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Texas State Government Has a Plural Executive System

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Texas state government has a plural executive system. In addition to the governor, the lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, agriculture commissioner, and land commissioner are elected independently and run their own departments and agencies. Is this diffuse authority a good thing or a bad thing and why?


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