Detailed Instructions: In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.
Q: Question: How old was the man who unseated Earle Cabell at the time of his election? Passage:For seven years, Meyer was the Republican chairman of Dallas County; under his tenure the county became heavily Republican in orientation for two decades but reverted to Democratic majority strength in 2006. In 1972, Meyer was the campaign manager in the long-shot race waged by Alan Steelman, a young Republican who unseated Earle Cabell as U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district, a post once held by the earlier Republican Bruce Alger. Cabell was also a former mayor of Dallas. Steelman. however, gave up the seat in 1976 in a losing bid against Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen. In 1984, Meyer as chairman of the host committee worked to bring the Republican National Convention to Dallas. He lost a nonpartisan race himself in 1987 for mayor of Dallas to the Democrat Annette Strauss but became state chairman the next year for the first of three two-year terms. He helped Vice President George Bush win the presidency over Michael Dukakis, with their old mutual rival, Lloyd Bentsen, seeking to succeed Bush as vice president but losing out to Republican nominee Dan Quayle.
Links: a. Democratic Party (United States) b. 1984 Republican National Convention c. Alan Steelman d. Vice President of the United States
A:
c