# Ann Richards Ann Richards (1933–2006) — 45th Governor of Texas (1991–1995) and the last Democrat to hold the office. Her 1988 Democratic National Convention keynote ("Poor George... he was born with a silver foot in his mouth") made her a national figure. Defeated for reelection in 1994 by [[George W. Bush]] in the race that launched the Bush presidency. ## 2026 relevance [[James Talarico]] invokes Richards — alongside [[Barbara Jordan]], Sam Houston, and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] — as part of his Texas-lineage campaign frame; see [[Talarico Texas Democratic Convention Speech]]. > [!todo] Stub — expand > Full profile: 1988 keynote receipt in /Quotes/, governorship record, place in the pre-1994 Texas Democratic order.