1993 United States Senate special election in Texas

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1993 United States Senate special election in Texas
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Candidate Kay Bailey Hutchison Bob Krueger Joe Barton
Party Republican Democratic Republican
First round593,338
29.00%		593,239
29.00%		284,135
13.89%
Runoff 1,188,716
67.34%		576,538
32.66%		Eliminated
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Candidate Jack Fields Richard W. Fisher
Party Republican Democratic
First round277,560
13.57%		165,564
8.09%
Runoff EliminatedEliminated
1993 United States Senate special election in Texas results map by county first round.svg
1993 United States Senate special election in Texas results map by county.svg
Hutchison:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

Krueger:     20–30%     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Barton:      20–30%     30–40%     40–50%
Fields:      20–30%     30–40%     40–50%
Gutierrez:      50–60%

Contents

Tie:      20–30%     30–40%
U.S. senator before election

Bob Krueger
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican

The 1993 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on June 6, 1993, to replace Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, who had resigned to become Secretary of the Treasury. Governor Ann Richards appointed Democrat Bob Krueger, a Texas Railroad Commissioner, to fill the seat. Krueger ran in the special election, but was defeated in a landslide by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison. [1] [2] The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on May 1, 1993. [3] Since no candidate received a majority in the primary, a runoff was held on June 6, 1993. [1]

Hutchison was the first Republican to win this seat since Reconstruction in 1875. It was the first time since then that Republicans held both of the state's Senate seats simultaneously. In 2010, Krueger's campaign was named by the Houston Chronicle as the worst in Texas' modern political history. [4] Hutchinson became the first woman to serve as a senator from Texas.

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Libertarian

People's

Socialist Workers

Independents

Primary election

Results

Nonpartisan blanket primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison 593,338 29.00%
Democratic Bob Krueger (incumbent) 593,239 29.00%
Republican Joe Barton 284,13513.89%
Republican Jack Fields 277,56013.57%
Democratic Richard W. Fisher 165,5648.09%
Democratic José Angel Gutierrez52,1032.55%
Republican Stephen Hopkins14,7530.72%
Democratic Gene Kelly11,3310.55%
Democratic C. "Sonny" Payne6,7820.33%
Independent Don Richardson6,2090.30%
Libertarian Rick Draheim5,6770.28%
Republican Clymer Wright 5,1110.25%
Republican Herbert John Spiro 4,4590.22%
Republican Charles Ben Howell3,8660.19%
Independent Roger Henson3,0920.15%
Republican Chuck Sibley2,4060.12%
Socialist Workers Rose "Jackie" Floyd2,3010.11%
Republican Thomas D. Spink2,2810.11%
Independent Lou Bolling Hancock2,2420.11%
Independent Lou Zaeske2,1910.11%
Populist Billy Brown2,1870.11%
Republican James Vallaster2,1240.10%
Independent Louis C. Davis1,5480.08%
Independent Maco Stewart1,2600.06%
Total votes2,045,759 100.0%

General election

Results

United States Senate special election in Texas, 1993 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison 1,188,716 67.34%
Democratic Bob Krueger (incumbent)576,53832.66%
Total votes1,765,254 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

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References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - Special Race - May 01, 1993".
  4. ↑ Dunham, Richard (March 3, 2010). "Our list: The ten worst campaigns in modern Texas political history". Houston Chronicle.
  5. ↑ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - Special Runoff Race - Jun 05, 1993".
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