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TX US Senate - Special Primary
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Office | Senate |
Honorific | Senator - Abbr: Sen. |
Type | Primary Election |
Filing Deadline | 00, 1961 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | April 04, 1961 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | April 04, 1961 - 11:00pm Central |
Term Start | June 15, 1961 - 12:00pm |
Term End | January 03, 1967 - 12:00pm |
# Winners | 2 |
Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modified | RBH May 10, 2022 03:40pm |
Data Sources | United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997 The Official Results Michael J. Dubin p631 and Texas Almanac, 1986-1987, p. 650
Election to fill the seat vacated by Lyndon Johnson when he became Vice President
Others is the write-in votes cast. Party affiliation of candidates was not listed on the ballot, party affiliation of candidates listed in cases where such affiliation is known. |
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John G. Tower |
(I) Sen.
William A. Blakley |
Rep.
James C. Wright, Jr. |
Attorney General
Will Wilson |
Maury Maverick, Jr. |
Henry B. Gonzalez |
Eristus Sams |
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Uncertified Votes | 327,308 (30.93%) |
190,818 (18.03%) |
171,328 (16.19%) |
121,961 (11.53%) |
104,992 (9.92%) |
97,659 (9.23%) |
4,490 (0.42%) |
Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-136,490 (-12.90%) |
-155,980 (-14.74%) |
-205,347 (-19.41%) |
-222,316 (-21.01%) |
-229,649 (-21.70%) |
-322,818 (-30.51%) |
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Hugh Wilson |
Delbert E. Grandstaff |
Hoyt G. Wilson |
William L. Burlison |
Arthur Glover |
Martha Tredway |
Steve Nemecek |
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Uncertified Votes | 2,997 (0.28%) |
2,959 (0.28%) |
2,165 (0.21%) |
1,695 (0.16%) |
1,528 (0.14%) |
1,227 (0.12%) |
1,017 (0.10%) |
Margin | -324,311 (-30.65%) |
-324,349 (-30.65%) |
-325,143 (-30.73%) |
-325,613 (-30.77%) |
-325,780 (-30.79%) |
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-326,291 (-30.84%) |
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