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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Kent Ronald Hance (born November 14, 1942, in Dimmitt, Texas) is a lobbyist and lawyer who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from west Texas, having served from 1979 to 1985.
		Hance later said in an interview that for Bush, the lesson was that "he wasn't going to be out-Christianed or out-good-old-boyed again." [1] Hance is the only person ever to have defeated George W. Bush in an election.
		Hance was succeeded in the U.S. House by a young Republican, Larry Combest, a former aide to Senator Tower.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Kent_Hance (759 words)

	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center :: Home : News and Events : For Immediate Release
		Hance, who is the system’s third chancellor, will begin his duties on Dec. 1.
		Hance, a native of Dimmitt, graduated from Texas Tech in 1965 with a bachelor’s of business administration degree.
		Until his appointment as chancellor, he was an attorney with the firm of Hance Scarborough Wright Woodward and Weisbart.
	www.ttuhsc.edu /newsevents/nov06/kentNamedChancellor.aspx (324 words)

	Texas Tech University System :: Message from the Chancellor
		Hance will immediately focus his energies on continuing the quality growth of both Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Foremost on the agenda is fund-raising for scholarships, professorships and endowments as well as capital contributions. The chancellor will also work in Austin and Washington, D.C. to enhance funding for both institutions.
		Hance earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Texas Tech University in 1965 and graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1968. He returned to Lubbock to practice law and teach business law at Texas Tech. In 1973, he was named an outstanding professor at Texas Tech.
		Hance is a native of Dimmitt, Texas. He and his wife, Susie Hance, also an attorney, have five children and seven grandchildren.
	www.texastech.edu /chancellor (329 words)

	AP Wire \| 11/13/2006 \| Texas Tech regents hand chancellor's reins to Hance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hance, a 1965 Tech graduate who is succeeding Dr. David Smith, will begin his duties as the system's chancellor Dec. 1 at an annual salary of $412,000, his contract states.
		Hance will lead an upcoming private fundraising campaign to increase the school's endowment, regents have said.
		Hance switched parties in 1985 and went on to lose twice (1986 and 1990) in efforts to become Texas' governor.
	www.dfw.com /mld/startelegram/news/state/16003169.htm (261 words)

	UH -Top Education Stories - Texas Tech names Hance to head its university system
		Hance, a Texas Panhandle native and a Tech graduate whose family ties with the school run deep, was all but assured of taking the $412,000-a-year job when he became the sole finalist for the position last month.
		Hance, who is winding down his Austin lobbying business, said he expects to be active as Tech's voice in government as well as a potent fundraiser.
		Hance brags that a member of his family has attended Texas Tech "every fall and spring semester" since 1952, and none has been more loyal than him.
	www.uh.edu /ednews/2006/hc/200611/20061114hance.html (298 words)

	KWTX \| Tech Names New Chancellor
		Hance was named the sole finalist for the position last month, but 21 days had to pass before he could be offered the position.
		Hance, a Dimmitt native, is the only candidate to ever have beaten now-President George Bush in an election.
		Hance was a Democrat in 1978 when he defeated Republican Bush in a run for Congress.
	www.kwtx.com /home/headlines/4632581.html (179 words)

	UH -Top Education Stories - Ex-legislator to lead Texas Tech
		Hance more resembles Montford — for whom the job was created in 1996 — as another potentially powerful fundraiser and conduit to decision-makers in Austin and Washington.
		A native of the Panhandle town of Dimmitt, Hance graduated from Tech in 1965 and from the University of Texas School of Law in 1968, where he and Montford were close friends.
		Hance switched to the Republican Party shortly after his defeat and made two failed attempts to win the GOP nomination for governor.
	www.uh.edu /ednews/2006/hc/200610/20061019hance.html (547 words)

	Governor Bush's Journey: Learning How to Run: A West Texas Stumble
		Kent Hance, the Democratic candidate and a smooth-talking good old boy, was telling a yarn about working in a field along a rural road.
		Hance recounted how he'd given the man directions, telling him to turn right after a cattle guard, a metal grate ubiquitous in rural roads to keep livestock from straying.
		Hance was a rising political star who represented a state senate district that largely overlapped with the 19th Congressional district they were fighting over.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/politics/camp/072700wh-bush-lubbock.html (3621 words)

	Austin Chronicle: Take the Money and Run
		Hance told the Chronicle that he got reimbursed for the postage expense to make sure that he stayed under the $1,000 contribution limit.
		Hance, incidentally, is the only politician ever to defeat Bush in an election.
		Hance says his business interests are not motivating him to support Bush, and that he was among the first donors to give money to Bush's first gubernatorial campaign.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol18/issue48/pols.bush.html (1696 words)

	TPJ.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Then-Democratic State Senator Kent Hance defeated Bush in 1978 after haranguing him for having nothing to run on but “his daddy’s coattails.” The former opponents, who both have gotten great mileage servicing the oil industry, have long since buried the hatchet.
		Hance served three congressional terms, switched parties and got appointed to the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil industry.
		Hance reported receiving between $225,000 and $505,000 from 13 lobby clients in 2003.
	www.tpj.org /docs/pioneers/pioneers_view.jsp?id=597 (417 words)

	Welcome to Kilgore College
		Hance provides clients with unique expertise in a broad range of state and federal administrative, regulatory, and legislative areas.
		Hance served on the Texas Railroad Commission (Chairman 1989-1990) which regulates the oil and gas, and transportation industries in Texas.
		Hance frequently attends OPEC meetings and is active in the acquisition of international oil and gas drilling rights on behalf of U. and international clients.
	www.kilgore.edu /jubilee_mr_hance.asp (287 words)

	Bush Wasn't Always a Front-Runner
		Bush's general election opponent, Democrat Kent Hance, was a state senator from Lubbock, the district's biggest city.
		Hance, who now practices law in Austin, recalls that they were asked about gun control at a forum.
		Hance made an issue of Bush's family ties and his prep school, Ivy League education.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/19991017/aponline114059_000.htm (910 words)

	MyWestTexas.com - West Texas Bush library effort picks up fundraising steam
		Former U.S. Rep. and Austin lobbyist Kent Hance, who defeated President George W. Bush in a 1978 Congressional race, is working for the West Texas Coalition to raise the money needed to put a Bush Library in Lubbock.
		Hance said plans to take up to two years off work to raise money for the cause.
		Hance, who ran against Bush for Congress in 1978, said the first couple has handled themselves with dignity and class.
	www.mywesttexas.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16314824&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475621&rfi=6 (684 words)

	distinguishedalumni
		Dr. Wallace Davis, who served as Wayland’s president from 1991-2001 and then as chancellor, is one of three recipients of the Distinguished Benefactor Award, along with Kent Hance and Delbert McDougal, as the three top donors to the Pete and Nelda Laney Activities Center.
		An attorney with Hance Scarborough Wright in Austin, Kent Hance has served as state senator for Texas as well as U.S. Congressman in the 19th congressional district, defeating current President George W. Bush for the position and the only person to ever do so in a political campaign.
		Hance has served on the WBU Board of Trustees as on a committee to raise funds for the Laney Activities Center.
	www.wbu.edu /a/a05c/distinguishedalumni.htm (838 words)

	Phil Gramm rallies Republican support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gramm was introduced at the rally by Kent Hance, a former Lubbock congressman who attacked Democrats for accepting campaign contributions from foreign sources.
		Hance said he will vote a straight Republican ticket on Nov. 5, including a vote for Carl Isett, the Republican nominee for state House District 84.
		My opponent's greatest claim to fame is that he worked for Kent Hance 12 years ago,'' Isett said.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/110196/phil.htm (342 words)

	Online NewsHour \| Vote 2004 \| Candidates \| George W. Bush \| Early Political Career
		"In 1961, when [Democratic candidate] Kent Hance graduated from Dimmitt High School in the 19th congressional district, his opponent George W. Bush was attending Andover Academy in Massachusetts.
		In 1965, when Kent Hance graduated from Texas Tech, his opponent was at Yale University," one particularly devastating radio ad went.
		Hance later commented that President Bush took several key lessons from the campaign that affected his future runs for Texas governor and president.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2004/candidates/can_bush-political.html (726 words)

	GEORGE W. BUSH'S JOURNEY - A Political Education, Taught in West Texas [Free Republic]
		Hance did: he focused his campaign on emphasizing local ties and on casting Mr.
		And while Kent Hance graduated from University of Texas Law School, his opponent" -- the announcer's voice plunged -- "get this, folks, was attending Harvard.
		Kent Hance's (losing) race for the Senate was against Phil Graham.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a397fb8827851.htm (4087 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Pair Under Inquiry May Face Tribal Action
		Hance is now a Republican but was a Democrat while in the House.
		Lobbyist Jack Abramoff and public relations consultant Michael Scanlon, already under investigation by a Senate panel, the FBI and a task force of five federal agencies, are now facing the strong likelihood of lawsuits from some of the tribes that paid the millions of dollars in lobbying and PR fees to the two men.
		The tribe hired the firm, whose partner Kent Hance is a former GOP congressman, to represent it during the Senate Indian Affairs Committee investigation and to conduct its own internal investigation.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A13153-2004Oct6?language=printer (872 words)

	Political Friendster - Kent R. Hance - Connections
		Political Friendster - Kent R. Hance - Connections
		Kent entered and won the 19th Congressional District race against our current President George W. Bush, thus becoming the only person to ever defeat the President in a political campaign.
		In 2000, Kent served on the Finance Committee for the George W. Bush for President Campaign, and is presently a Pioneer with the 2004 Bush-Cheney Re-Election Campaign.
	www.politicalfriendster.com /showPerson.php?id=5042&name=Kent-R-Hance (65 words)

	Tech down to final chancellor finalist : News : KVII Online
		LUBBOCK (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Kent Hance was named Wednesday as the sole finalist to become chancellor of the Texas Tech University system.
		Hance, a 1965 Tech graduate who returned to Lubbock to teach business law after completing law school at the University of Texas, is the only candidate to ever have defeated George W. Bush in an election.
		Hance, who did not attend the regent meeting, will take a leave of absence from his law firm in Austin, Hance and Scarborough, and move to Lubbock.
	www.kvii.com /news/news_story.aspx?id=19901 (187 words)

	Texas Monthly June 1999: Not So Great in ‘78
		After extolling Hance’s virtues, Thompson concluded that Bush’s actions “do not indicate the same high character.” Five days later Hance won the 19th Congressional District seat by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent.
		To the amusement of Hance’s supporters, Panhandle voters got their first introduction to young George W. in TV ads that showed him jogging.
		Hance, Green notes, “tells a good joke, especially country jokes,” a talent he put to good use at Bush’s expense during the campaign.
	www.texasmonthly.com /1999-06-01/feature5.php (1251 words)

	Dallasblog.com is the Dallas, Texas news blog and Dallas, Texas information source for the DFW Metroplex. - DALLAS BLOG ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hance, a native of Dimmitt, earned his law degree from the University of Texas in 1968.
		In February 2005, Hance established the $1 million Kent Hance Regents Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship in the Rawls College of Business Administration.
		Now that Hance has been named the sole finalist for the chancellor position, state law requires that 21 days must pass before any final action can be taken by the board of regents.
	www.dallasblog.com /dallas-blogs/2006/10/24/kent-hance-named-texas-tech-chancellor.html (1329 words)

	Knight rips former Texas Tech chancellor - College Basketball - MSNBC.com
		Knight praised Kent Hance, the school’s sole finalist for chancellor and a former West Texas congressman, at the start of his address to a crowd of about 1,000 people at the Red Raider Club Tip-Off Luncheon.
		“(Hance) replaces a chancellor that only had one thing on his mind and that was self-promotion,” Knight said.
		Knight predicted Hance would lead the school to a promising future and said he cared about Tech faculty and students.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15538688/wid/6448213 (290 words)

	AP Wire \| 12/27/2006 \| Knight to take first shot at win record
		Hance said Knight brings name identification to the school and the city.
		He donated $65,000 of his own money and thousands of books from his personal collection; he backed a similar effort at Indiana during his 29 years there.
		Knight's a lot like some in politics, entertainment and sports when it comes to supporters and detractors, Hance said.
	www.kentucky.com /mld/kentucky/sports/colleges/16329083.htm (707 words)

	Texas Tech Sports presented by The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
		"(Hance) replaces a guy that only had one thing on his mind and that was self-promotion," Knight told a crowd of nearly 1,000.
		Regents in October named Hance the sole finalist for the position Smith vacated and will likely be formally appointed as chancellor later this month.
		Knight praised the former Tech faculty member and long-time politician for his affection for the students and faculty of the university, and said the new chancellor would lead Tech to a bright future.
	www.redraiders.com /stories/110306/mbb_110306034.shtml (597 words)

	Kent Hance: An Inventory of His Papers, 1953-1984 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
		These records document the political career of Kent Hance, who was elected to the Texas State Senate, U. Congress, and was appointed railroad commissioner of Texas.
		A native of Dimmitt, Texas, Hance received his B.A. degree at Texas Technological College in 1965 and his law degree at University of Texas in 1968.
		In 1974, Hance was elected to the Texas State Senate and to the U.S. House of Representatives (from the 19th Congressional District) in 1979.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/ttusw/00126/tsw-00126.html (1002 words)

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