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In OTL Rick Perry switched parties to run for the Texas Land Commissioner spot in 1990. This was only one of two statewide offices that flipped to Republicans in Texas in an otherwise Democratic wave, the other being Kay Bailey Hutchinson getting Ann Richards former spot as Texas State Treasurer when she became governor.
What if Perry decided to run for Ann’s spot as Treasurer and remained a Democrat, running against and beating Hutchinson?