Bill Clements was inaugurated as the first Republican Governor of Texas in 105 years, establishing a key shift in the state's leadership.

Mr. Clements previously served as the Chair of the Massachusetts Governor's Task Force on Public Integrity, a bi-partisan committee that led to landmark legislation overhauling the state ethics ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen focused on trimming spending to address a $432 million shortfall, fixing the state's school funding ...

B. Chandler inside Kentucky’s Democratic Party was Senator Earle C. Clements. Himself a former Congressman and governor, Clements had risen in the Senate’s hierarchy quickly, becoming Senate Majority ...

Clements stunned political observers when he won an upset victory to become the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction. He brought his business acumen to state government, insisting on ...

B. Chandler kept his hand in Kentucky politics. Chandler’s political foe Earle C. Clements had left Congress to run for governor in 1947 and had been elected. Clements resigned the governorship in ...

The challenge the governor and lawmakers face are to balance a two-year budget with a $432 million shortfall. The chairman of ...

After being elected and serving as Attorney General from 1979 to 1983, he ran against and defeated Governor Bill Clements in the 1982 governor's race. Governor Mark White served as head of the state ...