1906 Texas gubernatorial election

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1906 Texas gubernatorial election
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  1904 November 8, 1906 1908  
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Candidate Thomas Mitchell Campbell C. A. Gray
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote149,10523,771
Percentage77.6%12.4%

Governor before election

S. W. T. Lanham
Democratic

Governor-elect

Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Democratic

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.

Contents

This was the first election in which a party held a primary to determine its nominee. [1] Thomas Mitchell Campbell won the Democratic nomination over a four-man field including M. M. Brooks, Oscar Branch Colquitt and Charles K. Bell; his victory was tantamount to election with the Republican Party already weak in Texas and deeply divided at the time.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1906 Democratic gubernatorial primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Thomas Mitchell Campbell 90,345 30.72%
Democratic M. M. Brooks70,06423.82%
Democratic Oscar Branch Colquitt 68,52923.30%
Democratic Charles K. Bell 65,16822.16%
Total votes294,106 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Acheson was the candidate of the "black and tan" faction of the Republicans, while Gray was nominated by the "lily-white movement" which sought to exclude non-white men from the party.

Results

1906 Texas gubernatorial election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Thomas Mitchell Campbell 149,105 77.59% Increase2.svg4.02
Republican C. A. Gray23,77112.37%Decrease2.svg7.92
Independent Republican Alex W. Atcheson5,3952.81%N/A
Socialist George Clifton Edwards2,9581.54%Increase2.svg 0.52
Prohibition J. W. Pearson2,2151.15%Decrease2.svg0.46
Socialist Labor Arthur S. Dowler2600.14%Decrease2.svg 0.06
Total votes183,704 100.00%

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