Ronald Reagan ran as the candidate of Main Street, against the candidacies of John Connally and George H.

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After all, in 1980 big business Republicans supported John Connally and George H.

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Better it would be if the Fed were to heed the words of Nixon Treasury Secretary John Connally with regard to money.

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Into this mix rode John Connally as Secretary of the Treasury.

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He was former Texas governor and one-time Democrat, John Connally.

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Mr Hale has a controversial past: in 1958, he eloped with his high-school sweetheart, the daughter of John Connally, a future governor of Texas, and the girl committed suicide.

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In 1980, it was the focus of a battle between forces supporting former California Gov. Ronald Reagan and ex-Democratic Gov. John Connally of Texas, a Nixon favorite who switched to the GOP in 1973.

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Big business and Wall Street preferred John Connally.

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