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The 1902 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. S. W. T. Lanham was elected over Republican George W. Burkett in a landslide.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | S. W. T. Lanham | 269,076 | 74.92% |  7.36 | |
| Republican | George W. Burkett | 65,706 | 18.29% |  6.83 | |
| Populist | J. M. Mallett | 12,387 | 3.45% | 2.47 | |
| Prohibition | George W. Carroll | 8,708 | 2.42% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 6,155 [lower-alpha 1] | 0.91% | 0.44 | ||
| Total votes | 359,150 | 100.00% | |||
Robert Douglas Bullock was an American attorney and Democratic politician from Texas, whose career spanned four decades. His service culminated in his term as the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Texas from January 15, 1991, to January 19, 1999, during the term of Governor Ann Richards and the first term of Governor George W. Bush. Bullock is among the last Democrats to win and/or hold statewide office in Texas.
More than 1,500 African American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern states. Historian Canter Brown Jr. noted that in some states, such as Florida, the highest number of African Americans were elected or appointed to offices after the end of Reconstruction in 1877. The following is a partial list of notable African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900. Dates listed are the year that a term states or the range of years served if multiple terms.
George Washington Jones was an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Texas and was a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives.
In the United States, black conservatism is a political and social movement rooted in African-American communities that aligns largely with the American conservative movement, including the Christian right. Black conservatism emphasizes social conservatism, traditionalism, patriotism, capitalism and free markets. What characterizes a 'black conservative' has changed over time, and proponents do not necessarily share the same political philosophy.
William Martin Walton was a lawyer in Austin, Texas. During the Civil War, Walton served as a major in the Confederate Army. After the war, he was elected attorney general of the state and also headed the state Democratic Party. At the time of his death, Walton was one of the most respected lawyers in Texas.
Paul Farrow is an American businessman and Republican politician from Pewaukee, Wisconsin. He is the county executive of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, since 2015. He previously served two years each in the Wisconsin Senate and State Assembly, and was chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin from August 2021 through December 2022.
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 6, 1962, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1895. Republican nominee John W. Griggs defeated Democratic nominee Alexander T. McGill with 52.28% of the vote.
The 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. The primary election was held on June 26.
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 4, 1952 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 16.
The 1916 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican Governor Frank M. Byrne declined to seek re-election to a third term. Lieutenant Governor Peter Norbeck won the Republican primary to succeed him, and in the general election faced State Representative Orville V. Rinehart. Norbeck won his first term as Governor in a landslide over Rinehart.
The 1963 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 5.
The 1908 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908.
The 1904 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor S. W. T. Lanham was re-elected to a second term over Republican J. G. Lowden.
The 1906 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Thomas Mitchell Campbell was elected to a two-year term in office.
The 1908 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell was re-elected to a second term in office.
The 1932 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932, to elect the Governor of Texas. Democratic nominee and former Governor of Texas Miriam A. Ferguson defeated Republican nominee Orville Bullington.
The 1924 Texas gubernatorial election was held on 4 November 1924 in order to elect the Governor of Texas. Democratic nominee and former First Lady of Texas Miriam A. Ferguson defeated Republican nominee George C. Butte. With her victory, she became the first female governor of Texas and the second to be governor of any U.S. state, after Nellie Tayloe Ross, although Ferguson was the first to be elected to the office.
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