Editing Lubbock, Texas (section)

===Politics===

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* [[William H. Bledsoe]], [[Texas State Senate|State Senator]] who in 1923 pushed for the legislation and the first $1&nbsp;million appropriation which brought Texas Tech University to Lubbock
* [[William John Cox]] (Billy Jack Cox), political activist
* [[Robert L. Duncan]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert L. Duncan |url=http://www.duncan.senate.state.tx.us/ |publisher=The Senate of Texas |access-date=June 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235614/http://www.duncan.senate.state.tx.us/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> an American politician and the fourth chancellor of the [[Texas Tech University System]]
* [[John Frullo]],<ref>{{cite web |title=John Frullo |url=https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=84 |publisher=Texas House of Representatives |access-date=June 2, 2014 |archive-date=May 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506123056/http://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=84 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican]] politician who represents district 84 in the Texas House of Representatives
* [[Delwin Jones]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas House District 83 |url=https://www.texastribune.org/directory/districts/tx-house/83/ |website=Texas Tribune |access-date=4 November 2020 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111065520/https://www.texastribune.org/directory/districts/tx-house/83/ |url-status=live }}</ref> late American politician, who, prior to 2011, was the oldest member of the Texas House of Representatives, having represented what became, and what remains District 83 based in the area surrounding Lubbock
* [[Mickey Leland]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Mickey Leland |url=http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/16887 |publisher=Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov |access-date=June 2, 2014 |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607002118/http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/16887 |url-status=live }}</ref> late [[Texas house of representatives|Texas U.S. Representative]]
* [[John T. Montford]],<ref>{{cite web |title=John T. Montford |url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=3198 |publisher=StateCemetery@tfc.state.tx.us |access-date=June 2, 2014 |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607010115/http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=3198 |url-status=live }}</ref> former member of the [[Texas State Senate]] from [[Texas Senate, District 28|District 28]], based about Lubbock. He is also a former [[district attorney]] for [[Lubbock County, Texas|Lubbock County]] and a former chancellor of the Texas Tech University Systems
* [[James C. Nance]], co-founder of Plains Journal, Oklahoma community newspaper chain publisher and [[Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives]], [[President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate]] and member [[Uniform Law Commission]]
* [[Charles Perry (Texas politician)|Charles Perry]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Perry |url=https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=83 |publisher=Texas House of Representatives |access-date=June 2, 2014 |archive-date=May 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501211521/http://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=83 |url-status=live }}</ref> member of the [[Texas State Senate]] from West Texas [[Texas Senate, District 28|District 28]] which contains the two cities of Lubbock and [[San Angelo]]
* [[Preston Smith (governor)|Preston Earnest Smith]], a long-time resident of Lubbock, was the 40th Governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973 and earlier served as the lieutenant governor from 1963 to 1969<ref>{{cite web |title=Preston Earnest Smith |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_texas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_smith_preston.html |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=June 2, 2014 |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607010522/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_texas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_smith_preston.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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