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! Since 1980 most Texas voters have supported Republican presidential candidates in 2000 and 2004 Republican George W Bush won Texas with respectively 59.3 and 60.1 percent of the vote partly due to his "favorite son" status as a former governor of the state John McCain won the state in 2008 but with a smaller margin of victory compared to Bush at 55 percent of the vote Austin Dallas Houston and San Antonio consistently lean Democratic in both local and statewide elections, After the original natural grass playing surface died the Astrodome became the first major sports venue to install artificial turf which became known as AstroTurf in another technological first the Astrodome featured the "Astrolite" which was the first animated scoreboard the Astrodome was renovated in 1988 expanding seating and altering many original features. . Main article: Galveston Bay District Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Harris County Represented; . Mexico in 1824 Coahuila y Tejas is the northeastern-most state Rice University The Astro Spiral car jump was performed January 12 1972 by Chick Galiano of J.M Productions' Hell Drivers This stunt was later performed in the 1974 James Bond film the Man With the Golden Gun. ! 1910 3,896,542 27.8% 2 Tourism and recreation As a seafaring people in the south-westernmost region of Europe the Portuguese became natural leaders of exploration during the Middle Ages Faced with the options of either accessing other European markets by sea by exploiting its seafaring prowess or by land and facing the task of crossing Castile and Aragon territory it is not surprising that goods were sent via the sea to England Flanders Italy and the Hanseatic league towns.[citation needed], Clear Lake which gives the aforementioned community its name is a tidal lake with brackish water located on the western side of Galveston Bay Covering about 2,000 acres (810 hectares) the lake is fed by Clear Creek and inflow from the bay. Ultimately the Clear Creek watershed covers an area of 250 square miles (650 km2) encompassing seventeen tributaries.

. Railroad map of Texas east of the 100th meridian (circa 1884) In popular culture. . . Agriculture and mining Pacific Islander: 0.1 percent Diplomatic missions Racial composition 1970 1990 2000 2010 8 Culture 16.4 Historiography Basketball Hip-Hop Earl Campbell the "Tyler Rose" played football for John Tyler High in Tyler before playing for the Texas Longhorns and the Houston Oilers Don Meredith who famously played for the Dallas Cowboys played at Mt Vernon Dez Bryant a football player from Lufkin formerly played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys before signing with the New Orleans Saints (then getting injured three days afterwards) Adrian Peterson a star running back for the Minnesota Vikings played high-school football in Palestine Other high-school sports are popular in East Texas including basketball baseball volleyball softball and track. See also: List of people from Texas and List of Texas symbols.