1954 United States Senate election in Texas
Appearance
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Johnson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Watson: 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Texas |
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Government |
The 1954 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson was re-elected to a second term in office, easily dispatching his challengers.
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Dudley Dougherty, State Representative from Beeville[1]
- Lyndon Baines Johnson, incumbent Senator since 1949
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) | 883,264 | 71.38% | |
Democratic | Dudley Dougherty | 354,188 | 28.62% | |
Total votes | 1,237,452 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) | 538,417 | 84.59% | ||
Republican | Carlos G. Watson | 95,033 | 14.93% | ||
Constitution | Fred T. Spangler | 3,025 | 0.48% | ||
Total votes | 636,475 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dudley Tarlton Dougherty". Legislative Reference Library of Texas.
- ^ "Texas Almanac, 1956-1957". 1955.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Primary Race - Jul 24, 1954".
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1955). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1954" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 02, 1954". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ Kingston, Mike; Attlesey, Sam; Crawford, Mary G. (1992). The Texas Almanac's Political History of Texas (1st ed.). Austin, Texas: Eakin Press. pp. 150–153. ISBN 089015855X.
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