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==Political life==
==Political life==
After a single term in the Texas House in District 22-2 in 1971 and 1972, Mengden was elected in 1972 to senate district 13, a post that he filled from anuary 1973 to January 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=540|title=Walter Mengden|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=September 10, 2011}}</ref> District 13 had previously been based in the [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] and Temple area of Central Texas but was moved to Harris County with the 1971 redistricting. The district was further redistricted in the 1980s and is now majority [[African American]] and represented by a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]].
After a single term in the Texas House in District 22-2 in 1971 and 1972, Mengden was elected in 1972 to Senate District 13, a post that he filled from January 1973 to January 1983.<ref name=senate/> District 13 had previously been based in the [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] and Temple area of Central Texas but was moved to Harris County with the 1971 redistricting. The district was further redistricted in the 1980s and is now majority [[African American]] and represented by a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]].
In 1976, Mengden led a slate of delegates in Texas's 7th congressional district pledged to former [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]], who was challenging [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]] at Republican National Convention held in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. Mengden defeated Robert Mosbacher of Houston, the leader of the Ford forces. Mengden polled 39,276 votes to Mosbacher's 26,344. Mosbacher was later a [[Cabinet]] officer in the administration of Reagan's vice president and successor, [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. Mengden prevailed with 39,276 votes to Mosbacher's 26,344 votes. He was hence among the one hundred Texas delegates at Kansas City committed to Reagan.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, 1976 Republican presidential primary election returns, [[Austin, Texas]]</ref><ref>Billy Hathorn, "Mayor [[Ernest Angelo, Jr.]], of Midland and the 96-0 Reagan Sweep of Texas, May 1, 1976," ''West Texas Historical Association]] Yearbook'' (since renamed ''West Texas Historical Review'') Vol. 86 (2010), p. 81.</ref>
In 1976, Mengden led a slate of delegates in Texas's 7th congressional district pledged to former [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]], who was challenging [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]] at Republican National Convention held in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. Mengden defeated Robert Mosbacher of Houston, the leader of the Ford forces. Mengden polled 39,276 votes to Mosbacher's 26,344. Mosbacher was later a [[Cabinet]] officer in the administration of Reagan's vice president and successor, [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. Mengden prevailed with 39,276 votes to Mosbacher's 26,344 votes. He was hence among the one hundred Texas delegates at Kansas City committed to Reagan.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, 1976 Republican presidential primary election returns, [[Austin, Texas]]</ref><ref>Billy Hathorn, "Mayor [[Ernest Angelo, Jr.]], of Midland and the 96-0 Reagan Sweep of Texas, May 1, 1976," ''West Texas Historical Association]] Yearbook'' (since renamed ''West Texas Historical Review'') Vol. 86 (2010), p. 81.</ref>