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Order / wording of first paragraphs in Ukraine_scandal section

The first paragraph starts off with mentioning "the contract" without any context. Which contract? It seems like the paragraph just addresses things in the wrong order... so maybe the first sentence(s) should just be moved/integrated later into that paragraph? —Mrand ^{Talk • C} 15:11, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2024

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Please add the following succession box to the bottom of the article:

Party political offices
Preceded by Tex Lezar	Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Texas 1998	Succeeded by David Dewhurst

2601:249:9301:D570:A504:133A:DE49:8FDF (talk) 22:50, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Jamedeus (talk) 19:39, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Missing critical information

Rick Perry was central to the Trump administrations plot to use fake electors to overturn a democrat election, he is referenced many times in media sources as well as obviously in the wikipedia entry on the topic, but his page here has been scrubbed clean of any references and then locked to avoid anyone adding anything about the former governor's attempt to overthrow democracy in the US. Would someone with more wiki-competence like to add a new section detailing this? 2A02:2454:9976:7200:8104:18F1:17C4:F240 (talk) 21:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 September 2024

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Please add the following succession box to the bottom of the article:

Party political offices
Preceded by Bill Powers	Republican nominee for Agriculture Commissioner of Texas 1990, 1994	Succeeded by Susan Combs

98.228.137.44 (talk) 20:51, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: It's already there; in the Political offices section of the template. It's not a Party political office. And you got the preceding commissioner wrong... ⸺(Random)staplers 17:20, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This request isn't for the office holders, which as you pointed out is already listed. It's for the nominees for the office, similar to the existing succession boxes for the office of lieutenant governor and governor, which are already listed. The reason the predecessor is different is because it's referring to who is predecessor was as Republican nominee for the office of Texas Agriculture Commissioner, not his predecessor in the office of Agriculture Commissioner (said predecessor being Jim Hightower, a Democrat). Please add it so the succession boxes are displayed as the following:

Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by Joe Hanna	Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 64th district January 8, 1985 – January 8, 1991	Succeeded by John R. Cook
Political offices
Preceded by Jim Hightower	Agriculture Commissioner of Texas January 15, 1991 – January 19, 1999	Succeeded by Susan Combs
Preceded by Bob Bullock	Lieutenant Governor of Texas January 19, 1999 – December 21, 2000	Succeeded by Bill Ratliff
Preceded by George W. Bush	Governor of Texas December 21, 2000 – January 20, 2015	Succeeded by Greg Abbott
Preceded by Ernest Moniz	United States Secretary of Energy March 2, 2017 – December 1, 2019	Succeeded by Dan Brouillette
Party political offices
Preceded by Bill Powers	Republican nominee for Agriculture Commissioner of Texas 1990, 1994	Succeeded by Susan Combs
Preceded by Tex Lezar	Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Texas 1998	Succeeded by David Dewhurst
Preceded by George W. Bush	Republican nominee for Governor of Texas 2002, 2006, 2010	Succeeded by Greg Abbott
Preceded by Sonny Perdue	Chair of the Republican Governors Association 2007–2008	Succeeded by Mark Sanford
Preceded by Haley Barbour	Chair of the Republican Governors Association 2010–2011	Succeeded by Bob McDonnell
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Ben Carson as Former US Cabinet Member	Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Cabinet Member	Succeeded by Sonny Perdue as Former US Cabinet Member

Not done for now: You're still going to need to provide a reliable source supporting Bill Powers as the previous nominee, since he doesn't have a Wikipedia page. ⸺(Random)staplers 19:24, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I found a 1986 primary election source on the Texas Almanac. One moment...⸺(Random)staplers 19:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done ⸺(Random)staplers 19:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]