1960 Texas gubernatorial election

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1960 Texas gubernatorial election
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  1958 November 8, 1960 1962  
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Nominee Price Daniel William Steger
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,627,698609,808
Percentage72.8%27.2%

1960 Texas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Daniel:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Steger:      50–60%     70–80%

Governor before election

Price Daniel
Democratic

Elected Governor

Price Daniel
Democratic

The 1960 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1960, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Price Daniel was easily reelected to a third term, winning 73% of the vote to Republican William Steger's 27%.

Contents

Primaries

Democratic

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Price Daniel (Inc.) 908,992 59.46%
Democratic Jack Cox 619,83440.54%
Total votes1,528,834 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Price Daniel (incumbent) 1,627,698 72.75%
Republican William Steger 609,80827.25%
Total votes2,237,506 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.