{"id":442,"date":"2013-03-25T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/25\/sharp-finds-his-way-in-aggieland"},"modified":"2013-03-25T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T17:46:00","slug":"sharp-finds-his-way-in-aggieland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Sharp finds his way in Aggieland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John Sharp wanted to be Texas lieutenant governor so badly he ran twice for the office, but lost \u2013 in order \u2013 to Rick Perry and David Dewhurst.<\/p>\n

But as the Texas Tribune reports, these two men \u2013 one of whom is a college classmate of Sharp \u2013 have become his major political allies. And it\u2019s bringing good things to the institution that Sharp now leads.<\/p>\n

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Sharp has had his share of electoral success in politics. He served as state senator from Victoria, as a Texas railroad commissioner, as state comptroller (and was the last Democrat to win a statewide office when he won re-election in 1994). He ran for lieutenant governor in 1998, losing to Perry by a narrow margin and again in 2002, losing to Dewhurst also narrowly.<\/p>\n

Then the Texas A&M University System needed a chancellor. Who were Sharp\u2019s biggest fans? Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, who argued that\u00a0 Sharp\u2019s legislative skill would serve him well as the Aggies\u2019 chancellor, and finally, Gov. Perry, who appointed his former rival-turned-pal to the post in 2011.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s paying dividends for the system, which has taken off on smooth waters while stormy seas have made life difficult for the folks over at the \u201cother\u201d university, the University of Texas \u2013 or as Aggies are fond of calling it, \u201ctu,\u201d which is shorthand for \u201ctexas university.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

UT regents are being accused of micromanaging the school\u2019s flagship campus in Austin. UT-Austin President Bill Powers has been in a snit with his bosses over some regents\u2019 alleged interference in administrative matters. Meanwhile, Sharp has been steering the A&M System through some legislative funding successes.<\/p>\n

Texas Democrats have been looking for someone to break the Republicans\u2019 elective-office stranglehold in this state. Sharp has come close twice in his most recent bids for statewide office.<\/p>\n

Something tells me John Sharp isn\u2019t about to surrender the good gig he\u2019s enjoying in College Station. After all, how much better can it get when the Aggies bolt to the powerhouse Southeastern Conference, more than hold their own on the football field and then have one of their own win the Heisman Trophy?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m guessing Chancellor Sharp is a happy man these days.<\/p>\n\n

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John Sharp wanted to be Texas lieutenant governor so badly he ran twice for the office, but lost \u2013 in order \u2013 to Rick Perry and David Dewhurst. But as the Texas Tribune reports, these two men \u2013 one of whom is a college classmate of Sharp \u2013 have become his major political allies. And … Continue reading Sharp finds his way in Aggieland<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}