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1954 United States Senate election in Texas

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1954 United States Senate election in Texas

← 1948 November 2, 1954 1960 →
 
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Carlos Watson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 538,417 95,033
Percentage 84.59% 14.93%

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.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1954 United States Senate election in Texas[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) 883,264 71.38%
Democratic Dudley Dougherty 354,188 28.62%
Total votes 1,237,452 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1954 United States Senate election in Texas[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) 538,417 84.59%
Republican Carlos G. Watson 95,033 14.93%
Constitution Fred T. Spangler 3,025 0.48%
Total votes 636,475 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  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)