1946 Texas gubernatorial election

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1946 Texas gubernatorial election
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Nominee Beauford H. Jester Eugene Nolte, Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote345,51333,231
Percentage91.23%8.77%
Governor before election

Coke R. Stevenson
Democratic

Elected Governor

Beauford H. Jester
Democratic

The 1946 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Governor Coke R. Stevenson did not seek re-election.

Democratic Governor nominee Beauford H. Jester defeated Republican nominee Eugene Nolte, Jr. with 91.23% of the vote.

Nominations

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election was held on July 27, 1946, with the runoff held on August 24, 1946.

Candidates

Withdrew

  • W. J. Minton, newspaper editor [10] and unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for Governor in 1944

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [12] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beauford H. Jester 448,304 38.15
Democratic Homer P. Rainey 291,282 25.04
Democratic Grover Sellers 162,43113.96
Democratic Jerry Sadler 103,1208.87
Democratic John Lee Smith 102,9418.85
Democratic Caso March20,5291.76
Democratic C. R. Shaw9,7640.84
Democratic Reese Turner4,9120.42
Democratic A. J. Burks4,8810.42
Democratic Charles B. Hutchison4,6160.40
Democratic Walter S. McNutt4,3530.37
Democratic Floyd Brinkley4,2490.37
Democratic William V. Brown3,9020.34
Democratic W. J. Minton (withdrawn)2,3980.21
Total votes1,163,184 100.00
Democratic runoff results [15] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beauford H. Jester 701,018 66.34
Democratic Homer P. Rainey 355,65433.68
Total votes1,056,672 100.00

Republican nomination

The Republican state convention was held on August 13, 1946 at Mineral Wells. [16] [17] [18]

Candidates

  • Alvin H. Lane, attorney [18] [19]
  • Eugene "Mike" Nolte, Jr., alcohol distributor [19] [20]

Results

Republican convention results [16] [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Eugene Nolte, Jr. 178 54.27
Republican Alvin H. Lane15045.73
Total votes328 100.00

General election

Candidates

Results

1946 Texas gubernatorial election [21] [22] [14] [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Beauford H. Jester 345,513 91.23%
Republican Eugene Nolte, Jr.33,2318.77%
Majority312,28282.46%
Turnout 378,744100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

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