Carole Keeton Strayhorn
| Carole Keeton | |
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| 36th Comptroller of Texas | |
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In office January 20, 1999 – January 20, 2007 |
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| Governor |
George W. Bush Rick Perry |
| Preceded by | John Sharp |
| Succeeded by | Susan Combs |
| Member of the Texas Railroad Commission | |
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In office December 10, 1994 – January 3, 1999 |
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| Governor |
Ann Richards George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Mary Scott Nabers |
| Succeeded by | Michael Williams |
| Mayor of Austin | |
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In office 1977–1983 |
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| Preceded by | Jeff Friedman |
| Succeeded by | Ron Mullen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Carole Stewart Keeton September 13, 1939 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party |
Democratic (Before 1986) Republican (1986–2006) Independent (2006–present) |
| Spouse(s) |
Barr McClellan (Divorced) Curtis Rylander (Divorced) Ed Strayhorn (Divorced) |
| Children | 4 (including Scott and Mark) |
| Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA) |
Carole Keeton (born September 13, 1939), formerly known as Carole Keeton Rylander and Carole Keeton Strayhorn, is an American politician and the former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Elected to the comptroller's post in 1998 as a Republican, Keeton ran as an independent candidate for Texas governor against Republican incumbent James Richard "Rick" Perry in 2006. She lost the November general election to Perry and placed third in a six-way race, with 18 percent.
Keeton is notable for several "firsts" in Austin and Texas politics. She is the first and so far only woman elected as mayor of Austin and the first Austin mayor elected to three consecutive terms. She was the first woman elected to the Texas Railroad Commission and the first woman elected as comptroller. She also was the first woman to serve as president of the Austin school board and as president of the Austin Community College board.
In May 2009, Keeton lost her campaign for Mayor of Austin.
Keeton was born Carole Stewart Keeton in Austin, the second child and only daughter of Madge Anna (Stewart) and W. Page Keeton, a lawyer and university dean. Her father was the longtime dean of the University of Texas Law School.
Keeton's first marriage was to attorney Barr McClellan, whom she divorced during her first term as mayor. The marriage produced four sons, Scott McClellan, Mark McClellan, Brad McClellan and Dudley McClellan. Upon her subsequent remarriage, she took the last name of her new husband, accordingly elected as comptroller under the name Carole Keeton Rylander. She married Ed Strayhorn in 2003, continuing her career as Carole Keeton Strayhorn. She resumed her maiden name by 2014, after her third marriage ended in divorce.
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