Continuing Their Aggressive Push to Wrest Power from the Democrats

question 68

Multiple Choice

Continuing their aggressive push to wrest power from the Democrats in 1996, the Republicans

• A) won all ten statewide offices in the general election.
• B) captured a majority in the state House for the first time since Reconstruction.
• C) captured a plurality of local offices in urban areas and a majority in rural districts.
• D) gained the majority in the Texas congressional delegation for the first time since Reconstruction.
• E) won a majority in both the state House and Senate.

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