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Election 1908 Results

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1908 Texas governor election

Thomas Mitchell Campbell (Democrat) beat John N. Simpson (Republican) in Texas in 1908, 72.8% to 24.4%, a margin of 48.4 points and 145,651 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1906, when Thomas M. Campbell also won.

Democrats led in 222 of the 237 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Dallas, cast 9,654 votes and went to the Democrat by 46.9 points. The closest was Franklin, where 4 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thomas Mitchell Campbell won Democratic 218,956 72.8%
John N. Simpson Republican 73,305 24.4%
All other candidates 8,540 2.8%
Total300,801

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dallas 7,028 72.8% 2,498 25.9% 128 9,654 D+46.9
Tarrant 6,399 78.5% 1,568 19.2% 180 8,147 D+59.3
Bexar 2,957 38.9% 4,577 60.1% 76 7,610 R+21.3
Harris 4,788 69.1% 2,004 28.9% 141 6,933 D+40.2
Grayson 4,415 72.3% 1,505 24.6% 189 6,109 D+47.6
Ellis 4,457 87.1% 638 12.5% 23 5,118 D+74.6
Collin 3,837 80.7% 790 16.6% 129 4,756 D+64.1
McLennan 3,795 81.7% 751 16.2% 97 4,643 D+65.6
Hunt 3,788 84.7% 525 11.7% 157 4,470 D+73.0
Fannin 3,177 81.5% 604 15.5% 117 3,898 D+66.0
Travis 2,305 61.6% 1,364 36.5% 72 3,741 D+25.2
Hill 3,304 88.6% 410 11.0% 16 3,730 D+77.6
Fayette 1,961 56.0% 1,524 43.5% 19 3,504 D+12.5
Navarro 2,866 82.0% 604 17.3% 24 3,494 D+64.7
Lamar 2,872 84.8% 479 14.1% 37 3,388 D+70.6
Williamson 2,413 71.8% 729 21.7% 221 3,363 D+50.1
Denton 2,731 82.2% 512 15.4% 81 3,324 D+66.8
El Paso 2,095 63.7% 1,116 33.9% 80 3,291 D+29.7
Johnson 2,737 85.3% 338 10.5% 132 3,207 D+74.8
Galveston 2,020 64.4% 1,070 34.1% 47 3,137 D+30.3
Smith 2,121 67.8% 814 26.0% 193 3,128 D+41.8
Bell 3,007 96.9% 48 1.5% 47 3,102 D+95.4
Jefferson 2,026 67.0% 879 29.1% 118 3,023 D+37.9
Cooke 2,075 72.1% 708 24.6% 95 2,878 D+47.5
Erath 2,144 75.0% 458 16.0% 255 2,857 D+59.0
Comanche 2,427 86.8% 228 8.2% 142 2,797 D+78.6
Lavaca 1,368 49.6% 1,189 43.1% 199 2,756 D+6.5
Wise 2,254 82.7% 346 12.7% 127 2,727 D+70.0
Milam 2,057 75.8% 505 18.6% 150 2,712 D+57.2
Guadalupe 897 33.1% 1,811 66.8% 2 2,710 R+33.7
Parker 2,098 77.6% 295 10.9% 310 2,703 D+66.7
Kaufman 2,165 81.5% 411 15.5% 82 2,658 D+66.0
Cass 1,660 62.9% 942 35.7% 39 2,641 D+27.2
Hopkins 2,204 83.9% 289 11.0% 134 2,627 D+72.9
Rusk 1,602 64.0% 876 35.0% 25 2,503 D+29.0
Bowie 1,680 68.0% 685 27.7% 106 2,471 D+40.3
Montague 2,008 81.3% 370 15.0% 93 2,471 D+66.3
Red River 1,834 75.1% 577 23.6% 31 2,442 D+51.5
Falls 1,766 75.1% 524 22.3% 61 2,351 D+52.8
Washington 1,394 60.6% 907 39.4% 1 2,302 D+21.2
Anderson 1,634 71.0% 639 27.8% 28 2,301 D+43.2
Cameron 1,210 55.4% 973 44.5% 2 2,185 D+10.8
Van Zandt 1,596 74.5% 195 9.1% 352 2,143 D+65.4
Brown 1,672 78.8% 358 16.9% 91 2,121 D+62.0
Jones 1,764 83.2% 196 9.2% 159 2,119 D+74.0
Gonzales 1,364 65.4% 678 32.5% 43 2,085 D+32.9
Limestone 1,809 87.2% 223 10.7% 43 2,075 D+76.4
Taylor 1,726 85.6% 168 8.3% 123 2,017 D+77.2
Shelby 1,749 87.5% 168 8.4% 83 2,000 D+79.1
Austin 1,294 66.1% 657 33.5% 8 1,959 D+32.5
Coryell 1,686 89.2% 175 9.3% 29 1,890 D+79.9
Palo Pinto 1,524 82.1% 235 12.7% 97 1,856 D+69.5
Houston 1,337 72.8% 477 26.0% 23 1,837 D+46.8
De Witt 792 43.5% 1,022 56.1% 8 1,822 R+12.6
Cherokee 1,513 83.5% 211 11.6% 89 1,813 D+71.8
Wood 1,315 73.8% 355 19.9% 111 1,781 D+53.9
Bastrop 1,203 68.7% 539 30.8% 9 1,751 D+37.9
Nacogdoches 1,498 87.7% 177 10.4% 34 1,709 D+77.3
Bosque 1,420 83.7% 251 14.8% 25 1,696 D+68.9
Robertson 1,225 74.6% 403 24.5% 14 1,642 D+50.1
Gillespie 241 14.7% 1,390 85.1% 3 1,634 R+70.3
Colorado 867 53.5% 748 46.1% 7 1,622 D+7.3
Burleson 1,186 74.7% 377 23.8% 24 1,587 D+51.0
Panola 1,247 80.1% 247 15.9% 63 1,557 D+64.2
Henderson 1,155 76.4% 255 16.9% 102 1,512 D+59.5
Haskell 1,250 83.5% 147 9.8% 100 1,497 D+73.7
Caldwell 1,173 80.4% 272 18.6% 14 1,459 D+61.8
Freestone 1,194 83.3% 231 16.1% 9 1,434 D+67.2
Harrison 1,260 90.4% 127 9.1% 7 1,394 D+81.3
Clay 1,076 77.4% 277 19.9% 38 1,391 D+57.4
Coleman 1,180 85.0% 124 8.9% 84 1,388 D+76.1
Hamilton 1,140 83.9% 213 15.7% 6 1,359 D+68.2
Angelina 1,110 81.7% 248 18.3% 1,358 D+63.5
Webb 214 15.9% 1,130 84.0% 1 1,345 R+68.1
Lee 820 61.1% 508 37.9% 13 1,341 D+23.3
Franklin 658 49.5% 654 49.2% 16 1,328 D+0.3
Starr 910 68.7% 414 31.3% 1,324 D+37.5
Duval 700 53.8% 602 46.2% 1,302 D+7.5
Medina 476 36.7% 812 62.7% 8 1,296 R+25.9
Wharton 738 57.7% 477 37.3% 65 1,280 D+20.4
Leon 871 70.4% 346 28.0% 20 1,237 D+42.4
Upshur 914 75.8% 278 23.1% 14 1,206 D+52.7
Uvalde 707 60.7% 401 34.5% 56 1,164 D+26.3
Nueces 824 70.9% 268 23.1% 70 1,162 D+47.8
Hood 985 85.2% 142 12.3% 29 1,156 D+72.9
Comal 509 44.1% 627 54.3% 19 1,155 R+10.2
Hardin 898 78.1% 226 19.7% 26 1,150 D+58.4
Burnet 858 75.1% 275 24.1% 9 1,142 D+51.1
Wilson 848 74.6% 277 24.4% 12 1,137 D+50.2
Titus 939 83.6% 178 15.9% 6 1,123 D+67.8
Jack 792 70.9% 263 23.5% 62 1,117 D+47.4
Delta 966 86.6% 126 11.3% 23 1,115 D+75.3
Wichita 816 73.6% 270 24.3% 23 1,109 D+49.2
Goliad 389 35.1% 659 59.5% 60 1,108 R+24.4
Runnels 990 89.6% 70 6.3% 45 1,105 D+83.3
Grimes 996 91.4% 86 7.9% 8 1,090 D+83.5
Montgomery 783 73.1% 270 25.2% 18 1,071 D+47.9
Lampasas 753 70.9% 299 28.2% 10 1,062 D+42.7
Walker 634 60.0% 421 39.8% 2 1,057 D+20.2
Tom Green 924 87.7% 106 10.1% 23 1,053 D+77.7
Waller 675 64.4% 371 35.4% 2 1,048 D+29.0
Callahan 868 83.5% 100 9.6% 72 1,040 D+73.8
Potter 825 80.1% 158 15.3% 47 1,030 D+64.8
Hays 871 86.0% 131 12.9% 11 1,013 D+73.1
Scurry 772 76.3% 96 9.5% 144 1,012 D+66.8
Brazoria 557 55.6% 418 41.7% 27 1,002 D+13.9
Brazos 852 85.8% 141 14.2% 993 D+71.6
Jasper 726 74.7% 166 17.1% 80 972 D+57.6
Wilbarger 791 85.1% 105 11.3% 34 930 D+73.8
Young 820 88.6% 84 9.1% 21 925 D+79.6
Knox 772 84.0% 131 14.3% 16 919 D+69.7
Fort Bend 543 59.7% 359 39.5% 7 909 D+20.2
Victoria 492 54.2% 410 45.2% 6 908 D+9.0
Fisher 808 90.1% 46 5.1% 43 897 D+84.9
Camp 583 65.2% 305 34.1% 6 894 D+31.1
Mason 454 51.0% 335 37.6% 102 891 D+13.4
Nolan 765 86.2% 90 10.1% 32 887 D+76.1
McCulloch 669 76.3% 186 21.2% 22 877 D+55.1
Polk 656 75.2% 216 24.8% 872 D+50.5
Gregg 578 66.6% 264 30.4% 26 868 D+36.2
San Saba 744 85.7% 121 13.9% 3 868 D+71.8
Karnes 608 70.4% 249 28.8% 7 864 D+41.6
Kerr 477 55.9% 356 41.7% 21 854 D+14.2
Stephens 708 86.2% 22 2.7% 91 821 D+83.6
Mills 549 67.2% 210 25.7% 58 817 D+41.5
Hardeman 680 84.0% 97 12.0% 33 810 D+72.0
Liberty 549 68.2% 246 30.6% 10 805 D+37.6
Tyler 671 83.7% 117 14.6% 14 802 D+69.1
Morris 656 82.7% 133 16.8% 4 793 D+66.0
Trinity 647 82.4% 134 17.1% 4 785 D+65.4
Atascosa 631 80.9% 139 17.8% 10 780 D+63.1
Bandera 471 60.8% 281 36.3% 23 775 D+24.5
Rockwall 721 93.0% 38 4.9% 16 775 D+88.1
Matagorda 584 76.3% 177 23.1% 4 765 D+53.2
Marion 416 54.5% 340 44.6% 7 763 D+10.0
Mitchell 638 83.8% 81 10.6% 42 761 D+73.2
Blanco 432 60.4% 265 37.1% 18 715 D+23.4
Bee 532 75.7% 146 20.8% 25 703 D+54.9
Childress 613 88.5% 80 11.5% 693 D+76.9
Baylor 601 87.7% 50 7.3% 34 685 D+80.4
Kendall 123 18.2% 537 79.3% 17 677 R+61.2
Madison 548 81.2% 122 18.1% 5 675 D+63.1
Orange 515 78.7% 126 19.3% 13 654 D+59.5
San Jacinto 380 58.4% 271 41.6% 651 D+16.7
Chambers 333 53.5% 270 43.3% 20 623 D+10.1
Llano 491 79.7% 118 19.2% 7 616 D+60.6
Howard 509 85.0% 49 8.2% 41 599 D+76.8
Hall 526 88.9% 45 7.6% 21 592 D+81.3
Hidalgo 561 95.1% 28 4.7% 1 590 D+90.3
Val Verde 259 44.7% 298 51.4% 23 580 R+6.7
Rains 433 75.0% 56 9.7% 88 577 D+65.3
La Salle 325 57.6% 237 42.0% 2 564 D+15.6
Maverick 245 45.0% 293 53.8% 7 545 R+8.8
Sabine 463 88.9% 49 9.4% 9 521 D+79.5
Frio 392 75.4% 118 22.7% 10 520 D+52.7
San Augustine 433 83.4% 74 14.3% 12 519 D+69.2
Edwards 217 42.3% 223 43.5% 73 513 R+1.2
Newton 388 80.2% 90 18.6% 6 484 D+61.6
Gray 341 70.9% 78 16.2% 62 481 D+54.7
Donley 409 89.5% 36 7.9% 12 457 D+81.6
Jackson 300 66.2% 147 32.5% 6 453 D+33.8
Hale 408 90.5% 40 8.9% 3 451 D+81.6
Kinney 165 36.8% 280 62.5% 3 448 R+25.7
Dallam 311 69.7% 92 20.6% 43 446 D+49.1
Collingsworth 397 90.0% 30 6.8% 14 441 D+83.2
Coke 355 81.4% 54 12.4% 27 436 D+69.0
Zapata 0 0.0% 428 100.0% 428 R+100.0
San Patricio 322 77.6% 83 20.0% 10 415 D+57.6
Wheeler 345 85.0% 45 11.1% 16 406 D+73.9
Live Oak 316 79.2% 82 20.6% 1 399 D+58.6
Stonewall 331 84.2% 14 3.6% 48 393 D+80.7
Archer 331 85.3% 57 14.7% 388 D+70.6
Presidio 235 62.0% 143 37.7% 1 379 D+24.3
Foard 303 84.4% 37 10.3% 19 359 D+74.1
Midland 305 89.7% 28 8.2% 7 340 D+81.5
Deaf Smith 275 84.4% 47 14.4% 4 326 D+69.9
Floyd 293 90.4% 17 5.2% 14 324 D+85.2
Reeves 295 91.0% 29 9.0% 324 D+82.1
Brewster 291 91.8% 24 7.6% 2 317 D+84.2
Refugio 127 40.1% 190 59.9% 317 R+19.9
Calhoun 226 71.7% 75 23.8% 14 315 D+47.9
Shackelford 263 85.1% 34 11.0% 12 309 D+74.1
Concho 239 80.2% 26 8.7% 33 298 D+71.5
Somervell 252 85.1% 33 11.1% 11 296 D+74.0
Hemphill 188 65.1% 89 30.8% 12 289 D+34.3
Lynn 269 94.7% 6 2.1% 9 284 D+92.6
Armstrong 235 84.8% 32 11.6% 10 277 D+73.3
Randall 229 82.7% 47 17.0% 1 277 D+65.7
Throckmorton 237 87.1% 25 9.2% 10 272 D+77.9
Swisher 246 91.8% 21 7.8% 1 268 D+84.0
Martin 246 92.1% 18 6.7% 3 267 D+85.4
Ward 230 86.8% 30 11.3% 5 265 D+75.5
Kimble 189 72.4% 56 21.5% 16 261 D+51.0
Pecos 162 62.5% 97 37.5% 259 D+25.1
Dickens 201 78.5% 33 12.9% 22 256 D+65.6
Lubbock 231 90.2% 24 9.4% 1 256 D+80.9
Dimmit 149 58.7% 104 40.9% 1 254 D+17.7
Lipscomb 172 68.5% 62 24.7% 17 251 D+43.8
Aransas 186 84.2% 35 15.8% 221 D+68.3
Kent 208 94.5% 10 4.5% 2 220 D+90.0
Jeff Davis 128 59.3% 82 38.0% 6 216 D+21.3
Carson 164 79.6% 39 18.9% 3 206 D+60.7
Sherman 162 80.2% 34 16.8% 6 202 D+63.4
Menard 159 79.5% 35 17.5% 6 200 D+62.0
Ochiltree 151 77.0% 43 21.9% 2 196 D+55.1
Terrell 108 56.8% 68 35.8% 14 190 D+21.1
Cottle 162 88.5% 11 6.0% 10 183 D+82.5
Terry 172 96.1% 5 2.8% 2 179 D+93.3
Zavala 125 73.1% 33 19.3% 13 171 D+53.8
Dawson 158 92.9% 5 2.9% 7 170 D+90.0
Roberts 129 79.6% 27 16.7% 6 162 D+63.0
Crosby 139 86.3% 11 6.8% 11 161 D+79.5
Hutchinson 122 75.8% 37 23.0% 2 161 D+52.8
Hartley 157 100.0% 0 0.0% 157 D+100.0
Motley 129 82.2% 15 9.6% 13 157 D+72.6
Sterling 148 97.4% 4 2.6% 152 D+94.7
Borden 134 89.3% 5 3.3% 11 150 D+86.0
Ector 137 95.1% 5 3.5% 2 144 D+91.7
Briscoe 118 88.1% 7 5.2% 9 134 D+82.8
Parmer 103 77.4% 28 21.1% 2 133 D+56.4
Hansford 96 72.7% 28 21.2% 8 132 D+51.5
Schleicher 126 97.7% 3 2.3% 129 D+95.3
Moore 95 77.9% 24 19.7% 3 122 D+58.2
McMullen 84 70.0% 35 29.2% 1 120 D+40.8
Irion 103 93.6% 5 4.5% 2 110 D+89.1
Gaines 96 94.1% 3 2.9% 3 102 D+91.2
Sutton 83 87.4% 8 8.4% 4 95 D+78.9
Glasscock 73 82.0% 16 18.0% 89 D+64.0
Crockett 65 80.2% 13 16.0% 3 81 D+64.2
Garza 72 92.3% 5 6.4% 1 78 D+85.9
Castro 66 85.7% 9 11.7% 2 77 D+74.0
King 69 98.6% 1 1.4% 70 D+97.1
Oldham 41 74.5% 13 23.6% 1 55 D+50.9
Reagan 47 90.4% 3 5.8% 2 52 D+84.6
Yoakum 39 97.5% 1 2.5% 40 D+95.0
Lamb 16 84.2% 3 15.8% 19 D+68.4
Crane 7 77.8% 2 22.2% 9 D+55.6

Counties as they stood in 1908; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Texas governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Greg Abbott (R) R+10.9
2018 Abbott (R) R+13.3
2014 Greg Abbott (R) R+20.4
2010 Rick Perry (R) R+12.7
2006 Rick Perry (R) R+9.2
2002 Rick Perry (R) R+17.8
1998 George W. Bush (R) R+37.1
1994 George W. Bush (R) R+7.6
1990 Ann Richards (D) D+2.6
1986 William P. Clements (R) R+6.7
1982 Mark White (D) D+7.3
1978 William P. Clements (R) R+0.7
1974 Dolph Briscoe (D) D+30.3
1972 Dolph Briscoe (D) D+2.9
1970 Preston Smith (D) D+6.9
1968 Preston Smith (D) D+14.0
1966 John B. Connally (D) D+47.0
1964 John B. Connally (D) D+47.8
1962 John B. Connally (D) D+8.4
1960 Price Daniel (D) D+45.5
1958 Price Daniel (D) D+76.2
1956 Price Daniel (D) D+63.2
1954 Allan Shivers (D) D+79.0
1952 Allan Shivers (D) D+98.1
1950 Allan Shivers (D) D+79.9
1948 Beauford H. Jester (D) D+70.0
1946 Beauford H. Jester (D) D+82.5
1944 Coke R. Stevenson (D) D+81.7
1942 Coke R. Stevenson (D) D+93.7
1940 W. Lee O'Daniel (D) D+88.9
1938 W. Lee O'Daniel (D) D+93.8
1936 James V. Allred (D) D+85.9
1934 James V. Allred (D) D+93.4
1932 Miriam A. Ferguson (D) D+24.2
1930 Ross Sterling (D) D+60.4
1928 Dan Moody (D) D+65.0
1926 Dan Moody (D) D+73.8
1924 Miriam A. Ferguson (D) D+17.8
1922 Pat M. Neff (D) D+63.8
1920 Pat Morris Neff (D) D+41.2
1918 William P. Hobby (D) D+68.9
1916 James E. Ferguson (D) D+68.1
1914 James E. Ferguson (D) D+76.7
1912 Oscar Branch Colquitt (D) D+70.5
1910 Oscar Branch Colquitt (D) D+67.8
1908 Thomas Mitchell Campbell (D) D+48.4
1906 Thomas M. Campbell (D) D+68.1
1904 S. W. T. Lanham (D) D+53.3
1902 Samuel W.T. Lanham (D) D+56.5
1900 Joseph D. Sayers (D) D+42.4
1898 Joseph D. Sayers (D) D+71.2
1896 Charles A. Culberson (D) D+55.4
1894 Charles A. Culberson (D) D+36.1
1892 James S. Hogg (D) D+43.4
1890 James S. Hogg (D) D+53.8
1888 Lawrence S. Ross (D) D+71.8
1886 Lawrence S. Ross (D) D+52.2
1884 John Ireland (D) D+57.2
1882 John Ireland (D) D+59.5
1880 Oran M. Roberts (D) D+38.5
1878 Oran M. Roberts (D) D+56.8
1876 Richard Coke (D) D+50.0
1873 Richard Coke (D) D+31.6
1869 Edmund J. Davis (R) R+50.2
1866 James W. Throckmorton (D) D+60.3