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1944 Texas governor election

Coke R. Stevenson (Democrat) beat B. J. Peasley (Republican) in Texas in 1944, 90.9% to 9.1%, a margin of 81.7 points and 905,668 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1942, when Coke R. Stevenson also won.

Democrats led in 252 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Harris, cast 97,863 votes and went to the Democrat by 84.9 points. The closest was Kendall, where 17 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
Coke R. Stevenson won Democratic 1,006,778 90.9%
B. J. Peasley Republican 101,110 9.1%
Total1,107,888

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 90,483 92.5% 7,380 7.5% 97,863 D+84.9
Dallas 71,433 84.0% 13,612 16.0% 85,045 D+68.0
Bexar 39,736 68.7% 18,096 31.3% 57,832 D+37.4
Tarrant 47,422 95.0% 2,512 5.0% 49,934 D+89.9
Jefferson 27,110 94.1% 1,701 5.9% 28,811 D+88.2
McLennan 17,075 94.9% 911 5.1% 17,986 D+89.9
Travis 16,831 93.8% 1,119 6.2% 17,950 D+87.5
Nueces 14,215 91.8% 1,262 8.2% 15,477 D+83.7
El Paso 13,873 90.7% 1,417 9.3% 15,290 D+81.5
Galveston 13,644 94.2% 836 5.8% 14,480 D+88.5
Wichita 13,061 93.1% 968 6.9% 14,029 D+86.2
Grayson 12,773 93.5% 885 6.5% 13,658 D+87.0
Hidalgo 10,655 85.1% 1,861 14.9% 12,516 D+70.3
Lubbock 9,871 94.5% 577 5.5% 10,448 D+89.0
Potter 8,668 87.8% 1,202 12.2% 9,870 D+75.6
Cameron 7,967 82.5% 1,685 17.5% 9,652 D+65.1
Taylor 9,091 96.6% 317 3.4% 9,408 D+93.3
Smith 8,804 94.7% 492 5.3% 9,296 D+89.4
Bell 8,416 96.2% 334 3.8% 8,750 D+92.4
Bowie 8,086 94.9% 436 5.1% 8,522 D+89.8
Gregg 7,450 88.7% 946 11.3% 8,396 D+77.5
Ellis 7,809 95.8% 340 4.2% 8,149 D+91.7
Tom Green 7,593 94.2% 467 5.8% 8,060 D+88.4
Collin 7,350 91.4% 689 8.6% 8,039 D+82.9
Hunt 7,308 94.8% 400 5.2% 7,708 D+89.6
Lamar 6,989 94.5% 405 5.5% 7,394 D+89.0
Navarro 6,993 97.0% 215 3.0% 7,208 D+94.0
Brazoria 6,595 92.7% 522 7.3% 7,117 D+85.3
Denton 6,561 94.1% 413 5.9% 6,974 D+88.2
Fannin 6,419 93.3% 464 6.7% 6,883 D+86.5
Rusk 6,342 95.7% 287 4.3% 6,629 D+91.3
Williamson 5,729 89.2% 695 10.8% 6,424 D+78.4
Fayette 5,316 89.1% 647 10.9% 5,963 D+78.3
Eastland 5,558 93.9% 358 6.1% 5,916 D+87.9
Orange 5,472 93.4% 389 6.6% 5,861 D+86.7
Hill 5,494 95.8% 243 4.2% 5,737 D+91.5
Angelina 5,163 91.3% 490 8.7% 5,653 D+82.7
Johnson 5,320 95.0% 279 5.0% 5,599 D+90.0
Webb 5,461 98.1% 103 1.9% 5,564 D+96.3
Brown 5,274 95.6% 242 4.4% 5,516 D+91.2
Anderson 5,308 97.1% 157 2.9% 5,465 D+94.3
Cooke 4,559 90.5% 477 9.5% 5,036 D+81.1
Kaufman 4,787 95.5% 223 4.5% 5,010 D+91.1
Cherokee 4,734 94.6% 271 5.4% 5,005 D+89.2
Lavaca 4,553 91.4% 430 8.6% 4,983 D+82.7
Wharton 4,625 94.7% 261 5.3% 4,886 D+89.3
Gray 4,241 87.1% 630 12.9% 4,871 D+74.1
Milam 4,539 94.3% 275 5.7% 4,814 D+88.6
Harrison 4,517 95.4% 219 4.6% 4,736 D+90.8
Hopkins 4,447 94.1% 277 5.9% 4,724 D+88.3
Guadalupe 3,182 71.5% 1,271 28.5% 4,453 D+42.9
Parker 4,083 92.4% 334 7.6% 4,417 D+84.9
Wilbarger 4,127 94.5% 241 5.5% 4,368 D+89.0
Brazos 4,102 95.8% 182 4.2% 4,284 D+91.5
Howard 4,019 94.6% 230 5.4% 4,249 D+89.2
Palo Pinto 3,935 94.3% 239 5.7% 4,174 D+88.5
De Witt 3,621 87.0% 543 13.0% 4,164 D+73.9
Falls 3,995 96.4% 148 3.6% 4,143 D+92.9
Henderson 3,887 94.9% 209 5.1% 4,096 D+89.8
Erath 3,844 94.8% 209 5.2% 4,053 D+89.7
Van Zandt 3,765 93.1% 279 6.9% 4,044 D+86.2
Nacogdoches 3,863 95.7% 175 4.3% 4,038 D+91.3
Jones 3,833 95.1% 198 4.9% 4,031 D+90.2
Limestone 3,934 98.2% 72 1.8% 4,006 D+96.4
Young 3,766 94.7% 209 5.3% 3,975 D+89.5
Gonzales 3,641 92.1% 314 7.9% 3,955 D+84.1
Washington 3,739 95.1% 191 4.9% 3,930 D+90.3
Hale 3,918 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,918 D+100.0
Wood 3,647 93.3% 261 6.7% 3,908 D+86.6
Fort Bend 3,676 94.5% 212 5.5% 3,888 D+89.1
Wise 3,588 93.6% 245 6.4% 3,833 D+87.2
San Patricio 3,563 93.2% 258 6.8% 3,821 D+86.5
Caldwell 3,635 95.7% 164 4.3% 3,799 D+91.4
Red River 3,503 94.7% 198 5.3% 3,701 D+89.3
Hutchinson 3,216 86.9% 484 13.1% 3,700 D+73.8
Victoria 3,134 85.0% 553 15.0% 3,687 D+70.0
Shelby 3,470 95.1% 180 4.9% 3,650 D+90.1
Nolan 3,506 96.3% 134 3.7% 3,640 D+92.6
Runnels 3,318 91.3% 317 8.7% 3,635 D+82.6
Comanche 3,465 95.3% 169 4.7% 3,634 D+90.7
Cass 3,316 91.3% 315 8.7% 3,631 D+82.6
Montague 3,353 92.9% 255 7.1% 3,608 D+85.9
Coleman 3,340 93.0% 253 7.0% 3,593 D+85.9
Gillespie 1,753 49.5% 1,789 50.5% 3,542 R+1.0
Montgomery 3,421 96.9% 108 3.1% 3,529 D+93.9
Duval 3,468 99.2% 29 0.8% 3,497 D+98.3
Wilson 3,249 93.4% 229 6.6% 3,478 D+86.8
Liberty 3,263 94.9% 176 5.1% 3,439 D+89.8
Jim Wells 3,213 93.7% 215 6.3% 3,428 D+87.5
Lamb 3,021 90.9% 304 9.1% 3,325 D+81.7
Hockley 3,140 95.7% 142 4.3% 3,282 D+91.3
Bastrop 3,081 94.3% 187 5.7% 3,268 D+88.6
Bosque 2,991 91.9% 263 8.1% 3,254 D+83.8
Upshur 3,014 93.5% 210 6.5% 3,224 D+87.0
Austin 2,915 93.0% 221 7.0% 3,136 D+85.9
Matagorda 2,811 91.4% 266 8.6% 3,077 D+82.7
Ector 2,847 92.8% 221 7.2% 3,068 D+85.6
Medina 2,236 73.1% 823 26.9% 3,059 D+46.2
Robertson 2,966 97.9% 64 2.1% 3,030 D+95.8
Haskell 2,866 95.3% 142 4.7% 3,008 D+90.6
Coryell 2,817 93.7% 190 6.3% 3,007 D+87.4
Comal 2,651 88.3% 351 11.7% 3,002 D+76.6
Houston 2,888 96.8% 97 3.2% 2,985 D+93.5
Colorado 2,646 88.9% 331 11.1% 2,977 D+77.8
Titus 2,831 96.4% 106 3.6% 2,937 D+92.8
Freestone 2,786 95.1% 144 4.9% 2,930 D+90.2
Kerr 2,440 83.6% 479 16.4% 2,919 D+67.2
Dawson 2,617 90.9% 261 9.1% 2,878 D+81.9
Karnes 2,623 91.4% 247 8.6% 2,870 D+82.8
Hardin 2,864 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,864 D+100.0
Clay 2,647 94.3% 161 5.7% 2,808 D+88.5
Midland 2,605 93.8% 172 6.2% 2,777 D+87.6
McCulloch 2,568 92.6% 205 7.4% 2,773 D+85.2
Childress 2,591 94.5% 151 5.5% 2,742 D+89.0
Stephens 2,623 95.8% 114 4.2% 2,737 D+91.7
Atascosa 2,438 89.4% 290 10.6% 2,728 D+78.7
Bee 2,388 93.5% 167 6.5% 2,555 D+86.9
Wheeler 2,264 89.7% 261 10.3% 2,525 D+79.3
Mitchell 2,364 95.2% 120 4.8% 2,484 D+90.3
Hays 2,284 93.1% 170 6.9% 2,454 D+86.1
Terry 2,284 94.1% 144 5.9% 2,428 D+88.1
Lynn 2,304 95.2% 115 4.8% 2,419 D+90.5
Callahan 2,297 95.2% 115 4.8% 2,412 D+90.5
Hamilton 2,205 91.4% 207 8.6% 2,412 D+82.8
Floyd 2,235 93.5% 156 6.5% 2,391 D+87.0
San Saba 2,231 95.6% 103 4.4% 2,334 D+91.2
Burleson 2,255 96.7% 76 3.3% 2,331 D+93.5
Uvalde 2,010 86.6% 312 13.4% 2,322 D+73.1
Jasper 2,152 93.2% 157 6.8% 2,309 D+86.4
Panola 2,309 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,309 D+100.0
Fisher 2,186 96.7% 74 3.3% 2,260 D+93.5
Jackson 2,026 91.9% 178 8.1% 2,204 D+83.8
Polk 2,097 96.2% 82 3.8% 2,179 D+92.5
Lee 1,879 86.3% 299 13.7% 2,178 D+72.5
Collingsworth 2,051 95.0% 107 5.0% 2,158 D+90.1
Hardeman 2,016 93.9% 132 6.1% 2,148 D+87.7
Burnet 2,006 93.7% 135 6.3% 2,141 D+87.4
Scurry 2,020 95.5% 95 4.5% 2,115 D+91.0
Randall 1,932 92.8% 149 7.2% 2,081 D+85.7
Knox 2,003 96.7% 69 3.3% 2,072 D+93.3
Grimes 1,980 96.6% 70 3.4% 2,050 D+93.2
Hall 1,946 95.2% 99 4.8% 2,045 D+90.3
Archer 1,956 96.0% 81 4.0% 2,037 D+92.0
Lampasas 1,921 94.3% 116 5.7% 2,037 D+88.6
Crosby 1,971 96.9% 64 3.1% 2,035 D+93.7
Val Verde 1,723 86.1% 279 13.9% 2,002 D+72.1
Jack 1,839 92.9% 140 7.1% 1,979 D+85.9
Kleberg 1,799 93.0% 135 7.0% 1,934 D+86.0
Delta 1,871 96.9% 59 3.1% 1,930 D+93.9
Ward 1,716 93.5% 120 6.5% 1,836 D+86.9
Dickens 1,777 97.0% 55 3.0% 1,832 D+94.0
Leon 1,745 95.5% 83 4.5% 1,828 D+90.9
Kendall 885 49.5% 902 50.5% 1,787 R+1.0
Walker 1,638 91.9% 145 8.1% 1,783 D+83.7
Swisher 1,629 91.7% 147 8.3% 1,776 D+83.4
Baylor 1,706 97.2% 49 2.8% 1,755 D+94.4
Deaf Smith 1,568 89.8% 179 10.2% 1,747 D+79.5
Carson 1,520 87.5% 218 12.5% 1,738 D+74.9
Willacy 1,311 76.2% 410 23.8% 1,721 D+52.4
Mills 1,592 93.9% 104 6.1% 1,696 D+87.7
Pecos 1,571 93.9% 102 6.1% 1,673 D+87.8
Dallam 1,481 91.3% 142 8.7% 1,623 D+82.5
Refugio 1,396 89.8% 158 10.2% 1,554 D+79.7
Donley 1,409 91.4% 132 8.6% 1,541 D+82.9
Franklin 1,463 95.1% 75 4.9% 1,538 D+90.2
Llano 1,444 94.9% 77 5.1% 1,521 D+89.9
Blanco 1,247 82.1% 272 17.9% 1,519 D+64.2
Reeves 1,405 94.4% 83 5.6% 1,488 D+88.8
Trinity 1,401 95.0% 74 5.0% 1,475 D+90.0
Mason 1,251 85.4% 214 14.6% 1,465 D+70.8
Hood 1,369 94.3% 83 5.7% 1,452 D+88.6
Gaines 1,362 94.5% 80 5.5% 1,442 D+88.9
Cottle 1,359 95.0% 71 5.0% 1,430 D+90.1
Morris 1,345 94.6% 77 5.4% 1,422 D+89.2
Sabine 1,333 93.8% 88 6.2% 1,421 D+87.6
Bailey 1,245 88.0% 169 12.0% 1,414 D+76.1
Chambers 1,276 90.2% 138 9.8% 1,414 D+80.5
Goliad 1,053 75.3% 346 24.7% 1,399 D+50.5
Live Oak 1,211 86.6% 187 13.4% 1,398 D+73.2
Waller 1,337 96.5% 48 3.5% 1,385 D+93.1
Moore 1,277 92.4% 105 7.6% 1,382 D+84.8
Parmer 1,177 85.4% 202 14.6% 1,379 D+70.7
Starr 1,353 98.3% 24 1.7% 1,377 D+96.5
Concho 1,311 95.6% 61 4.4% 1,372 D+91.1
Tyler 1,246 92.0% 109 8.0% 1,355 D+83.9
Frio 1,208 89.7% 138 10.3% 1,346 D+79.5
Shackelford 1,240 94.1% 78 5.9% 1,318 D+88.2
Rockwall 1,283 97.4% 34 2.6% 1,317 D+94.8
Camp 1,237 94.1% 78 5.9% 1,315 D+88.1
Madison 1,239 94.2% 76 5.8% 1,315 D+88.4
Ochiltree 1,175 90.9% 117 9.1% 1,292 D+81.9
Garza 1,057 82.0% 232 18.0% 1,289 D+64.0
San Augustine 1,176 92.0% 102 8.0% 1,278 D+84.0
Bandera 961 76.6% 294 23.4% 1,255 D+53.1
Newton 1,146 91.5% 106 8.5% 1,252 D+83.1
Kimble 1,151 94.3% 69 5.7% 1,220 D+88.7
Marion 1,203 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,203 D+100.0
Winkler 1,141 96.0% 48 4.0% 1,189 D+91.9
Throckmorton 1,150 97.5% 29 2.5% 1,179 D+95.1
Brewster 1,094 93.2% 80 6.8% 1,174 D+86.4
Castro 1,073 92.3% 90 7.7% 1,163 D+84.5
Hemphill 1,015 89.9% 114 10.1% 1,129 D+79.8
Menard 1,030 92.7% 81 7.3% 1,111 D+85.4
Lipscomb 890 80.2% 220 19.8% 1,110 D+60.4
Calhoun 999 92.3% 83 7.7% 1,082 D+84.7
Stonewall 1,040 97.3% 29 2.7% 1,069 D+94.6
Maverick 993 93.1% 74 6.9% 1,067 D+86.1
Foard 1,010 95.0% 53 5.0% 1,063 D+90.0
Zavala 949 89.4% 112 10.6% 1,061 D+78.9
Presidio 947 95.1% 49 4.9% 996 D+90.2
Martin 951 96.0% 40 4.0% 991 D+91.9
Dimmit 870 89.0% 108 11.0% 978 D+77.9
Cochran 907 95.7% 41 4.3% 948 D+91.4
Coke 921 97.5% 24 2.5% 945 D+94.9
Motley 882 96.3% 34 3.7% 916 D+92.6
Upton 861 94.5% 50 5.5% 911 D+89.0
La Salle 829 97.1% 25 2.9% 854 D+94.1
Rains 761 89.3% 91 10.7% 852 D+78.6
Hansford 799 94.3% 48 5.7% 847 D+88.7
Briscoe 802 96.0% 33 4.0% 835 D+92.1
Yoakum 768 95.4% 37 4.6% 805 D+90.8
Armstrong 734 93.0% 55 7.0% 789 D+86.1
Jim Hogg 699 98.0% 14 2.0% 713 D+96.1
San Jacinto 689 97.2% 20 2.8% 709 D+94.4
Kinney 594 85.6% 100 14.4% 694 D+71.2
Schleicher 621 93.5% 43 6.5% 664 D+87.0
Brooks 596 92.4% 49 7.6% 645 D+84.8
Crane 632 98.6% 9 1.4% 641 D+97.2
Sutton 605 94.7% 34 5.3% 639 D+89.4
Kent 623 98.6% 9 1.4% 632 D+97.2
Aransas 547 87.0% 82 13.0% 629 D+73.9
Hartley 597 94.9% 32 5.1% 629 D+89.8
Sherman 551 94.5% 32 5.5% 583 D+89.0
Edwards 519 89.9% 58 10.1% 577 D+79.9
Somervell 521 90.8% 53 9.2% 574 D+81.5
Real 495 88.4% 65 11.6% 560 D+76.8
Terrell 455 83.0% 93 17.0% 548 D+66.1
Zapata 525 96.3% 20 3.7% 545 D+92.7
Reagan 498 96.1% 20 3.9% 518 D+92.3
Crockett 444 93.3% 32 6.7% 476 D+86.6
Irion 436 94.6% 25 5.4% 461 D+89.2
Oldham 393 91.4% 37 8.6% 430 D+82.8
McMullen 364 86.7% 56 13.3% 420 D+73.3
Roberts 390 94.7% 22 5.3% 412 D+89.3
Jeff Davis 381 96.7% 13 3.3% 394 D+93.4
Andrews 386 98.2% 7 1.8% 393 D+96.4
Hudspeth 383 98.2% 7 1.8% 390 D+96.4
Sterling 342 97.2% 10 2.8% 352 D+94.3
Borden 290 95.1% 15 4.9% 305 D+90.2
Glasscock 254 96.6% 9 3.4% 263 D+93.2
King 251 98.0% 5 2.0% 256 D+96.1
Culberson 243 98.0% 5 2.0% 248 D+96.0
Kenedy 74 82.2% 16 17.8% 90 D+64.4
Loving 81 95.3% 4 4.7% 85 D+90.6

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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