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Election 1960 Results

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1960 Texas governor election

Price Daniel (Democrat) beat William Steger (Republican) in Texas in 1960, 72.7% to 27.3%, a margin of 45.5 points and 1,017,890 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1958, when Price Daniel also won.

Democrats led in 251 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Harris, cast 296,018 votes and went to the Democrat by 34.9 points. The closest was Edwards, where 16 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
Price Daniel won Democratic 1,627,698 72.7%
William Steger Republican 609,808 27.3%
Total2,237,506

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 199,628 67.4% 96,390 32.6% 296,018 D+34.9
Dallas 126,004 57.1% 94,690 42.9% 220,694 D+14.2
Tarrant 95,741 72.8% 35,811 27.2% 131,552 D+45.6
Bexar 85,791 65.4% 45,447 34.6% 131,238 D+30.7
Jefferson 47,142 73.7% 16,795 26.3% 63,937 D+47.5
Travis 40,110 78.6% 10,910 21.4% 51,020 D+57.2
El Paso 30,995 68.0% 14,606 32.0% 45,601 D+35.9
Nueces 34,179 76.3% 10,637 23.7% 44,816 D+52.5
Galveston 26,719 72.5% 10,111 27.5% 36,830 D+45.1
McLennan 30,501 84.4% 5,626 15.6% 36,127 D+68.9
Lubbock 25,687 72.6% 9,688 27.4% 35,375 D+45.2
Hidalgo 21,471 66.9% 10,608 33.1% 32,079 D+33.9
Wichita 22,095 80.6% 5,310 19.4% 27,405 D+61.2
Cameron 17,073 71.0% 6,976 29.0% 24,049 D+42.0
Potter 16,098 70.3% 6,800 29.7% 22,898 D+40.6
Taylor 15,829 72.6% 5,966 27.4% 21,795 D+45.3
Smith 12,506 58.0% 9,070 42.0% 21,576 D+15.9
Brazoria 13,813 69.2% 6,135 30.8% 19,948 D+38.5
Ector 12,634 70.4% 5,318 29.6% 17,952 D+40.8
Grayson 14,185 80.7% 3,395 19.3% 17,580 D+61.4
Midland 10,227 61.8% 6,321 38.2% 16,548 D+23.6
Gregg 10,153 65.1% 5,446 34.9% 15,599 D+30.2
Bell 13,392 86.5% 2,092 13.5% 15,484 D+73.0
Tom Green 11,108 71.8% 4,358 28.2% 15,466 D+43.6
Orange 12,628 83.6% 2,484 16.4% 15,112 D+67.1
Bowie 12,812 85.2% 2,229 14.8% 15,041 D+70.4
Webb 10,973 89.5% 1,294 10.5% 12,267 D+78.9
Angelina 9,397 79.9% 2,363 20.1% 11,760 D+59.8
Denton 8,365 74.5% 2,870 25.5% 11,235 D+48.9
Victoria 8,237 73.4% 2,987 26.6% 11,224 D+46.8
Brazos 8,642 82.0% 1,902 18.0% 10,544 D+63.9
Randall 7,188 68.9% 3,237 31.1% 10,425 D+37.9
Hutchinson 7,070 70.2% 2,999 29.8% 10,069 D+40.4
Harrison 7,833 79.2% 2,058 20.8% 9,891 D+58.4
Ellis 8,237 84.6% 1,498 15.4% 9,735 D+69.2
Collin 7,404 79.0% 1,968 21.0% 9,372 D+58.0
San Patricio 7,552 83.3% 1,514 16.7% 9,066 D+66.6
Lamar 7,758 85.7% 1,298 14.3% 9,056 D+71.3
Gray 5,844 64.9% 3,158 35.1% 9,002 D+29.8
Navarro 7,639 85.3% 1,314 14.7% 8,953 D+70.6
Wharton 7,020 79.2% 1,842 20.8% 8,862 D+58.4
Hale 6,626 75.8% 2,117 24.2% 8,743 D+51.6
Hunt 6,786 78.6% 1,843 21.4% 8,629 D+57.3
Johnson 6,322 73.3% 2,304 26.7% 8,626 D+46.6
Rusk 5,539 64.7% 3,020 35.3% 8,559 D+29.4
Howard 6,997 82.6% 1,469 17.4% 8,466 D+65.3
Fort Bend 6,609 78.6% 1,804 21.4% 8,413 D+57.1
Jim Wells 6,931 82.8% 1,443 17.2% 8,374 D+65.5
Williamson 7,008 85.7% 1,166 14.3% 8,174 D+71.5
Cherokee 6,850 84.4% 1,267 15.6% 8,117 D+68.8
Liberty 5,899 78.1% 1,657 21.9% 7,556 D+56.1
Brown 5,752 76.2% 1,796 23.8% 7,548 D+52.4
Anderson 5,884 79.4% 1,525 20.6% 7,409 D+58.8
Parker 5,496 74.7% 1,866 25.3% 7,362 D+49.3
Guadalupe 5,039 69.3% 2,230 30.7% 7,269 D+38.6
Cooke 5,312 77.1% 1,581 22.9% 6,893 D+54.1
Montgomery 5,431 80.0% 1,357 20.0% 6,788 D+60.0
Nacogdoches 5,540 81.8% 1,230 18.2% 6,770 D+63.7
Eastland 4,901 72.7% 1,839 27.3% 6,740 D+45.4
Hill 5,846 88.1% 793 11.9% 6,639 D+76.1
Hardin 5,569 84.6% 1,014 15.4% 6,583 D+69.2
Matagorda 4,567 73.4% 1,651 26.6% 6,218 D+46.9
Fannin 5,383 87.5% 766 12.5% 6,149 D+75.1
Kleberg 5,175 85.3% 895 14.7% 6,070 D+70.5
Henderson 4,692 78.6% 1,281 21.4% 5,973 D+57.1
Kaufman 4,738 79.9% 1,190 20.1% 5,928 D+59.9
Lamb 4,692 79.9% 1,182 20.1% 5,874 D+59.8
Milam 4,890 84.4% 907 15.6% 5,797 D+68.7
Nolan 4,668 81.5% 1,062 18.5% 5,730 D+62.9
Palo Pinto 4,375 77.8% 1,251 22.2% 5,626 D+55.5
Hockley 4,624 82.3% 993 17.7% 5,617 D+64.6
Fayette 4,487 80.3% 1,103 19.7% 5,590 D+60.5
Cass 4,397 80.3% 1,080 19.7% 5,477 D+60.6
Lavaca 4,776 87.4% 689 12.6% 5,465 D+74.8
Upshur 4,297 78.6% 1,167 21.4% 5,464 D+57.3
Limestone 4,640 85.5% 785 14.5% 5,425 D+71.1
Scurry 4,305 80.2% 1,066 19.8% 5,371 D+60.3
Wilson 3,484 65.8% 1,810 34.2% 5,294 D+31.6
Jasper 4,194 79.6% 1,072 20.4% 5,266 D+59.3
Hopkins 4,211 80.2% 1,039 19.8% 5,250 D+60.4
Comal 3,263 62.7% 1,945 37.3% 5,208 D+25.3
Jones 4,288 82.9% 884 17.1% 5,172 D+65.8
Erath 3,850 74.5% 1,315 25.5% 5,165 D+49.1
Wood 3,761 73.5% 1,354 26.5% 5,115 D+47.1
De Witt 3,627 71.3% 1,462 28.7% 5,089 D+42.5
Falls 4,369 86.5% 680 13.5% 5,049 D+73.1
Wise 3,812 76.0% 1,206 24.0% 5,018 D+51.9
Bee 3,667 73.2% 1,341 26.8% 5,008 D+46.4
Kerr 2,913 58.2% 2,088 41.8% 5,001 D+16.5
Shelby 4,251 85.1% 743 14.9% 4,994 D+70.2
Van Zandt 3,846 77.1% 1,143 22.9% 4,989 D+54.2
Titus 4,035 81.5% 918 18.5% 4,953 D+62.9
Colorado 3,673 76.0% 1,157 24.0% 4,830 D+52.1
Duval 4,333 89.9% 486 10.1% 4,819 D+79.8
Wilbarger 3,929 81.9% 868 18.1% 4,797 D+63.8
Medina 3,322 69.4% 1,464 30.6% 4,786 D+38.8
Panola 3,968 83.0% 815 17.0% 4,783 D+65.9
Washington 3,615 76.3% 1,122 23.7% 4,737 D+52.6
Montague 3,727 79.0% 992 21.0% 4,719 D+58.0
Young 3,729 79.2% 979 20.8% 4,708 D+58.4
Bastrop 3,963 86.8% 602 13.2% 4,565 D+73.6
Hays 3,708 81.6% 837 18.4% 4,545 D+63.2
Houston 3,758 85.0% 663 15.0% 4,421 D+70.0
Atascosa 3,430 77.8% 978 22.2% 4,408 D+55.6
Gonzales 3,682 84.5% 674 15.5% 4,356 D+69.1
Starr 4,178 96.8% 139 3.2% 4,317 D+93.6
Caldwell 3,572 82.9% 735 17.1% 4,307 D+65.9
Dawson 3,355 78.1% 941 21.9% 4,296 D+56.2
Red River 3,665 85.8% 607 14.2% 4,272 D+71.6
Coryell 3,563 85.2% 621 14.8% 4,184 D+70.3
Runnels 3,385 81.4% 774 18.6% 4,159 D+62.8
Karnes 3,574 86.0% 584 14.0% 4,158 D+71.9
Terry 3,285 79.2% 863 20.8% 4,148 D+58.4
Moore 3,114 75.7% 999 24.3% 4,113 D+51.4
Coleman 3,145 77.1% 932 22.9% 4,077 D+54.3
Jackson 3,247 79.9% 819 20.1% 4,066 D+59.7
Ward 3,107 79.1% 820 20.9% 3,927 D+58.2
Walker 3,275 83.7% 638 16.3% 3,913 D+67.4
Calhoun 3,046 79.4% 792 20.6% 3,838 D+58.7
Comanche 2,921 76.5% 896 23.5% 3,817 D+53.1
Freestone 2,989 78.4% 825 21.6% 3,814 D+56.7
Uvalde 2,456 64.6% 1,344 35.4% 3,800 D+29.3
Gillespie 1,675 44.2% 2,112 55.8% 3,787 R+11.5
Austin 2,918 77.1% 865 22.9% 3,783 D+54.3
Val Verde 2,835 75.2% 933 24.8% 3,768 D+50.5
Willacy 2,909 77.2% 858 22.8% 3,767 D+54.4
Reeves 2,927 78.8% 787 21.2% 3,714 D+57.6
Morris 3,051 82.6% 642 17.4% 3,693 D+65.2
Haskell 3,249 89.2% 392 10.8% 3,641 D+78.5
Robertson 3,245 89.7% 373 10.3% 3,618 D+79.4
Bosque 2,800 77.7% 804 22.3% 3,604 D+55.4
Andrews 2,825 82.3% 606 17.7% 3,431 D+64.7
Deaf Smith 2,670 78.3% 740 21.7% 3,410 D+56.6
Winkler 2,657 79.3% 692 20.7% 3,349 D+58.7
Mitchell 2,860 85.7% 478 14.3% 3,338 D+71.4
Polk 2,777 84.3% 518 15.7% 3,295 D+68.6
Burleson 2,921 89.1% 357 10.9% 3,278 D+78.2
Floyd 2,588 80.2% 637 19.8% 3,225 D+60.5
Pecos 2,648 82.1% 577 17.9% 3,225 D+64.2
Gaines 2,594 80.9% 612 19.1% 3,206 D+61.8
Swisher 2,590 82.5% 550 17.5% 3,140 D+65.0
Refugio 2,573 82.5% 544 17.5% 3,117 D+65.1
Burnet 2,387 77.7% 687 22.3% 3,074 D+55.3
Stephens 2,261 74.4% 780 25.6% 3,041 D+48.7
Chambers 2,377 79.8% 602 20.2% 2,979 D+59.6
Lynn 2,566 87.8% 357 12.2% 2,923 D+75.6
McCulloch 2,340 81.2% 543 18.8% 2,883 D+62.3
Callahan 2,183 76.8% 660 23.2% 2,843 D+53.6
Childress 2,246 79.7% 573 20.3% 2,819 D+59.3
Grimes 2,358 83.7% 458 16.3% 2,816 D+67.5
Brooks 2,490 89.1% 304 10.9% 2,794 D+78.2
Clay 2,319 83.6% 455 16.4% 2,774 D+67.2
Parmer 2,029 74.0% 713 26.0% 2,742 D+48.0
Tyler 1,973 72.2% 760 27.8% 2,733 D+44.4
Crosby 2,398 88.0% 326 12.0% 2,724 D+76.1
Hamilton 1,957 72.1% 756 27.9% 2,713 D+44.3
Lampasas 2,198 82.8% 456 17.2% 2,654 D+65.6
Newton 2,235 84.3% 415 15.7% 2,650 D+68.7
Waller 2,021 78.0% 569 22.0% 2,590 D+56.1
Leon 2,162 84.5% 397 15.5% 2,559 D+69.0
Hardeman 2,054 80.6% 493 19.4% 2,547 D+61.3
Fisher 2,274 89.4% 271 10.6% 2,545 D+78.7
Lee 1,974 78.9% 528 21.1% 2,502 D+57.8
Bailey 1,761 71.3% 709 28.7% 2,470 D+42.6
Camp 1,960 79.6% 501 20.4% 2,461 D+59.3
Carson 1,782 72.7% 668 27.3% 2,450 D+45.5
Ochiltree 1,516 62.0% 931 38.0% 2,447 D+23.9
Wheeler 1,820 74.7% 618 25.3% 2,438 D+49.3
Jack 1,791 73.5% 645 26.5% 2,436 D+47.0
Castro 2,090 86.6% 323 13.4% 2,413 D+73.2
Yoakum 1,907 79.9% 480 20.1% 2,387 D+59.8
Maverick 1,865 83.4% 371 16.6% 2,236 D+66.8
Kendall 1,035 46.5% 1,191 53.5% 2,226 R+7.0
San Saba 1,863 86.9% 282 13.1% 2,145 D+73.7
Knox 1,898 88.8% 239 11.2% 2,137 D+77.6
Trinity 1,747 82.2% 378 17.8% 2,125 D+64.4
Hall 1,781 84.4% 328 15.6% 2,109 D+68.9
Archer 1,747 85.1% 307 14.9% 2,054 D+70.1
Live Oak 1,302 64.7% 710 35.3% 2,012 D+29.4
Frio 1,579 80.3% 387 19.7% 1,966 D+60.6
Aransas 1,429 73.6% 513 26.4% 1,942 D+47.2
Dallam 1,498 77.6% 432 22.4% 1,930 D+55.2
Hood 1,556 80.7% 371 19.3% 1,927 D+61.5
San Augustine 1,626 85.0% 287 15.0% 1,913 D+70.0
Hansford 1,325 69.8% 574 30.2% 1,899 D+39.5
Collingsworth 1,461 77.0% 436 23.0% 1,897 D+54.0
Baylor 1,600 84.7% 288 15.3% 1,888 D+69.5
Mills 1,476 78.3% 410 21.7% 1,886 D+56.5
Llano 1,491 79.6% 383 20.4% 1,874 D+59.1
Franklin 1,559 84.0% 298 16.0% 1,857 D+67.9
Sabine 1,579 85.1% 276 14.9% 1,855 D+70.2
Delta 1,654 90.1% 182 9.9% 1,836 D+80.2
Upton 1,470 81.1% 342 18.9% 1,812 D+62.3
Cochran 1,513 84.4% 279 15.6% 1,792 D+68.9
Marion 1,362 77.3% 401 22.7% 1,763 D+54.5
Donley 1,356 79.2% 356 20.8% 1,712 D+58.4
Dimmit 1,366 80.7% 327 19.3% 1,693 D+61.4
Dickens 1,430 86.4% 225 13.6% 1,655 D+72.8
Garza 1,344 81.8% 300 18.2% 1,644 D+63.5
Crane 1,317 81.2% 305 18.8% 1,622 D+62.4
Zavala 1,189 73.8% 422 26.2% 1,611 D+47.6
Rockwall 1,366 84.9% 243 15.1% 1,609 D+69.8
Goliad 1,071 66.6% 537 33.4% 1,608 D+33.2
Bandera 1,024 64.0% 577 36.0% 1,601 D+27.9
Brewster 1,282 81.3% 295 18.7% 1,577 D+62.6
Madison 1,305 84.6% 237 15.4% 1,542 D+69.3
Jim Hogg 1,418 92.4% 117 7.6% 1,535 D+84.8
Blanco 1,088 72.5% 413 27.5% 1,501 D+45.0
Shackelford 1,127 77.0% 336 23.0% 1,463 D+54.1
Mason 878 60.3% 579 39.7% 1,457 D+20.5
Presidio 1,208 86.0% 197 14.0% 1,405 D+72.0
Coke 1,152 83.7% 225 16.3% 1,377 D+67.3
Cottle 1,212 89.1% 148 10.9% 1,360 D+78.2
San Jacinto 1,107 85.0% 196 15.0% 1,303 D+69.9
Kimble 943 73.2% 346 26.8% 1,289 D+46.3
Lipscomb 805 63.4% 464 36.6% 1,269 D+26.9
Martin 1,126 88.9% 140 11.1% 1,266 D+77.9
Concho 1,009 80.3% 248 19.7% 1,257 D+60.5
Hemphill 707 58.3% 506 41.7% 1,213 D+16.6
Crockett 930 78.2% 260 21.8% 1,190 D+56.3
Reagan 998 84.2% 187 15.8% 1,185 D+68.4
Stonewall 1,062 90.4% 113 9.6% 1,175 D+80.8
Menard 792 70.0% 339 30.0% 1,131 D+40.1
Throckmorton 952 84.2% 179 15.8% 1,131 D+68.3
La Salle 962 85.7% 160 14.3% 1,122 D+71.5
Briscoe 892 82.4% 190 17.6% 1,082 D+64.9
Rains 813 78.8% 219 21.2% 1,032 D+57.6
Foard 879 86.7% 135 13.3% 1,014 D+73.4
Sherman 726 73.1% 267 26.9% 993 D+46.2
Sutton 741 75.5% 241 24.5% 982 D+50.9
Motley 822 84.9% 146 15.1% 968 D+69.8
Zapata 720 75.0% 240 25.0% 960 D+50.0
Schleicher 666 75.5% 216 24.5% 882 D+51.0
Hartley 728 84.5% 134 15.5% 862 D+68.9
Somervell 617 74.1% 216 25.9% 833 D+48.1
Armstrong 676 81.6% 152 18.4% 828 D+63.3
Hudspeth 638 84.5% 117 15.5% 755 D+69.0
Edwards 363 48.9% 379 51.1% 742 R+2.2
Culberson 560 79.5% 144 20.5% 704 D+59.1
Real 450 64.7% 246 35.3% 696 D+29.3
Kent 595 87.0% 89 13.0% 684 D+74.0
Terrell 522 78.3% 145 21.7% 667 D+56.5
Oldham 545 82.8% 113 17.2% 658 D+65.7
Kinney 486 78.5% 133 21.5% 619 D+57.0
Irion 352 70.4% 148 29.6% 500 D+40.8
McMullen 336 68.9% 152 31.1% 488 D+37.7
Roberts 284 60.9% 182 39.1% 466 D+21.9
Jeff Davis 340 78.7% 92 21.3% 432 D+57.4
Borden 342 83.0% 70 17.0% 412 D+66.0
Glasscock 315 80.4% 77 19.6% 392 D+60.7
Sterling 320 83.1% 65 16.9% 385 D+66.2
King 169 93.9% 11 6.1% 180 D+87.8
Kenedy 105 70.5% 44 29.5% 149 D+40.9
Loving 62 69.7% 27 30.3% 89 D+39.3

Counties as they stood in 1960; 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