Tarrance, Lance 2025-05-23
This interview features Lance Tarrance as he speaks broadly about his career in political research and polling. Tarrance describes the political landscapes of the twentieth century, centering around campaigns and work he did with various republican politicians. Particularly he focuses on his early years and how it shaped his involvement in the Republican party. He explains his brief stints in law school, political ideologies of the 1960s, and some of his later work in the 1970s in Washington.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Lance Tarrance
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: May 23, 2025
Location: via zoom
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman and Sean Cunningham
Length: 01:48:15 (1 hour 48 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and background information; Hispanic Republican realignment; Being the State Research Director for the Texas Republican party; Decision to go to Washington & Lee University; Jobs he held after graduation from college; Graduate school; Census Bureau; Kennedy School of Government at Harvard; Thoughts on the Kennedy assassination; Texas politics in the 1960s; Closing remarks
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace
Related Interview: Tarrance, Lance 2025-06-10; Tarrance, Lance 2025-06-17
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