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The 1920 Texas gubernatorial election was held on 2 November 1920 in order to elect the Governor of Texas. Former Democratic state representative Pat Morris Neff won comfortably in a four-way race against Republican nominee J. G. Culbertson, American Party of Texas nominee T. H. McGregor, and Black and Tan Republican nominee Hickerson Capers. [2]
In the primary, held on July 24, 1920, former Senator Joseph W. Bailey won the most votes, with Neff in second place; with neither candidate achieving 50%, a runoff was required. [3]
In the runoff, Neff won by just under 18 percentage points against Bailey, or 79,373 raw votes, making him the Democratic nominee and the presumptive governor; Texas - in this era - was a Democratic-dominated southern state in which the primary was almost always the deciding race in the election. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph W. Bailey | 152,340 | 33.87 | |
| Democratic | Patrick Morris Neff | 149,818 | 33.31 | |
| Democratic | R. Ewing Thomason | 99,002 | 22.01 | |
| Democratic | Benjamin F. Looney | 48,640 | 10.81 | |
| Total votes | 449,800 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Patrick Morris Neff | 264,075 | 58.84 | |
| Democratic | Joseph W. Bailey | 184,702 | 41.16 | |
| Total votes | 448,777 | 100.00 | ||
Neff faced numerous opponents in the general election, including T.H. McGregor of the American Party, a party established by formerly impeached and convicted Texas governor "James "Pa" Ferguson for the purposes of running for president in the concurrent presidential election. [5] Neff received 60.0% of the vote, a lower share than usual for most Democrats in Texas at the time, but this was due large, multi-candidate field rather than the more typical 1-on-1 between a Democrat and a Republican. [6]
| Texas Gubernatorial Election, 1920 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Pat Morris Neff | 289,188 | 60.03% | |
| Republican | J. G. Culbertson | 90,217 | 18.73% | |
| American | T.H. McGregor | 69,380 | 14.40% | |
| Black and Tan Republican | Hickson Capers | 26,091 | 5.42% | |
| Socialist | Lee Lightfoot Rhodes | 6,796 | 1.41% | |
| Others | 59 | 0.01% | ||
| Total Votes | 481,731 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
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the announcement of Mr. Temple H. McGregor for governor on the American party ticket
H. C. Capers of the Black and Tan Republican party
