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The 1886 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Lawrence Sullivan Ross was elected in a landslide over opposition from the Republican and Prohibition parties.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Lawrence Sullivan Ross | 228,776 | 73.02% |  7.97 | |
| Republican | Archelaus M. Cochran | 65,236 | 20.82% | 14.7 | |
| Prohibition | Ebenezer L. Dohoney | 19,186 | 6.12% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 102 | 0.03% | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 313,300 | 100.00% | |||
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