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Election 1946 Results

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1946 Texas governor election

Beauford H. Jester (Democrat) beat Eugene Nolte Jr. (Republican) in Texas in 1946, 91.2% to 8.8%, a margin of 82.5 points and 312,282 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1944, when Coke R. Stevenson won.

Democrats led in 245 of the 245 counties as they stood then. The largest, Harris, cast 48,119 votes and went to the Democrat by 80.5 points. The closest was Kenedy, where 53 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
Beauford H. Jester won Democratic 345,513 91.2%
Eugene Nolte Jr. Republican 33,231 8.8%
Total378,744

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 43,417 90.2% 4,702 9.8% 48,119 D+80.5
Dallas 12,942 78.1% 3,629 21.9% 16,571 D+56.2
Bexar 10,778 73.6% 3,861 26.4% 14,639 D+47.3
Tarrant 12,361 89.1% 1,515 10.9% 13,876 D+78.2
Jefferson 9,172 95.1% 474 4.9% 9,646 D+90.2
Travis 7,030 94.7% 393 5.3% 7,423 D+89.4
Nueces 5,614 92.8% 437 7.2% 6,051 D+85.6
Hidalgo 4,552 88.3% 606 11.7% 5,158 D+76.5
Guadalupe 3,391 72.0% 1,321 28.0% 4,712 D+43.9
Potter 3,913 87.7% 551 12.3% 4,464 D+75.3
Duval 4,150 99.8% 7 0.2% 4,157 D+99.7
Orange 3,995 97.8% 89 2.2% 4,084 D+95.6
Grayson 3,750 94.2% 233 5.8% 3,983 D+88.3
Jim Wells 3,897 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,897 D+100.0
Galveston 3,353 89.6% 391 10.4% 3,744 D+79.1
McLennan 3,216 93.1% 237 6.9% 3,453 D+86.3
Wichita 3,143 92.1% 270 7.9% 3,413 D+84.2
El Paso 2,982 87.4% 430 12.6% 3,412 D+74.8
Titus 3,107 97.7% 73 2.3% 3,180 D+95.4
Cameron 2,656 86.2% 426 13.8% 3,082 D+72.4
Lubbock 2,818 91.5% 263 8.5% 3,081 D+82.9
Montague 2,915 95.5% 136 4.5% 3,051 D+91.1
Smith 2,641 92.5% 213 7.5% 2,854 D+85.1
Gillespie 1,450 54.8% 1,194 45.2% 2,644 D+9.7
Taylor 2,436 96.3% 93 3.7% 2,529 D+92.6
Webb 2,454 97.1% 73 2.9% 2,527 D+94.2
Bell 2,362 95.9% 102 4.1% 2,464 D+91.7
Denton 2,336 95.8% 102 4.2% 2,438 D+91.6
Navarro 2,366 97.6% 57 2.4% 2,423 D+95.3
Collin 2,232 93.6% 152 6.4% 2,384 D+87.2
Bowie 2,233 95.9% 96 4.1% 2,329 D+91.8
Ellis 2,261 97.5% 59 2.5% 2,320 D+94.9
Gray 1,947 85.6% 328 14.4% 2,275 D+71.2
Williamson 2,127 94.8% 116 5.2% 2,243 D+89.7
Rusk 2,157 96.9% 70 3.1% 2,227 D+93.7
Gregg 1,867 87.1% 277 12.9% 2,144 D+74.2
Hunt 2,004 94.8% 109 5.2% 2,113 D+89.7
Fayette 1,929 92.0% 168 8.0% 2,097 D+84.0
Tom Green 1,910 92.0% 166 8.0% 2,076 D+84.0
Eastland 1,901 93.1% 140 6.9% 2,041 D+86.3
Fannin 1,910 95.7% 85 4.3% 1,995 D+91.5
Starr 1,971 99.2% 15 0.8% 1,986 D+98.5
Medina 1,424 73.4% 517 26.6% 1,941 D+46.7
Hill 1,761 96.9% 57 3.1% 1,818 D+93.7
Brazoria 1,678 93.4% 118 6.6% 1,796 D+86.9
Cherokee 1,734 97.1% 52 2.9% 1,786 D+94.2
Brown 1,688 95.3% 84 4.7% 1,772 D+90.5
Hutchinson 1,549 87.6% 220 12.4% 1,769 D+75.1
Lamar 1,691 96.0% 70 4.0% 1,761 D+92.0
Lavaca 1,634 92.8% 126 7.2% 1,760 D+85.7
Comanche 1,682 97.6% 41 2.4% 1,723 D+95.2
Kaufman 1,625 96.1% 66 3.9% 1,691 D+92.2
Anderson 1,606 97.0% 49 3.0% 1,655 D+94.1
Falls 1,603 96.9% 52 3.1% 1,655 D+93.7
Erath 1,499 93.6% 102 6.4% 1,601 D+87.3
Limestone 1,547 97.1% 47 2.9% 1,594 D+94.1
Hopkins 1,521 95.8% 66 4.2% 1,587 D+91.7
Johnson 1,456 93.5% 102 6.5% 1,558 D+86.9
De Witt 1,291 84.1% 244 15.9% 1,535 D+68.2
Cooke 1,387 92.1% 119 7.9% 1,506 D+84.2
Jones 1,466 97.9% 32 2.1% 1,498 D+95.7
Wood 1,404 94.9% 76 5.1% 1,480 D+89.7
Wilson 1,391 94.4% 83 5.6% 1,474 D+88.7
Van Zandt 1,379 95.3% 68 4.7% 1,447 D+90.6
Parker 1,363 94.4% 81 5.6% 1,444 D+88.8
Washington 1,382 96.2% 54 3.8% 1,436 D+92.5
Karnes 1,365 96.7% 46 3.3% 1,411 D+93.5
Brazos 1,365 97.4% 36 2.6% 1,401 D+94.9
Angelina 1,287 95.5% 60 4.5% 1,347 D+91.1
Caldwell 1,248 93.3% 89 6.7% 1,337 D+86.7
Gonzales 1,273 95.9% 55 4.1% 1,328 D+91.7
Shelby 1,292 97.4% 35 2.6% 1,327 D+94.7
Camp 1,288 97.6% 31 2.4% 1,319 D+95.3
Lamb 1,252 95.3% 62 4.7% 1,314 D+90.6
Nacogdoches 1,313 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,313 D+100.0
Milam 1,312 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,312 D+100.0
Comal 1,079 85.1% 189 14.9% 1,268 D+70.2
Wise 1,179 93.0% 89 7.0% 1,268 D+86.0
Fort Bend 1,196 94.4% 71 5.6% 1,267 D+88.8
Hale 1,174 93.2% 85 6.8% 1,259 D+86.5
Palo Pinto 1,138 92.7% 90 7.3% 1,228 D+85.3
Coleman 1,165 95.5% 55 4.5% 1,220 D+91.0
Wharton 1,148 95.0% 60 5.0% 1,208 D+90.1
Blanco 1,040 87.0% 156 13.0% 1,196 D+73.9
Kendall 640 53.5% 556 46.5% 1,196 D+7.0
Polk 1,168 98.9% 13 1.1% 1,181 D+97.8
Cass 1,106 94.5% 64 5.5% 1,170 D+89.1
Young 1,116 95.5% 52 4.5% 1,168 D+91.1
Freestone 1,132 97.8% 26 2.2% 1,158 D+95.5
Bee 1,058 93.2% 77 6.8% 1,135 D+86.4
Atascosa 1,044 92.6% 84 7.4% 1,128 D+85.1
Austin 1,036 92.3% 87 7.7% 1,123 D+84.5
Bosque 1,102 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,102 D+100.0
Howard 1,057 96.5% 38 3.5% 1,095 D+93.1
Houston 1,071 98.3% 18 1.7% 1,089 D+96.7
San Patricio 1,007 92.5% 82 7.5% 1,089 D+84.9
Upshur 1,044 96.5% 38 3.5% 1,082 D+93.0
Montgomery 1,052 98.0% 21 2.0% 1,073 D+96.1
Baylor 1,055 99.2% 8 0.8% 1,063 D+98.5
Refugio 977 92.0% 85 8.0% 1,062 D+84.0
Victoria 915 87.5% 131 12.5% 1,046 D+75.0
Hall 969 92.8% 75 7.2% 1,044 D+85.6
Bastrop 991 95.7% 45 4.3% 1,036 D+91.3
Nolan 956 92.9% 73 7.1% 1,029 D+85.8
Wheeler 921 91.5% 86 8.5% 1,007 D+82.9
Randall 931 92.5% 75 7.5% 1,006 D+85.1
Hamilton 941 94.7% 53 5.3% 994 D+89.3
Red River 967 98.3% 17 1.7% 984 D+96.5
Liberty 931 95.9% 40 4.1% 971 D+91.8
Wilbarger 892 94.7% 50 5.3% 942 D+89.4
Colorado 826 88.2% 110 11.8% 936 D+76.5
Runnels 861 92.8% 67 7.2% 928 D+85.6
Hockley 867 94.5% 50 5.5% 917 D+89.1
Scurry 885 96.8% 29 3.2% 914 D+93.7
San Jacinto 907 99.7% 3 0.3% 910 D+99.3
Kerr 684 75.7% 219 24.3% 903 D+51.5
Haskell 874 97.3% 24 2.7% 898 D+94.7
Childress 831 93.2% 61 6.8% 892 D+86.3
Lynn 857 96.6% 30 3.4% 887 D+93.2
Dawson 824 93.4% 58 6.6% 882 D+86.8
Callahan 829 95.2% 42 4.8% 871 D+90.4
Stephens 825 94.8% 45 5.2% 870 D+89.7
Matagorda 778 90.9% 78 9.1% 856 D+81.8
Coryell 830 97.2% 24 2.8% 854 D+94.4
Hays 799 95.5% 38 4.5% 837 D+90.9
McCulloch 785 94.0% 50 6.0% 835 D+88.0
Mitchell 797 96.6% 28 3.4% 825 D+93.2
Deaf Smith 709 86.7% 109 13.3% 818 D+73.3
Leon 808 98.8% 10 1.2% 818 D+97.6
Llano 757 94.7% 42 5.3% 799 D+89.5
Carson 725 91.3% 69 8.7% 794 D+82.6
Clay 739 95.6% 34 4.4% 773 D+91.2
San Saba 746 97.8% 17 2.2% 763 D+95.5
Robertson 750 98.6% 11 1.4% 761 D+97.1
Panola 748 98.6% 11 1.4% 759 D+97.1
Crosby 742 97.9% 16 2.1% 758 D+95.8
Donley 692 91.5% 64 8.5% 756 D+83.1
Ector 682 90.3% 73 9.7% 755 D+80.7
Collingsworth 694 92.3% 58 7.7% 752 D+84.6
Floyd 718 96.2% 28 3.8% 746 D+92.5
Jasper 732 98.3% 13 1.7% 745 D+96.5
Hardin 739 100.0% 0 0.0% 739 D+100.0
Midland 623 86.4% 98 13.6% 721 D+72.8
Burleson 695 98.2% 13 1.8% 708 D+96.3
Fisher 694 98.3% 12 1.7% 706 D+96.6
Franklin 689 97.6% 17 2.4% 706 D+95.2
Knox 689 98.0% 14 2.0% 703 D+96.0
Burnet 651 92.7% 51 7.3% 702 D+85.5
Lee 656 94.7% 37 5.3% 693 D+89.3
Val Verde 578 84.4% 107 15.6% 685 D+68.8
Grimes 655 97.6% 16 2.4% 671 D+95.2
Terry 624 93.0% 47 7.0% 671 D+86.0
Jackson 611 93.6% 42 6.4% 653 D+87.1
Cottle 607 94.7% 34 5.3% 641 D+89.4
Jack 585 93.2% 43 6.8% 628 D+86.3
Walker 602 96.5% 22 3.5% 624 D+92.9
Swisher 586 94.1% 37 5.9% 623 D+88.1
Throckmorton 617 99.4% 4 0.6% 621 D+98.7
Dickens 600 96.8% 20 3.2% 620 D+93.5
Hardeman 591 95.6% 27 4.4% 618 D+91.3
Mason 530 87.0% 79 13.0% 609 D+74.1
Sabine 598 98.8% 7 1.2% 605 D+97.7
Archer 577 96.5% 21 3.5% 598 D+93.0
Castro 553 93.9% 36 6.1% 589 D+87.8
Morris 563 97.7% 13 2.3% 576 D+95.5
Live Oak 518 90.6% 54 9.4% 572 D+81.1
Tyler 541 95.8% 24 4.2% 565 D+91.5
Moore 525 94.1% 33 5.9% 558 D+88.2
Ochiltree 512 92.1% 44 7.9% 556 D+84.2
Willacy 484 87.5% 69 12.5% 553 D+75.0
Ward 503 91.6% 46 8.4% 549 D+83.2
Jim Hogg 544 100.0% 0 0.0% 544 D+100.0
Kleberg 498 91.5% 46 8.5% 544 D+83.1
Lampasas 511 95.0% 27 5.0% 538 D+90.0
San Augustine 520 98.3% 9 1.7% 529 D+96.6
Sutton 518 97.9% 11 2.1% 529 D+95.8
Stonewall 500 96.7% 17 3.3% 517 D+93.4
Lipscomb 425 83.2% 86 16.8% 511 D+66.3
Reeves 474 92.8% 37 7.2% 511 D+85.5
Rockwall 501 98.4% 8 1.6% 509 D+96.9
Zavala 474 93.1% 35 6.9% 509 D+86.2
Hood 464 93.7% 31 6.3% 495 D+87.5
Waller 473 96.3% 18 3.7% 491 D+92.7
Concho 464 94.7% 26 5.3% 490 D+89.4
Dallam 428 87.3% 62 12.7% 490 D+74.7
Mills 466 96.1% 19 3.9% 485 D+92.2
Calhoun 458 94.6% 26 5.4% 484 D+89.3
Frio 453 94.0% 29 6.0% 482 D+88.0
Kimble 454 95.2% 23 4.8% 477 D+90.4
Kinney 394 87.2% 58 12.8% 452 D+74.3
Trinity 442 98.0% 9 2.0% 451 D+96.0
Brewster 414 92.2% 35 7.8% 449 D+84.4
Dimmit 392 91.0% 39 9.0% 431 D+81.9
Goliad 358 83.1% 73 16.9% 431 D+66.1
Shackelford 409 95.6% 19 4.4% 428 D+91.1
Gaines 403 96.9% 13 3.1% 416 D+93.8
Pecos 377 92.6% 30 7.4% 407 D+85.3
Menard 362 92.6% 29 7.4% 391 D+85.2
Rains 381 98.7% 5 1.3% 386 D+97.4
Madison 374 97.9% 8 2.1% 382 D+95.8
Garza 366 96.3% 14 3.7% 380 D+92.6
Bailey 315 83.3% 63 16.7% 378 D+66.7
Marion 347 91.8% 31 8.2% 378 D+83.6
Newton 343 95.3% 17 4.7% 360 D+90.6
Martin 331 93.5% 23 6.5% 354 D+87.0
Foard 332 97.6% 8 2.4% 340 D+95.3
Chambers 322 96.4% 12 3.6% 334 D+92.8
Presidio 311 94.0% 20 6.0% 331 D+87.9
Hansford 296 93.4% 21 6.6% 317 D+86.8
Zapata 309 98.4% 5 1.6% 314 D+96.8
Cochran 290 92.9% 22 7.1% 312 D+85.9
Winkler 277 90.5% 29 9.5% 306 D+81.0
Coke 296 98.3% 5 1.7% 301 D+96.7
Motley 292 97.0% 9 3.0% 301 D+94.0
Armstrong 277 96.5% 10 3.5% 287 D+93.0
Yoakum 278 97.9% 6 2.1% 284 D+95.8
Andrews 272 100.0% 0 0.0% 272 D+100.0
Upton 254 96.6% 9 3.4% 263 D+93.2
Maverick 245 93.9% 16 6.1% 261 D+87.7
Somervell 231 91.3% 22 8.7% 253 D+82.6
Brooks 236 97.1% 7 2.9% 243 D+94.2
Briscoe 215 94.3% 13 5.7% 228 D+88.6
Aransas 197 87.9% 27 12.1% 224 D+75.9
Edwards 195 91.1% 19 8.9% 214 D+82.2
Kent 209 97.7% 5 2.3% 214 D+95.3
Hartley 193 92.8% 15 7.2% 208 D+85.6
Real 185 92.0% 16 8.0% 201 D+84.1
Oldham 179 90.4% 19 9.6% 198 D+80.8
Culberson 188 97.4% 5 2.6% 193 D+94.8
Crane 171 96.6% 6 3.4% 177 D+93.2
Roberts 159 90.3% 17 9.7% 176 D+80.7
Schleicher 161 92.0% 14 8.0% 175 D+84.0
McMullen 168 97.7% 4 2.3% 172 D+95.3
Reagan 159 92.4% 13 7.6% 172 D+84.9
Sterling 135 96.4% 5 3.6% 140 D+92.9
Terrell 99 78.6% 27 21.4% 126 D+57.1
King 117 99.2% 1 0.8% 118 D+98.3
Jeff Davis 113 100.0% 0 0.0% 113 D+100.0
Crockett 106 94.6% 6 5.4% 112 D+89.3
Hudspeth 109 98.2% 2 1.8% 111 D+96.4
Borden 98 99.0% 1 1.0% 99 D+98.0
Glasscock 87 92.6% 7 7.4% 94 D+85.1
Loving 80 95.2% 4 4.8% 84 D+90.5
Sherman 78 96.3% 3 3.7% 81 D+92.6
Kenedy 58 92.1% 5 7.9% 63 D+84.1

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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.

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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