[DOC] [TLE] Articles about Victor Morales - latimes [PAR] A high school civics teacher on the political lark of a lifetime, he could afford no 
other ... miles so far in the Democratic race to unseat Republican incumbent Phil 
Gramm. ... civics teacher Victor Morales won a close runoff Tuesday for the Texas 
Democratic ... Texans Vote Today for Democratic Candidate to Oppose Sen. [DOC] [TLE] Morales on the road again - EBSCOhost Connection [PAR] Focuses on the life of a high school geography teacher Victor M. Morales in the ... 
Victor Morales to challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas). [DOC] [TLE] Articles citations with the tag: MORALES, Victor [PAR] Results 1 - 30 ... Reports on the election of Texas high school teacher Victor Morales in the ... 
Morales to challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas). [DOC] [TLE] Running on Dare, Teacher Wins Senate Primary - The New York ... [PAR] Apr 11, 1996 ... He is a $36,000-a-year civics teacher at Poteet High School in a suburb of ... He 
is Victor M. Morales, and today everyone in Texas can call him the ... unseating 
Senator Phil Gramm, the Republican incumbent who has a $3.5... [DOC] [TLE] How Victor Morales got his moment on the spotlight at a Democratic ... [PAR] Aug 9, 2012 ... In 1996, Victor Morales drove his white pickup truck across Texas and to national 
attention as an Everyman candidate seeking to knock off Republican incumbent 
Sen. ... Gramm took the challenge seriously, outspent him 30-1 and in the end, ... 
Texas convention speakers, the retired Crandall school teacher... [DOC] [TLE] Gramm's Best Friend - The Austin Chronicle [PAR] Just ask Victor Morales. As the Texas Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, 
Morales, a high school teacher from Mesquite, has overcome a panoply of... [DOC] [TLE] Victor Morales running again  Jonathan D. Blundell [PAR] Mar 3, 2006 ... Former Poteet HS governement teacher, Victor Morales, is running for the U.S. ... 
by driving a white pickup across Texas in a 1996 bid to unseat then-U.S. Sen. ... 
district, Cuellar decided to challenge the popular incumbent. [DOC] [TLE] Congressman Who Turned To Gop Loses Texas Runoff - Collections [PAR] Apr 10, 1996 ... Greg Laughlin of Texas, one of the first Democratic congressmen to switch 
parties after the ... The four-term incumbent became the first congressman this 
year to go down in defeat. ... In a Senate runoff, Rep. ... race with high school 
teacher Victor Morales for the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. [DOC] [TLE] Hispanic Stuns Texas Democrats - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] Apr 11, 1996 ... He is a $36000-a-year civics teacher at Poteet High School in a ... Political 
Neophyte Will Challenge Sen. ... He is Victor Morales, and as of Wednesday, 
everyone in Texas can call him the Democratic nominee for U.S. senator. ... Sen. 
Phil Gramm, the Republican incumbent who has a $3.5 million war chest. [DOC] [TLE] GOP Congressman Ousted in Texas Runoff - CSMonitor.com [PAR] Apr 11, 1996 ... In another upset, Cinderella candidate Victor Morales captured the Democratic 
nomination in Texas' Senate runoff and will face Republican Phil Gramm in 
November. A high school government teacher, Mr. Morales narrowly defeated ... 
The 14th District runoff between Mr. Laughlin, a four-term incumbent,... [DOC] [TLE] The Unbearable Lightness of Victor | Dallas Observer [PAR] Mar 28, 1996 ... Driving west on Highway 67, Victor Morales has the sun at his back ... 
schoolteacher entered the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. ... Gramm for the 
U.S. Senate was supposed to be between two Texas ... He took a leave of 
absence from his job as a government teacher at Poteet High School in Mesquite
. [DOC] [TLE] Experts Advise Democrats On Trimming Bush's Lead - WSJ [PAR] Incumbent Texas governors have a history of losing re-election bids -- in fact, no 
Texas governor ever has won back-to-back ... Bush can be beaten by 
challenging his record in office. .... Victor Morales, the Mesquite high-school 
teacher who rose from an unknown to a credible rival in his unsuccessful bid to 
unseat Sen.

Question: High school teacher Victor Morales challenged this incumbent Texas senator
Answer: Phil Gramm