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750:. Bullock overhauled the ethics laws during his first term in an effort to restore public confidence in state government. He created the Texas Performance Review for the state comptroller to analyze spending at state agencies and recommended cost-saving alternatives. He helped consolidate all environmental agencies into one department in an effort to better serve Texans and protecting the state's natural resources. As the state's second-highest elected statewide officeholder, Bullock aggressively pushed through a constitutional amendment requiring voter approval before a state personal income tax could be enacted and requiring the money be earmarked for education, if voters approve the tax. He led efforts to modernize the Texas tax system and worked on state problems in tort reform, health and juvenile justice. Bullock was instrumental in finding a legislative solution to get Texas out of federal court lawsuits involving prisons and mental health. He was a leader in legislative efforts to revamp the state's educational funding system and ushered through a law that created the state's first comprehensive water conservation and management plan. As lieutenant governor, he professed a nonpartisan approach to lawmaking, often telling members of the 547: 829: 451: 469: 515: 1609: 1602: 735:. Bullock received 2,002,360 votes (51.69 percent) to Mosbacher's 1,741,893 votes (44.97 percent); he took office on January 15, 1991, as Democrat Ann W. Richards became the state's second female governor. In 1994, Bullock was easily elected to a second four-year term over Republican Harold "Tex" Lezar; Bullock received 2,631,843 votes (61.48 percent) to Lezar's 1,648,848 votes (38.52 percent). Bullock was inaugurated for his second term on January 17, 1995, while Republican George W. Bush was sworn in as Texas's 46th 531: 802: 816: 787:, located just to the north of the State Capitol in Austin. Opened to the public on April 21, 2001 (San Jacinto Day) after Bullock's death, it was named in his honor. The second-floor lobby of the museum features a seven-foot-tall bronze statue of Bullock holding a giant gavel, next to a gallery of items and a video from his career in politics. 692:
Once sworn in as comptroller in January 1975, Bullock promised to modernize the office. During his sixteen years in office, Bullock pledged fair but aggressive audits. He made statewide headlines with a long series of "raids" on businesses that had collected state taxes from customers for many years
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Bullock was re-elected in 1978 virtually unopposed, garnering 1,288,320 votes (100.00%) since nobody bothered to run against him. In 1982 he defeated Republican Mike Richards, garnering 1,791,650 votes (58.02%) to Richards' 1,245,328 votes (40.33%). In 1986 Bullock had no Republican opponent; he
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program, a policy that Calvert had opposed. Also, Bullock was among the first elected officials to use computer technology in state government to cut costs and improve productivity. He was the winner of numerous national awards for his management skills, including the "Leon Rothenberg Taxpayer
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resembled Bullock. The President replied that the reporter's question was an inside joke. The question was a thinly-veiled reference to the close working relationship between Bush and Bullock; the reporter apparently was asking whether Bush would be capable of forging a similar bipartisan
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Service Award". As comptroller, Bullock's frequent and increasingly accurate forecasts on state finances allowed the legislature to budget more accurately. He also developed a "Taxpayers Bill of Rights" to guarantee fairness, courtesy and common sense.
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in 1950 and divorced in 1978. He married Jan Felts Teague of Austin in 1985. He had two children from his first marriage, Lindy Bullock Ward and Robert Douglas "Bobby" Bullock Jr. He also had another daughter from his second marriage, Kimberly Teague.
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but had not turned them in to the state. Bullock had pledged to secure these owed taxes; the officials collecting them were known as "Bullock's Raiders". As an outgrowth of his tax collecting efforts, that term entered the Texas government lexicon.
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Bullock was renowned for his blunt and sometimes politically incorrect speaking style, but also for his trademark closing line "God bless Texas". A lover of Texas history, he was instrumental in the establishment of the
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is located just off the Bob Bullock Loop. The Texas State History Museum, located a few blocks north of the Capitol Building in Austin, is named to honor Bullock's efforts in the establishment of the facility.
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Bullock and Bush got along well, in part because Bullock got to lead an increasingly Republican legislature to agree to key laws and policies and, "when they passed, Bullock and House Speaker
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Serving as Texas's 38th lieutenant governor, Bullock favored a hands-on management style that resulted in numerous achievements as the presiding officer of the
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Although Bullock refused to seek the governorship during the 1980s, he set eyes on the lieutenant governorship when on June 1, 1987, longtime incumbent
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in the 1974 Democratic primary. He served for four consecutive four-year terms. He was one of the last Democrats to win a statewide election in Texas.
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allowed Bush to claim some credit." Bullock unofficially endorsed Republican Governor Bush's presidential campaign even before it got off the ground.
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and divorce; he had a total of five marriages, although at least one of them was a repeat. He stopped drinking in 1981 and remained active with
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announced that he would not seek a sixth term. Bullock quickly announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor in September 1987.
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on July 10, 1929, to Ruth Mitchell and Thomas Austin Bullock, a Hillsboro city engineer and manager. Bullock graduated from
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In 1973, Bullock first sought the Democratic nomination for Comptroller of Public Accounts. The octogenarian incumbent,
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Bullock died at his home in Austin of cancer on June 18, 1999, and is interred there at the Texas State Cemetery.
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In 1990, Bullock was elected Lieutenant Governor, having defeated the 39-year-old Republican nominee, businessman
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defeated Libertarian George Meeks, garnering 2,416,658 votes (90.02%) to Meeks' 267,872 votes (9.98%).
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relationship with the members of the new Democratic legislative majority in the U.S. Congress.
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Texas State Historical Association Online of Bullock's biography and accomplishments
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His political papers are housed in the Baylor Collection of Political Materials.
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At a November 8, 2006, post-election press conference, a reporter from the
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After Bullock began his career in public service as a member of the
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from January 15, 1991, to January 19, 1999, during the term of
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Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
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Bullock was also the first elected state official to adopt an
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pushed for establishment of the facility. Photo taken in 2010.
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Bullock Gravesite at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin
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Bob Bullock Story & Papers from Baylor University
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Index


Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ann Richards
George W. Bush
William P. Hobby Jr.
Rick Perry
Comptroller of Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Clements
Mark White
Robert S. Calvert
John Sharp
Secretary of State of Texas
Preston Smith
Martin Dies Jr.
V. Larry Teaver Jr.
Texas House of Representatives
54th
Jim Joseph Carmichall
Hillsboro, Texas
Austin, Texas
Texas State Cemetery
Democratic
Alma mater
Texas Tech University
BA
Baylor University
LLB
Attorney
United States

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