Ernest Angelo
| Ernest Angelo, Jr. | |
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Ernest Angelo (1972)
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| Mayor of Midland, Texas | |
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In office 1972–1980 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin H. Magruder, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gaylian Thane Akins |
| Texas Republican National Committeeman | |
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In office 1976–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Fred Agnich |
| Succeeded by | Timothy Lambert |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 7, 1934 St. Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Lou “Penny” Pendergraft Angelo |
| Children |
Ernest Eugene Angelo |
| Residence | Midland, Texas |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Oilman |
Ernest Eugene Angelo
Helen Marie Kisner
Patricia Louise Angelo
Ernest Angelo, Jr., known as Ernie Angelo (born March 7, 1934), is an American oilman and Republican politician who served from 1972–1980 as mayor of the West Texas city of Midland and was in 1976 the co-manager of the Ronald W. Reagan Texas presidential primary campaign.
With a 2–1 margin among voters in the state’s first binding presidential primary, Reagan won all ninety-six delegate spots at stake. Coupled with a victory five weeks earlier in North Carolina, the historic Texas upset revived Reagan’s floundering campaign and set him firmly on the road to contest with President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., the party’s nomination at the convention held in Kansas City, Missouri. Without the Texas triumph, which occurred on May 1, 1976, and follow-up victories on May 4 in Indiana and Georgia, Reagan could have been forced out of contention for the nomination. And without Angelo and his two co-chairmen, Ray Barnhart of Houston, later the director of the Federal Highway Administration, and Barbara Staff of Dallas County, chairman of the Council of Republican Women's Clubs of Dallas County, at the helm that year, Reagan might have become viewed as a non-starter with little credibility four years later—when he went on to win the presidency by a wide margin of electoral votes.
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