1964 United States Senate election in Texas

Summary

The 1964 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic US Senator Ralph Yarborough defeated future US President George H. W. Bush handily. This would prove to be Yarborough's final term as a senator. Bush later went on to win an election for the US House of Representatives in 1966 and was subsequently elected US Vice President in 1980, re-elected in 1984, and was elected president in 1988.

1964 United States Senate election in Texas

← 1958 November 3, 1964 1970 →
 
Nominee Ralph Yarborough George Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,463,958 1,134,337
Percentage 56.22% 43.56%

Yarborough:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     80–90%      >90%
Bush:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Ralph Yarborough
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ralph Yarborough
Democratic

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1964 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ralph Yarborough (incumbent) 904,811 57.36%
Democratic Gordon McLendon 672,573 42.64%
Total votes 1,577,384 100.00%

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1964 Republican U.S. Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George H. W. Bush 62,985 44.08%
Republican Jack Cox 45,561 31.89%
Republican Robert Morris 28,279 19.79%
Republican Milton Davis 6,067 4.25%
Total votes 142,892 100.00%

Runoff edit

1964 Republican U.S. Senate runoff[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George H. W. Bush 49,751 62.12%
Republican Jack Cox 30,333 37.88%
Total votes 80,084 100.00%

General election edit

Results edit

1964 United States Senate election in Texas[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ralph Yarborough (incumbent) 1,463,958 56.22%  18.36
Republican George H. W. Bush 1,134,337 43.56%  20.06
Constitution Jack Carswell 5,542 0.21%  1.59
Total votes 2,603,837 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Primary Race - May 02, 1964".
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - R Primary Race - May 02, 1964".
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - R Primary Race - May 02, 1964".
  4. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (August 15, 1965). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 43, 54.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1964".