You need to brush up on your background knowledge of how the Texas government works. It is structurally set up to keep the governor from having much power other than the veto and the appointment of people to boards. He doesn't get to appoint the treasurer or attorney general and he gets no vote in how the legislature is run.
The Democrats who took over the state after reconstruction intentionally set up a weak governor form of government because they did not want another dictatorial governor like the reconstruction Republican Edmund Davis. We are still stuck with that 140 year old constitution, which has to be amended a dozen times every election cycle. Under it, the governor does not get to just do whatever he wants and so even if you get some genuine knuckledragger like Huffines or West your great dreams will go unfulfilled. Blame it on 19th century Democrats
the good thing: Beto won’t be able to do much should he win except run his mouth and appear on television. Like Ann Richards
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Last edited: Nov 19, 2021