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1954 United States Senate election in Texas





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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.

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

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.
  • ^ "Texas Almanac, 1956-1957". 1955.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Primary Race - Jul 24, 1954".
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 02, 1954". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  • ^ 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)

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