1954 United States Senate election in Texas

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1954 United States Senate election in Texas
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  1948 November 2, 1954 1960  
  Senator Lyndon Johnson (1).jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Carlos Watson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote538,41795,033
Percentage84.59%14.93%

1954 United States Senate election in Texas results map by county.svg
Johnson:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Watson:      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

The 1954 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson was re-elected to a second term in office, easily dispatching his challengers.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1954 United States Senate election in Texas [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) 883,264 71.38%
Democratic Dudley Dougherty354,18828.62%
Total votes1,237,452 100.00%

General election

Results

1954 United States Senate election in Texas [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) 538,417 84.59%
Republican Carlos G. Watson95,03314.93%
Constitution Fred T. Spangler3,0250.48%
Total votes636,475 100.00%
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "Dudley Tarlton Dougherty". Legislative Reference Library of Texas.
  2. "Texas Almanac, 1956-1957". 1955.
  3. "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Primary Race - Jul 24, 1954".
  4. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1955). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1954" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  5. "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 02, 1954". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  6. Kingston, Mike; Attlesey, Sam; Crawford, Mary G. (1992). The Texas Almanac's Political History of Texas (1st ed.). Austin, Texas: Eakin Press. pp. 150–153. ISBN   089015855X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)