Jack Morris Rains (born November 23, 1937) is a

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, Texas, attorney who was the 95th

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, having served from 1987 to 1989. He left the position to contest unsuccessfully for the

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gubernatorial nomination in 1990.Bruising Runoff Expected in Texas Governor's Race
/ref> He lost to businessman

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, of Midland, who was then narrowly defeated in the general election by the

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Ann Willis Richards, then the

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. Other candidates in the field with Rains and Williams were

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, a former congressman and previously a Democrat, and Tom Luce, a

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lawyer.

Biography

In 1960, Rains earned a

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degree from

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, and named a "Distinguished Alumnus", in 1987. He earned his Doctor of

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degree in 1967 from the University of Houston, College of Law, and named a "Distinguished Alumnus" of the University and an "Outstanding Graduate" of the College of Law.

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