992, 339; and divorce of parents, 116; education of, 111, 121
Richards, Hallie, 424
Richards, Jennifer, 408
Richards, Linda, 402
Richards, Sam, 424
Richards Equipment Company, 8
Rieff, Susan, 274, 275, 366, 367, 387, 390
Robb, Lynda Johnson, 95, 98–99, 301
Rock, John, 76
Rockefeller, Jay, 352
Rockefeller, John D., 75
Rockefeller Foundation, 151
Roden, George, 371
Rodriguez, Robert, 329
Roemer, Buddy, 212
Roe v. Wade (1973), xviii, 77, 90, 98, 242, 353, 354
Rogers, Billy, 166–167
Rogers, Mary Beth: and AR’s campaign for Texas state treasurer, 127, 128, 147; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, 177, 179; on AR’s environmental policy, 307; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 246–248, 249, 255; and AR’s political prospects, 166, 169–170; and AR’s public approval rating, 316; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 381, 385, 401–403; and AR’s reelection plans, 317–318, 331; on AR’s relationship with Bullock, 310; as AR’s Texas governor chief of staff, 274, 275, 278–279, 302, 316–317, 390; and AR’s transition as Texas governor, 267, 268; and Bullock, 387; and Coleman, 202; and Matthew Dowd, 315; and Foundation for Women’s Resources, 97; and LBJ School, 358, 381; and National Women’s Conference, 95; and presidential election of 1984, 145; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 391; as Treasury employee, 150, 153, 155, 167; and Weddington, 72
Romney, George, 41
Romney, Mitt, 305
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 30
Roosevelt, Franklin, 20, 23, 74
Roosevelt, Theodore, 290
Rose, Charlie, 182
Rosenkranz, George, 76
Rosenthal, Abe, 53–54
Roth, Don, 71–72
Rove, Karl: and George W. Bush, 122, 123, 244, 378, 380, 391; and Clements, 123, 134–135, 165, 287–288; and Cryer, 134; and Glasgow, 291; as Goldwater Republican, 122; and Guerrero, 343–344, 347; and Hance, 165; and Hutchison, 241, 257, 343; and Rick Perry, 241, 242, 257, 343; and Rampton, 168, 287–288; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 388, 391, 398, 399, 402, 405; and Clayton Williams, 244; and Williamson, 343–344
Ruby, Jack, 37
Ruckelshaus, Jill, 182
Ruiz, David, 277–278, 318, 406
Ruiz v. Estelle (1980), 278, 318, 319, 321, 322, 350
Russell, Sam, 320
Rwanda, 356
Ryan, Nolan, 379
Safer, Morley, 313
Salazar, Ken, 416
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 326
Samuelson, David, 132
Sanders, Barefoot, 131
San Diego, California, AR’s childhood in, 3–5
Sanger, Margaret, 75–76
San Marcos Springs, 366–367
Sansom, Andy, 289–290, 306–307
Santana, Carlos, 393
Sargent, Ben, 133
Saritzky, Marlene, 327–329, 339, 387, 407
Sartain, Johnny, 79–80
savings-and-loan failures, 149, 165
Schieffer, Bob, 340
Scholz Garten, Austin, Texas: and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 81; and liberal Democrats, 16, 20, 22, 43, 337
Schwartz, A. R. “Babe,” 85
Seawolf Park, 249
Sea World, 324
Second Amendment, xxiii
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 420
Shafter, M. D., 47
Sharlot, Matthew, 61
Sharlot, Mike, xvii, 45, 62–63, 111, 112, 114, 326
Sharlot, Sarah, 61
Sharlot, Sue: and AR’s alcohol intervention, xvii, 112, 114; AR’s friendship with, 45, 57, 60–63, 121, 326
Sharp, Frank W., 69
Sharp, John, 218, 260–261, 307, 353, 357, 419
Sharpstown scandal, 69, 70, 72, 131, 230, 292
Shaver, Billy Joe, 49
Shaw, George Bernard, 266–267
Shea, Brigid, 304
Shell, 395
Shelton, Emmett, Jr., 45
Shelton, Ricky, 45
Shepard, Alan, 24
Shepherd, Cybill, 329
Sherman, Max, 131, 142, 230, 386
Shipley, George: and AR’s appointment for Bentsen’s Senate seat, 351–352, 353; and AR’s general campaign for Texas governor, 248; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 204, 226; and Bullock, 387; and death penalty policy, 393; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 400; and Weddington, 72
Shiva’s Headband, 47
Shivers, Allan, 13, 15–16, 16, 28
Shogan, Robert, 226
Shrake, Doatsy Sedlmayer, 48, 58, 191, 425
Shrake, Edwin “Bud”: and Armadillo World Headquarters, 49; and AR’s campaign for Travis County commissioner, 87; AR’s correspondence with, 149, 151–152, 173, 175, 178–179, 185, 190, 196–198, 199, 214, 219, 221–222, 254–257, 261, 265, 266–267, 298, 299–301, 330, 341, 367–368, 420; and AR’s death, 422–423; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx–xxi, 178–179, 185, 195–196; and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 259; and AR’s inaugural balls, 270, 271; and AR’s inaugural party, 266; and AR’s reelection campaign for Texas governor, 407; AR’s relationship with, 191, 195–198, 214, 221–222, 245–246, 256, 265–266, 297, 299–301, 318, 330, 367–368, 414, 420, 425; and Boone, 104; and Cartwright, 35, 37–38, 39, 50, 51, 52, 58–59, 192, 194, 298, 299, 300; cocaine addiction of, 51–52, 193, 194; death of, 425; divorces of, 58, 191, 193, 425; as friend of Richardses, 35, 37; and Mad Dog, 50–54; novels of, 48, 191, 193, 194–195; and Penick, 330–331; photograph of, 192; and Saritzky, 329; screenplays of, 191–192, 197, 298, 299; and sobriety, 193–194, 195; sports books of, 254; stage plays of, 192; star of, on sidewalk in Austin, 173, 175, 209; and Texas State Cemetery, 425, 426; and tobacco, 194
Shrake, Joyce Rogers, 48, 192, 425
Shriver, Maria, 339
Sidey, Hugh, 406
Sierra Club, 304
Simpson, Adele, 184
Slacker, 329
Slagle, Bob, 196
Slater, Wayne: and AR as Texas governor, 340, 389; and AR’s Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xx, 185; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 215; on Guerrero, 344, 347; on Rove, 343, 347, 405; and Texas governor’s election of 1994, 399
Smart Jobs economic development initiative, 395
Smiley, Martha, 97
Smith, Glenn: and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 246, 248; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 209–212, 214, 215, 218, 221, 223–224, 226–229, 241, 382
Smith, Preston, 69, 70, 84, 85, 364
Smith, Shelton, 364–366, 370, 421
Smitham, Jim “Lopez,” 104, 109, 298
Snelson, Pete, 131
SOS (Save Our Springs), 93–94, 367
South by Southwest Music Festival, 286
Southern Conference on Women’s History, 417
Southern Methodist University, 166
Southern Union Gas, 395
Spelce, Neal, 178
Spence, Roy, 71, 129–130, 131, 355, 387
Spock, Benjamin, 21
Springsteen, Bruce, 49
Squier, Bob, 204, 211–212, 226–227, 247, 248–249
Stahl, Lesley, 185
Stark, David, 150
Starr, Roberta, 150
Staubach, Roger, 237
Stein, Brent, 40
Stevenson, Adlai, 13, 16, 23, 31–32
Stiles, Mark, 349
Stinson, Katherine, 97
St. Mary’s Chemical Dependency Services, Riverside Medical Center, Minneapolis, xvii, 113, 118
Stop Kennedy alliance, 23
Stout, DJ, 338–339
Straight from the Heart (Ann Richards): on alcoholism intervention, xvii, 115; on babies, 19; on childhood, 5; contract for, 187; on dating David Richards, 9, 11; on Democratic National Convention keynote speech, xviii; on farmworkers’ march, 4; on Jane Hickie, 83; on marriage, 103; on political aspirations, 82; on pregnancies, 17; on public service, 254; on segregation, 21; on speeches, 175; on Texas state treasurer position, 148; on Washington, D.C., 25; on Weddington, 72; on white-water rafting, 34
Stravato, Claudia, 277
Strayhorn, Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander, 343, 381
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, 60, 71–72, 117
Substance Abuse Felony Punishment (SAFP) program, 320–321
Superconducting Super Collider, 324, 364–365, 383
Swartz, Mimi, 89–90, 210, 239, 338
Sweets, Ellen, 421
Symington, Stuart, 23
Take Back Texas, 367
Talbot, Dave, 275, 332, 333, 371–372
Temple, Arthur, 124
Tenayuca, Emma, 97
Texaco, 395
Texas Abortion Rights Action League, 286
Texas Air Control Board, 73, 281, 304
Texas Air National Guard, 348, 371, 378, 399, 400
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, 274
Texas Alternative Fuel Fleet (TAFF) Program, 396
Texas A&M University, 231, 344
Texas A&M University–Commerce, 287
Texas Association of Rural Schools, 286
Texas Bluebonnet Queen pageant, 286
Texas Board of Criminal Justice, 276, 349
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, 319, 371, 393, 401
Texas Board of Regents, 287
Texas Chamber of Commerce, 286
Texas Child Protective Services, 371
Texas Chili Parlor, 198
Texas Civil Liberties Union, xv, 85, 104, 111, 153
Texas Commerce Department, 274, 287, 323–325, 329
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, 320
Texas Commitment drive, 323–324
Texas Crime Stoppers, 371
Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council, 322, 392
Texas Democratic Party: and AR’s public approval rating, 315; Barnes as fund-raiser for, 71; and Bentsen, 187; and George H. W. Bush’s public approval rating, 315; and co-ordinated campaign in 1990 elections, 248, 257; and majorities in Senate and House, 287; and redistricting, 308. See also liberal Texas Democrats
Texas Department of Corrections, 321
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 321, 371
Texas Department of Public Safety, 329, 339, 348, 371, 390
Texas Education Agency, 302
Texas Environment Department, 303–306
Texas Film Commission, 329–330, 368
Texas governor, Ann Richards as: and agenda, xxii, 269, 273–274, 276, 286–287, 316–317; and appeal to women voters, 249, 315, 404; and appointments, 273, 276–277, 280, 287, 288, 291, 304, 351–355; and AR at White House dinner, 312; and AR’s celebrity roast, 335–337, 384; AR’s election as, xxi–xxii, xxiii, 259, 260, 260, 261, 287, 315; and AR’s Film Texas initiative, 329–330; and AR’s fund-raiser for Guerrero, 345–346; and AR’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle, 328, 338–339, 340; and AR introducing Hillary Clinton’s speech, 286; and AR’s oath of office, 264; and AR’s privacy, 297; and AR’s public approval rating, 284, 315–316; and AR’s relationship with Bullock, 296, 302–303, 305, 307, 310–311, 358, 359, 373, 387; and AR’s relationship with business leaders, 322–325, 395–396; and AR’s relationship with Bill Clinton, 333, 334, 335, 364, 365–366, 405; and AR’s relationship with legislature, 309, 310, 315, 316, 320–321, 322, 373–374, 374, 394; AR’s speeches as, 279–284, 286, 307, 390, 396–397; and AR’s target practice, 362; AR’s term of, as parabola, 347; and AR’s testimony in legislative hearings, 286, 289; and commitment to ethics, 281, 287, 291, 326, 339, 346, 347, 353, 383; and Congress Avenue Bridge march, 268–269, 396–397; constitutional limitations on, 68; and crime policies, 369–373, 391–392, 398; and emphasis on diversity, 288; and emphasis on public service, 280; and Endangered Species Act, 366–367; and ethics legislation, 276, 280, 281, 291, 292–294; and Executive Council, 280; and fund-raisers, 323, 368; and Governor’s Mansion, 297–298, 301, 303, 330; and inaugural balls, 270, 271; and inaugural party, 266; inauguration as, xvi, 269; and inauguration speech, 269; and letter from Midland supporter, 406–407; and NAFTA, 325–326; and New Texas, 269, 279–283; and open-records requests, 389; and policy council, 285, 369; and policy initiatives, 276, 282; and press conferences, 286, 307; and special sessions, 307–308, 315; and staff, 273–279, 280, 285, 331–333, 338, 339, 349, 358, 381; and State of the State speech of 1991, 279–284, 307, 390; and Switzerland vacation, 340, 367–368; and Texas National Guard, 348–349, 350; and transition to governing, 267–268
Texas governor’s election of 1962, 28
Texas governor’s election of 1972, 69
Texas governor’s election of 1982, 123–125
Texas governor’s election of 1986, 165–166, 212, 287
Texas governor’s election of 1990: and AR’s debate performances in primaries, 224–226, 225, 227, 252, 259, 285; and AR’s debate preparation in general election campaign, 248–249; and AR’s general election campaign against Williams, 241–242, 245–248, 247, 250–256, 253, 256, 259, 259, 260, 277, 283, 284, 339, 342, 399; and AR’s primary campaign AFL-CIO convention appearance, 221–222, 325; and AR’s primary campaign fact-finding tour of Gulf Coast, 214–216, 217, 218–219, 228; AR’s primary campaign for, 201, 202, 204–207, 208, 209–216, 217, 218–219, 221–229, 233, 241, 245, 246, 247, 251, 399; and AR’s rodeo ad, 248; and AR’s speeches on public service, 253–254; and Bullock, 170; and George W. Bush, 237, 238–239, 243–244, 379; and William P. Hobby, Jr., 169, 170–172, 201, 214; and Mattox, xix, 169, 170–172, 176, 187, 211, 213, 214, 218, 219, 221, 222–223, 225, 225, 227, 228–230, 231, 240, 241, 245, 246, 251, 325, 342, 399; and Mark White, 213, 214, 222, 225, 225, 227, 228, 229, 241, 251, 383, 392, 399; and Clayton Williams, 233, 234, 237–239, 240, 241–242, 249, 250–252, 255, 256, 259, 260, 287, 315, 339, 379, 383, 399, 403, 416
Texas governor’s election of 1994: and AR’s campaign debt, 407; and AR’s concession speech, 402, 405; AR’s plans for, 268, 316–317; and AR’s public approval rating, 315; AR’s reelection campaign for, 317, 352, 376, 380–381, 387, 389, 390, 396–398, 399, 400–405, 415, 417; and AR’s reelection plans, 317–318, 331, 355, 374; and George W. Bush, 338, 380, 383–384, 388, 389, 391, 396, 397–398, 399, 400, 405, 406; debate during, 399–400, 401, 402
Texas governor’s election of 1998, 231, 423
Texas Highway Department, 93, 94
Texas Homestead Act, 385
Texas Legislature: AR’s relationship with, as Texas governor, 309, 310, 315, 316, 320–321, 322, 373–374, 374, 394; and campaign contributions, 68; and Dirty Thirty, 68–69; and prison system, 320–321; productivity of, 309; and salaries of officials, 67; and special sessions, 307–308, 315
Texas Medical Association, 305
Texas Monthly: on AR as Texas governor, 285–286, 298, 309; on AR as Travis County commissioner, 89–90; and AR’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle, 338–339, 340; and Bradley, 94; and Cartwright, 48, 140; and Cisneros, 172; on Earle, 353; and Guerrero, 213; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 210, 226, 239–240, 339; on Vidor, 338
Texas National Guard, 347–348, 371–373
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), 306, 307, 396
Texas Nature Conservancy, 289
Texas Observer: and AR’s support for death penalty, 320; Holley as editor of, 278; and Ivins, 46, 104, 131–132; and Lyndon Johnson, 25, 74; and Randolph, 16; and Rapoport, 287; David Richards’s Mattox essay for, 230–232
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, 289–290, 306
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 306
Texas Railroad Commission, 250, 276, 342–343, 354
Texas Rangers, 41, 227, 294–295, 298, 299, 370,
Texas Rangers baseball team, 243, 379, 398
Texas Republican Party: and AR’s environmental policy, 367; and AR’s public approval rating, 315; electoral power of, 273; and harassment and logjamming tactics, 369; and Karen Hughes, 368–369; and Hutchison, 358; and open-records requests, 389, 390, 391; and redistricting, 308
Texas State Board of Insurance, 282, 283–284
Texas State Cemetery, 421, 423–424, 425
Texas state treasurer, Ann Richards as: and AR’s campaign debt, 147; AR’s campaign for,xvii, 120, 126–131, 132, 133–134, 183, 253; and AR’s Christmas party, 154–155; AR’s election as,xviii, 135, 135, 136, 137; and AR’s fiscal restraint, 322; and AR’s modernization policies, 148–149, 173; AR’s reelection in 1986, 166–167, 327; and AR’s relationship with Mauro, 140–141; and AR’s staff meetings, 138, 140, 147; and AR’s transition team, 146–148; and election of 1990, 241–242, 257; and history of office, 128–129, 130, 141
Texas Supreme Court, 69, 234, 279–281, 307
Texas Tribune, 228
Texas Water Commission, 281, 284, 304, 414
Texas Water Development Board, 304
Texas Water Well Drillers Board, 304
Thompson, Bill, 400
Thornburgh, Dick, 343
Thornton, Bob, 182
Threadgill, Kenneth, 35
Tiede, Saralee, 209
Time, 158
tobacco settlement, 410–413
Tolleson, Mike, 50
Tom Horn (film), 192
Tomlin, Lily, 182, 183, 185–186, 223, 327, 329, 414, 422
Tower, John, 27–28, 70, 122, 131, 354
Toxic Release Inventory, 304–305
Travis County Alcohol Counseling Service, 117
Travis County commissioner, Ann Richards as: AR’s 1980 reelection for, xvii, 96, 122; and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 113; AR’s campaign for, 81–87; and AR’s change of focus, 89–90; and AR’s constituent mail, 105–106; AR’s election to, 82, 87, 292; AR’s paycheck from, 127; and AR’s policy priorities, 91–94; and AR’s relationship with road crew, 88–91; and AR’s speeches, 91; and AR’s staff, 90; and functions of commissioner’s court, 90
Travis County Jail, 92
Travis County Services for the Deaf, 92
Tuchman, Barbara, 341
Tucker, Karla Faye, 201
Tutu, Desmond, 356
Twenty-Sixth Amendment, 84
United Nations, 95
University of Texas Lady Longhorn basketball team, 291
University of Texas Young Democrats, 15, 20, 22, 43, 409
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), 371–373
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 24–25
U.S. Congress, 412–413
U.S. Energy Department, 364, 365–366
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 366–367
U.S. Justice Department, 308, 318, 321, 322, 412
U.S. Supreme Court, 40, 76–77, 127, 222, 231, 319
Valenti, Jack, 329
Vance, Arthur, 242
Verghese, Abraham, 356
Verhovek, Sam Howe, 357
Verner, Lipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, 411–412, 413
Vietnam Veterans against the War, 54
Vietnam War,xviii, 59–60, 84, 108, 123, 134, 378, 398–399
Vincent, Fay, 380
Voudouris, Johnny, 81, 86, 87, 88
Vulcan Gas Company, 47
Waco, Texas, AR’s childhood and youth in, 1, 3, 5–6
Waco Horror, 7
Waco League of Women Voters, 8
Wagner, Jane, 182
Walker, Edwin, 30–31
Walker, Jerry Jeff, 48, 54, 58–59, 266, 271, 300, 341
Walker, Julia, 50
Walker, Stanley, 51
Wallace, George, 72
Wallace, Henry, 23
Warner, Margaret, 377
Washington, Craig, 230
Washington, Jesse, 6–7
Washington Gridiron Show, 331
Watergate scandal, 70, 71, 85, 131, 230
Webb, Walter Prescott, 423
Weddington, Ron, 72
Weddington, Sarah: AR as chief of staff for, 78–80, 81, 95, 289; and AR’s dinner for Queen of England, 301; and AR’s election as Travis County commissioner, 82; AR working on 1972 campaign of, xviii, 72–73, 75, 76, 83; and Carter, 103; and Foundation for Women’s Resources, 97; and Hutchison, 242; and Roe v. Wade, xviii, 77
Weiser, Dan, 230
Weller, Peter, 301
Wells, Nat, 20
West, Royce, 374
White, Bill, 366
White, John, 100
White, Mark: and Bullock, 141, 144; and Fainter, 359; and McKinnon, 212; political strength of, 144; as Texas governor, 165–166, 230–231, 284, 316; and Texas governor’s election of 1982, 124, 134, 135, 137; and Texas governor’s election of 1986, 165–166, 212, 287; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 213, 214, 222, 225, 225, 227, 228, 229, 241, 251, 383, 392, 398
Whitten, Lynn, 33, 46, 146, 147
Whitten, Sam: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 112; AR’s eulogy for, 155–156; AR’s friendship with, 33, 43, 45–47, 46; career of, 21–22, 43; and Celebration of Life, 60; death of, 155
Whitten, Virginia: and AR’s alcoholism intervention, 112; and AR’s election as Travis County commissioner, 88; AR’s friendship with, 22, 28, 33, 35, 43, 45–47, 121; and AR’s letters from Europe, 62; and Celebration of Life, 60; death of, 173; early career of, 21–22
Wiley, Mary Margaret, 25
Wilkinson, David Marion, 370
Williams, Clayton Wade, 236
Williams, Clayton Wheat, Jr.: as cattle rancher, 236–237; education of, 235, 239; and environmental management, 238; family background of, 233–235, 239; and handshake incident, 252; income taxes of, 250, 255, 256, 257; “Joys of Bustin’ Rocks” anticrime ad campaign of, 238; and oil and gas business, 235–236, 250–251, 255; and primary campaign of 1990, 237–239, 240, 243; and rape quote, 240, 251, 252; and Texas governor’s election of 1990, 233, 234, 237–239, 240, 241–242, 249, 250–252, 255, 256, 259, 260, 287, 315, 339, 379, 383, 398, 403, 416; and whorehouses, 240–241, 252
Williams, Clayton Wheat, Sr., 233–234
Williams, Damian “Football,” 335
Williams, Monte: and AR’s general election campaign for Texas governor, 248, 255, 261; and AR’s primary campaign for Texas governor, 214–215, 216, 218, 223, 228, 247
Williams, Oscar Waldo, 233
Williams, Paul, 147, 210, 213, 249, 250, 275, 357
Williams, Robin, 381
Williamson, Barry, 343–344, 345, 347
Willis, Cecil, 3–5, 7, 12, 211, 272, 384, 385
Willis, Iona Warren, 3–5, 7, 12, 17, 19, 211, 272
Wilson, Eddie, 35, 44–45, 47–48, 49–50, 54, 87–88, 104
Wilson, Genie, 44
Wilson, James, 390
Winegarten, Ruthe, 28, 148, 156–161
Wittliff, Bill, 329
Wofford, Harris, 343
women’s movement. See feminism
Wood, Buck, 85
Yarborough, Don, 28
Yarborough, Ralph: and Bentsen, 123–124; and Connally, 28, 32; and Evelyn Wanda Johnson, 94; and Lyndon Johnson, 16–17, 39–40; and liberal Texas Democrats, 13, 17, 273; and McPherson, 411; and David Richards, 13; and Tower, 131
Yellow Dog Democrats, 77
Young, Bill, 258
Zabel, Doug, 79–80
Zaffirini, Judith, 288
Zanuck, Richard, 329
Zeugin, Sharon, 402