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were Karen Hughes, Joe Allbaugh, and Karl Rove.[68]

After easily winning the Republican primary, Bush faced popular Democratic incumbent Governor Ann Richards.[57][69] In the course of the campaign, Bush pledged to sign a bill allowing Texans to obtain permits to carry concealed weapons. Richards had vetoed the bill, but Bush signed it after he became governor.[70] According to The Atlantic Monthly, the race "featured a rumor that she was a lesbian, along with a rare instance of such a tactic's making it into the public record – when a regional chairman of the Bush campaign allowed himself, perhaps inadvertently, to be quoted criticizing Richards for 'appointing avowed homosexual activists' to state jobs".[71] The Atlantic, and others, connected the lesbian rumor to Karl Rove,[72] but Rove denied being involved.[73] Bush won the general election with 53.5% against Richards' 45.9%.[74]

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