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Elections in Texas |
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The Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Texas. The Incumbent, William P. Hobby Jr. ran for re-election to his fifth and final term, he was elected against Republican and former minister, David Davidson. [2] During the campaign Davidson attacked Hobby's support of the tax increases passed by the Legislature in 1984, Hobby countered that the taxes supported services that helped citizens of the state. [3] Despite 1986 seeing former Republican Governor Bill Clements defeat Mark White by 6 points in the concurrent governor race, Hobby won the election in a landslide over Davidson. by the end of his term Hobby became the longest serving Lieutenant Governor in Texas history.
Primaries were held on May 3, 1986, and runoffs were held on June 7, 1986, for both parties.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William P. Hobby Jr. | 761,999 | 74.2 | |
Democratic | David Young | 265,319 | 25.8 | |
Total votes | 1,027,318 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Davidson | 130,201 | 32.6 | |
Republican | Aaron L. Bullock | 111,036 | 27.8 | |
Republican | Glenn Jackson | 81,752 | 20.5 | |
Republican | Virgil E. Mulanax | 76,688 | 19.2 | |
Total votes | 399,677 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Davidson | 89,259 | 69.6 | |
Republican | Aaron L. Bullock | 38,927 | 30.4 | |
Total votes | 128,186 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William P. Hobby Jr. | 2,032,781 | 61.37 | |
Republican | David Davidson | 1,231,858 | 37.19 | |
Libertarian | William Howell | 47,819 | 1.44 | |
Total votes | 3,312,458 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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