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Gerald Ford: “I still think we're an underdog in Texas, but we're closing the gap.”

On the recordApril 26, 1976
I still think we're an underdog in Texas, but we're closing the gap.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Exchange With Reporters in Bossier City

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