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Texas Governor Miriam Amanda 'Ma' Ferguson announced her resignation effective no later than November 1, following her primary election loss to Attorney General Dan Moody by over 100,000 votes. She called a special legislative session on September 13 to validate road bonds and investigate state departments; Moody will succeed her as governor.
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Austin, Texas—The political fortunes which raised Mrs. Miriam Amanda Ferguson from a quiet home in Temple, Texas, to the governorship are soon to turn her footsteps back to domestic life. Governor Ferguson announced she would resign as a result of the primary in which Attorney General Dan Moody led her by more than 100,000 votes. She had promised to resign if Moody beat her by one vote, and he had promised to resign if she led him by 25,000 votes. Moody will be the next governor of Texas, nomination on the Democratic ticket being equivalent to election. Simultaneously with her resignation announcement, which also carried with it withdrawal from any possible primary run-off with Moody, Governor Ferguson called a special session of the legislature to meet September 13 to validate Texas district road bonds and to "investigate any department of the state government that the legislature may see fit to investigate." Her resignation will be effective just as soon as this special session has disposed of these matters, the governor announced. She said she hoped to retire from office not later than November 1.
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Austin, Texas
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Nov. 1
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ferguson resigns after losing primary to moody by over 100,000 votes; moody to become next governor; special session called for september 13
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Governor Ferguson announced resignation due to primary defeat by Attorney General Moody, fulfilling promise to resign if beaten by one vote; withdraws from run-off; calls special legislative session on September 13 to validate road bonds and investigate state departments; resignation effective after session, no later than November 1