1954 United States Senate election in Texas

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1954 United States Senate election in Texas

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Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Carlos Watson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 538,417 95,033
Percentage 84.59% 14.93%

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[]

Candidates[]

  • Dudley Dougherty, State Representative from Beeville[1]
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson, incumbent Senator since 1949

Results[]

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[]

Results[]

1954 United States Senate election in Texas[4][5]
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 2,253,784 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also[]

  • 1954 United States Senate elections

References[]

  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.
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