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'''Mark Wells White, Jr.''' (March 17, – August 5, 2017) was an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] who was the 43rd [[governor]] of his native [[Texas]] from 1983 to 1987. Earlier, he was the state attorney general from 1979 to 1983 and secretary of state for Texas from 1973 to 1977.

'''Mark Wells White, Jr.''' (March 17, – August 5, 2017) was an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] who was the 43rd [[governor]] of his native [[Texas]] from 1983 to 1987. Earlier, he was the state attorney general from 1979 to 1983 and secretary of state for Texas from 1973 to 1977.

During a slump in the [[petroleum]] industry, White unseated [[Bill Clements]] of [[Dallas]] in the 1982 gubernatorial [[general election]]. Clements had been the state's first [[Republican Party|Republican]] governor in 105 years, but since 1995, no Democrat has served as governor of the state. Governor White work to improve education, transportation, water resources, law enforcement, and promoted industrial recruitment. He appointed the Dallas businessman and later third-party presidential contender [[Ross Perot]] to head an education commission that developed the controversial "No pass, no play" rule for athletes in Texas public schools.

During a slump in the [[petroleum]] industry, White unseated [[Bill Clements]] of [[Dallas]] in the 1982 gubernatorial [[general election]]. Clements had been the state's first [[Republican Party|Republican]] governor in 105 years, but since 1995, no Democrat has served as governor of the state. Governor White work to improve education, transportation, water resources, law enforcement, and promoted industrial recruitment. He appointed the Dallas businessman and later third-party presidential contender [[Ross Perot]] to head an education commission that developed the controversial "no pass, no play" rule for athletes in Texas public schools. The change was in response to low [[Scholastic Aptitude Test]] scores.

In the 1986 governor's race, however, Clements turned the tables on his rival White and reclaimed the office with 52.7 percent of the ballots cast. In 1990, White ran again but Clements retired. White that year lost the party's nomination to [[Ann Richards]], the outgoing state treasurer, who went on to defeat the Republican Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr. of [[Midland]].

In the 1986 governor's race, however, Clements turned the tables on his rival White and reclaimed the office with 52.7 percent of the ballots cast. In 1990, White ran again but Clements retired. White that year lost the party's nomination to [[Ann Richards]], the outgoing state treasurer, who went on to defeat the Republican Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr. of [[Midland]].