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Former Mississippi governor to stump for Obama in Waco Thursday
Ray Mabus, former governor of Mississippi, will stump in Waco Thursday for Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential bid, campaign staff announced today.
During Mabus’ tenure serving as governor from 1988 to 1992 he implemented “major education reforms,” according to an Obama campaign news release. Prior to being elected Governor, Mabus served as State Auditor from 1983 - 1987.
He won the 1988 gubernatorial race on the slogan “Mississippi will never be last again.” But Mabus lost the governorship in 1992 to a conservative who became the first Republican since Reconstruction to head the state.
Mabus was later appoined by President Bill Clinton to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.
He will speak at 12:30 p.m. at the Waco campaign field office, 1818 Columbus Ave. For questions, call the campaign office at 714-2008.
He will also be making stops in College Station, Killeen and Abilene on Thursday.
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