NATION : Ann Richards Sworn In in Texas
Democrat Ann Richards became Texas’ new governor today, the first woman to hold the post in more than half a century.
“Today, the historians will record that a new administration, different from any in the past, began,” the former state treasurer told thousands of cheering supporters.
“Today, we have a vision of a Texas where opportunity knows no race or color or gender--a glimpse of the possibilities that can be when the barriers fall and the doors of government swing open.”
Richards, 57, succeeded retiring Republican Bill Clements, whose eight years in office were the most ever for a Texas governor. She is the first woman to take the oath as governor in the state since Miriam (Ma) Ferguson in 1933.
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