James O'Quinn Reese (December 14, 1929 – September 15, 2017), known as Jim Reese, was a businessman who served from 1968 to 1974 as the mayor of Odessa, Texas. From the 1960s to the 1980s, he was a figure in the development of the two-party system in West Texas. In 1978, he lost the Republican nomination to future U.S. President George W. Bush for Texas' 19th congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives. Bush was then defeated in the 1978 general election by the then Democrat, later Republican, Kent Hance.
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14 December 1929 Comanche County, Texas, US
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Died |
15 September 2017 (aged 87) Midland County, Texas, US
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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