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Election 1966 Results

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1966 Texas governor election

John B. Connally (Democrat) beat T. E. Kennerly (Republican) in Texas in 1966, 72.8% to 25.8%, a margin of 47.0 points and 669,492 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1964, when John B. Connally also won.

Democrats led in 254 of the 254 counties as they stood then. The largest, Harris, cast 236,609 votes and went to the Democrat by 37.9 points. The closest was Loving, where 36 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
John B. Connally won Democratic 1,037,517 72.8%
T. E. Kennerly Republican 368,025 25.8%
All other candidates 20,264 1.4%
Total1,425,806

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 161,551 68.3% 71,909 30.4% 3,149 236,609 D+37.9
Dallas 113,155 69.7% 46,622 28.7% 2,484 162,261 D+41.0
Bexar 64,709 69.4% 24,454 26.2% 4,014 93,177 D+43.2
Tarrant 51,970 68.8% 22,966 30.4% 559 75,495 D+38.4
Travis 29,575 77.4% 8,311 21.8% 307 38,193 D+55.7
Jefferson 23,310 62.9% 13,010 35.1% 744 37,064 D+27.8
El Paso 19,443 60.0% 12,461 38.5% 486 32,390 D+21.6
Nueces 24,005 75.5% 6,857 21.6% 936 31,798 D+53.9
Lubbock 17,181 73.4% 5,975 25.5% 258 23,414 D+47.9
Galveston 14,916 73.7% 4,583 22.6% 743 20,242 D+51.0
McLennan 16,348 82.4% 3,370 17.0% 121 19,839 D+65.4
Wichita 15,082 77.8% 4,212 21.7% 89 19,383 D+56.1
Hidalgo 11,723 68.3% 5,261 30.7% 174 17,158 D+37.7
Potter 9,737 68.5% 4,331 30.5% 145 14,213 D+38.0
Smith 9,901 70.5% 4,029 28.7% 119 14,049 D+41.8
Midland 8,568 61.9% 5,037 36.4% 236 13,841 D+25.5
Brazoria 9,489 69.0% 3,971 28.9% 301 13,761 D+40.1
Cameron 8,775 66.9% 4,184 31.9% 154 13,113 D+35.0
Taylor 9,410 77.3% 2,670 21.9% 91 12,171 D+55.4
Ector 6,854 58.5% 4,643 39.6% 223 11,720 D+18.9
Gregg 6,792 66.8% 3,137 30.8% 242 10,171 D+35.9
Grayson 8,164 83.4% 1,573 16.1% 56 9,793 D+67.3
Randall 6,270 66.9% 3,044 32.5% 54 9,368 D+34.4
Tom Green 6,483 71.8% 2,467 27.3% 82 9,032 D+44.5
Orange 5,197 67.4% 2,390 31.0% 126 7,713 D+36.4
Bowie 5,689 74.2% 1,896 24.7% 79 7,664 D+49.5
Harrison 5,928 78.0% 1,597 21.0% 73 7,598 D+57.0
Bell 5,836 79.2% 1,450 19.7% 86 7,372 D+59.5
Victoria 5,318 74.4% 1,771 24.8% 63 7,152 D+49.6
Hutchinson 4,830 67.5% 2,254 31.5% 67 7,151 D+36.0
Webb 6,444 90.4% 663 9.3% 20 7,127 D+81.1
Brazos 5,744 84.2% 1,015 14.9% 62 6,821 D+69.3
Denton 5,120 77.1% 1,496 22.5% 26 6,642 D+54.6
Angelina 5,053 77.9% 1,329 20.5% 101 6,483 D+57.4
Gray 3,856 61.8% 2,350 37.6% 37 6,243 D+24.1
Fort Bend 4,972 81.1% 1,090 17.8% 68 6,130 D+63.3
Collin 4,927 84.0% 901 15.4% 39 5,867 D+68.6
Rusk 3,702 69.7% 1,530 28.8% 77 5,309 D+40.9
Montgomery 3,795 72.7% 1,384 26.5% 41 5,220 D+46.2
Williamson 4,380 85.8% 689 13.5% 38 5,107 D+72.3
Howard 3,681 74.5% 1,220 24.7% 40 4,941 D+49.8
Ellis 4,172 86.1% 642 13.2% 33 4,847 D+72.8
Guadalupe 3,708 77.6% 1,032 21.6% 38 4,778 D+56.0
Hale 3,473 74.2% 1,175 25.1% 35 4,683 D+49.1
Jim Wells 3,629 78.1% 933 20.1% 84 4,646 D+58.0
Hunt 3,595 80.0% 882 19.6% 17 4,494 D+60.4
Wharton 3,425 76.3% 1,032 23.0% 32 4,489 D+53.3
Lamar 3,777 85.5% 611 13.8% 29 4,417 D+71.7
Navarro 3,806 87.5% 529 12.2% 14 4,349 D+75.4
Johnson 3,157 75.1% 1,009 24.0% 35 4,201 D+51.1
San Patricio 3,150 76.0% 935 22.6% 60 4,145 D+53.4
Parker 3,183 78.6% 841 20.8% 24 4,048 D+57.9
Cherokee 3,065 78.1% 802 20.4% 58 3,925 D+57.7
Liberty 2,791 75.3% 884 23.9% 31 3,706 D+51.5
Nacogdoches 2,986 80.6% 664 17.9% 54 3,704 D+62.7
Cooke 2,741 77.6% 771 21.8% 18 3,530 D+55.8
Anderson 2,885 81.8% 625 17.7% 16 3,526 D+64.1
Brown 2,823 81.5% 591 17.1% 51 3,465 D+64.4
Duval 3,339 97.0% 97 2.8% 7 3,443 D+94.2
Starr 2,835 84.7% 498 14.9% 14 3,347 D+69.8
Hardin 2,386 71.5% 898 26.9% 54 3,338 D+44.6
Matagorda 2,431 72.9% 876 26.3% 29 3,336 D+46.6
Young 2,624 78.7% 710 21.3% 1 3,335 D+57.4
Lamb 2,396 74.3% 813 25.2% 17 3,226 D+49.1
Coryell 2,819 87.5% 379 11.8% 24 3,222 D+75.7
Kerr 2,099 65.3% 1,045 32.5% 71 3,215 D+32.8
Kleberg 2,480 78.9% 615 19.6% 48 3,143 D+59.3
Kaufman 2,707 86.3% 409 13.0% 20 3,136 D+73.3
Cass 2,273 74.0% 766 24.9% 33 3,072 D+49.1
Moore 2,241 73.6% 761 25.0% 41 3,043 D+48.6
Eastland 2,230 74.2% 738 24.6% 36 3,004 D+49.7
Henderson 2,410 81.0% 534 18.0% 30 2,974 D+63.1
Hays 2,329 78.7% 589 19.9% 41 2,959 D+58.8
Fannin 2,640 90.0% 287 9.8% 7 2,934 D+80.2
Comal 2,046 70.4% 813 28.0% 48 2,907 D+42.4
Fayette 2,272 78.5% 601 20.8% 23 2,896 D+57.7
Upshur 2,234 79.1% 544 19.3% 46 2,824 D+59.8
Hill 2,505 89.3% 281 10.0% 20 2,806 D+79.3
Hockley 2,143 77.2% 613 22.1% 20 2,776 D+55.1
Deaf Smith 2,204 79.5% 549 19.8% 19 2,772 D+59.7
Milam 2,199 80.4% 519 19.0% 16 2,734 D+61.4
Erath 2,191 80.2% 526 19.3% 15 2,732 D+60.9
Falls 2,284 84.8% 392 14.6% 17 2,693 D+70.3
Houston 2,317 86.2% 353 13.1% 17 2,687 D+73.1
Palo Pinto 2,105 78.5% 545 20.3% 31 2,681 D+58.2
Van Zandt 2,184 82.1% 457 17.2% 18 2,659 D+64.9
Ward 1,989 74.9% 642 24.2% 25 2,656 D+50.7
Panola 1,957 74.3% 651 24.7% 26 2,634 D+49.6
Wilbarger 2,190 83.6% 402 15.3% 28 2,620 D+68.2
Wood 2,072 79.7% 496 19.1% 31 2,599 D+60.6
Hopkins 2,155 84.0% 399 15.5% 12 2,566 D+68.4
Jasper 1,818 70.8% 719 28.0% 29 2,566 D+42.8
Limestone 2,122 84.9% 365 14.6% 13 2,500 D+70.3
Colorado 1,795 71.9% 685 27.4% 18 2,498 D+44.4
Nolan 2,020 81.5% 436 17.6% 23 2,479 D+63.9
Bastrop 2,053 83.0% 387 15.6% 33 2,473 D+67.4
Terry 1,896 78.1% 495 20.4% 37 2,428 D+57.7
Montague 1,991 83.1% 401 16.7% 5 2,397 D+66.3
Caldwell 2,010 84.0% 360 15.1% 22 2,392 D+69.0
Lavaca 1,871 78.6% 485 20.4% 24 2,380 D+58.2
Walker 1,866 79.1% 479 20.3% 13 2,358 D+58.8
Washington 1,803 77.5% 520 22.4% 3 2,326 D+55.2
De Witt 1,696 73.1% 605 26.1% 20 2,321 D+47.0
Wise 1,796 78.3% 487 21.2% 10 2,293 D+57.1
Shelby 1,834 80.6% 427 18.8% 14 2,275 D+61.8
Coleman 1,766 79.1% 454 20.3% 14 2,234 D+58.7
Red River 1,839 82.6% 382 17.2% 6 2,227 D+65.4
Scurry 1,771 79.7% 432 19.4% 20 2,223 D+60.2
Waller 1,871 84.9% 319 14.5% 15 2,205 D+70.4
Bee 1,700 77.2% 478 21.7% 24 2,202 D+55.5
Jones 1,833 83.9% 335 15.3% 17 2,185 D+68.6
Dawson 1,621 74.6% 542 24.9% 11 2,174 D+49.6
Robertson 1,913 88.2% 240 11.1% 16 2,169 D+77.1
Titus 1,710 79.6% 413 19.2% 24 2,147 D+60.4
Medina 1,492 72.5% 547 26.6% 19 2,058 D+45.9
Austin 1,483 72.4% 554 27.1% 10 2,047 D+45.4
Karnes 1,742 85.8% 280 13.8% 9 2,031 D+72.0
Bosque 1,615 80.3% 387 19.2% 9 2,011 D+61.1
Calhoun 1,580 78.7% 399 19.9% 29 2,008 D+58.8
Val Verde 1,514 75.9% 463 23.2% 17 1,994 D+52.7
Winkler 1,446 73.6% 476 24.2% 44 1,966 D+49.3
Comanche 1,677 86.2% 246 12.6% 23 1,946 D+73.5
Runnels 1,477 77.5% 416 21.8% 12 1,905 D+55.7
Reeves 1,540 81.6% 314 16.6% 34 1,888 D+64.9
Wilson 1,590 84.3% 290 15.4% 6 1,886 D+68.9
Morris 1,541 82.2% 299 16.0% 34 1,874 D+66.3
Maverick 1,621 87.2% 194 10.4% 45 1,860 D+76.7
Atascosa 1,461 78.6% 384 20.7% 14 1,859 D+57.9
Gonzales 1,549 83.6% 292 15.8% 11 1,852 D+67.9
Floyd 1,357 73.7% 445 24.2% 40 1,842 D+49.5
Gillespie 970 52.9% 848 46.3% 15 1,833 D+6.7
Uvalde 1,259 69.3% 545 30.0% 12 1,816 D+39.3
Freestone 1,522 84.1% 277 15.3% 10 1,809 D+68.8
Swisher 1,520 84.3% 274 15.2% 10 1,804 D+69.1
Clay 1,485 84.2% 271 15.4% 8 1,764 D+68.8
Wheeler 1,349 77.3% 393 22.5% 3 1,745 D+54.8
Carson 1,348 77.6% 379 21.8% 11 1,738 D+55.8
Jackson 1,323 76.3% 401 23.1% 10 1,734 D+53.2
Andrews 1,265 73.1% 445 25.7% 21 1,731 D+47.4
Callahan 1,348 80.5% 303 18.1% 24 1,675 D+62.4
Gaines 1,184 71.2% 466 28.0% 12 1,662 D+43.2
Grimes 1,374 83.4% 270 16.4% 4 1,648 D+67.0
Jack 1,316 80.0% 322 19.6% 7 1,645 D+60.4
Pecos 1,125 68.9% 493 30.2% 14 1,632 D+38.7
Burnet 1,276 78.5% 337 20.7% 13 1,626 D+57.7
Willacy 1,305 80.4% 295 18.2% 24 1,624 D+62.2
Parmer 1,170 72.9% 426 26.5% 10 1,606 D+46.3
Polk 1,309 81.9% 273 17.1% 16 1,598 D+64.8
Crosby 1,354 85.0% 221 13.9% 18 1,593 D+71.1
Haskell 1,405 88.4% 178 11.2% 6 1,589 D+77.2
Ochiltree 1,068 67.2% 514 32.3% 7 1,589 D+34.9
Childress 1,165 75.1% 373 24.0% 13 1,551 D+51.1
Brooks 1,322 87.6% 167 11.1% 20 1,509 D+76.5
Castro 1,210 80.3% 287 19.1% 9 1,506 D+61.3
Lee 1,164 77.8% 313 20.9% 19 1,496 D+56.9
Stephens 1,192 81.0% 276 18.8% 3 1,471 D+62.3
Tyler 1,040 71.0% 405 27.7% 19 1,464 D+43.4
Lynn 1,199 82.5% 248 17.1% 6 1,453 D+65.5
Hardeman 1,228 85.6% 197 13.7% 10 1,435 D+71.8
Archer 1,201 85.5% 199 14.2% 5 1,405 D+71.3
Mitchell 1,146 83.2% 218 15.8% 14 1,378 D+67.3
Hamilton 1,035 75.6% 320 23.4% 14 1,369 D+52.2
Burleson 1,137 84.1% 203 15.0% 12 1,352 D+69.1
Yoakum 957 70.8% 373 27.6% 21 1,351 D+43.2
Hansford 967 71.8% 375 27.9% 4 1,346 D+44.0
Lampasas 1,093 81.8% 231 17.3% 12 1,336 D+64.5
Bailey 942 70.9% 368 27.7% 18 1,328 D+43.2
Zavala 1,101 84.0% 180 13.7% 30 1,311 D+70.3
Refugio 978 75.0% 319 24.5% 7 1,304 D+50.5
McCulloch 1,052 82.1% 223 17.4% 7 1,282 D+64.7
Knox 1,110 88.5% 135 10.8% 9 1,254 D+77.8
Newton 988 78.9% 246 19.6% 18 1,252 D+59.3
Chambers 851 69.1% 360 29.2% 21 1,232 D+39.9
Leon 1,076 88.3% 135 11.1% 7 1,218 D+77.3
Hall 1,002 82.4% 204 16.8% 10 1,216 D+65.6
Kendall 660 54.6% 533 44.1% 16 1,209 D+10.5
Collingsworth 919 79.2% 235 20.3% 6 1,160 D+59.0
Fisher 1,005 87.4% 134 11.7% 11 1,150 D+75.7
Camp 990 86.2% 151 13.2% 7 1,148 D+73.1
Frio 928 82.2% 181 16.0% 20 1,129 D+66.2
Llano 830 73.7% 280 24.9% 16 1,126 D+48.8
Lipscomb 856 77.3% 244 22.0% 8 1,108 D+55.2
San Saba 933 86.1% 145 13.4% 5 1,083 D+72.8
Cochran 896 82.8% 166 15.3% 20 1,082 D+67.5
Baylor 909 84.3% 169 15.7% 1,078 D+68.6
Live Oak 812 75.5% 258 24.0% 5 1,075 D+51.5
Dallam 803 76.0% 237 22.4% 17 1,057 D+53.5
Dimmit 886 86.4% 123 12.0% 17 1,026 D+74.4
Marion 718 70.6% 290 28.5% 9 1,017 D+42.1
Trinity 795 79.1% 192 19.1% 18 1,005 D+60.0
Aransas 756 76.1% 221 22.2% 17 994 D+53.8
Hemphill 803 81.5% 180 18.3% 2 985 D+63.2
Donley 791 80.9% 177 18.1% 10 978 D+62.8
San Augustine 732 74.8% 229 23.4% 17 978 D+51.4
Franklin 850 87.4% 121 12.4% 2 973 D+74.9
Upton 695 72.5% 245 25.5% 19 959 D+46.9
Garza 790 82.8% 150 15.7% 14 954 D+67.1
Bandera 703 74.5% 224 23.7% 17 944 D+50.7
Zapata 848 93.7% 51 5.6% 6 905 D+88.1
Brewster 669 76.2% 192 21.9% 17 878 D+54.3
Sabine 690 78.9% 179 20.5% 6 875 D+58.4
Madison 725 83.1% 140 16.1% 7 872 D+67.1
San Jacinto 738 85.8% 114 13.3% 8 860 D+72.6
Dickens 747 87.0% 104 12.1% 8 859 D+74.9
Hood 703 82.8% 134 15.8% 12 849 D+67.0
Sherman 627 73.9% 209 24.6% 13 849 D+49.2
Rockwall 725 87.6% 99 12.0% 4 828 D+75.6
Cottle 706 87.9% 94 11.7% 3 803 D+76.2
Jim Hogg 691 87.1% 83 10.5% 19 793 D+76.7
Mason 560 70.7% 227 28.7% 5 792 D+42.0
Delta 717 91.2% 66 8.4% 3 786 D+82.8
Mills 617 78.9% 153 19.6% 12 782 D+59.3
Blanco 622 79.6% 150 19.2% 9 781 D+60.4
Crane 546 73.8% 176 23.8% 18 740 D+50.0
Briscoe 616 86.4% 93 13.0% 4 713 D+73.4
Shackelford 575 80.6% 128 18.0% 10 713 D+62.7
Kimble 514 76.8% 148 22.1% 7 669 D+54.7
Motley 587 88.3% 71 10.7% 7 665 D+77.6
Martin 541 81.7% 115 17.4% 6 662 D+64.4
Hartley 483 73.5% 171 26.0% 3 657 D+47.5
Coke 530 83.5% 103 16.2% 2 635 D+67.2
Kinney 547 87.4% 56 8.9% 23 626 D+78.4
Crockett 500 80.8% 112 18.1% 7 619 D+62.7
Presidio 478 79.8% 117 19.5% 4 599 D+60.3
Throckmorton 516 87.2% 72 12.2% 4 592 D+75.0
Concho 479 83.4% 85 14.8% 10 574 D+68.6
La Salle 514 91.3% 45 8.0% 4 563 D+83.3
Menard 386 70.1% 156 28.3% 9 551 D+41.7
Sutton 393 71.5% 153 27.8% 4 550 D+43.6
Goliad 383 70.1% 155 28.4% 8 546 D+41.8
Schleicher 416 76.5% 125 23.0% 3 544 D+53.5
Rains 459 87.9% 60 11.5% 3 522 D+76.4
Reagan 400 76.8% 117 22.5% 4 521 D+54.3
Foard 456 87.7% 62 11.9% 2 520 D+75.8
Culberson 434 84.1% 77 14.9% 5 516 D+69.2
Armstrong 400 81.1% 89 18.1% 4 493 D+63.1
Irion 404 83.0% 78 16.0% 5 487 D+66.9
Stonewall 413 88.4% 51 10.9% 3 467 D+77.5
Oldham 376 83.0% 77 17.0% 453 D+66.0
Real 337 76.4% 101 22.9% 3 441 D+53.5
Kent 381 89.4% 41 9.6% 4 426 D+79.8
Roberts 291 69.1% 130 30.9% 421 D+38.2
Edwards 277 71.6% 105 27.1% 5 387 D+44.4
Terrell 277 72.7% 96 25.2% 8 381 D+47.5
Jeff Davis 315 88.5% 40 11.2% 1 356 D+77.2
Hudspeth 303 85.8% 48 13.6% 2 353 D+72.2
Somervell 275 81.1% 62 18.3% 2 339 D+62.8
McMullen 232 81.4% 51 17.9% 2 285 D+63.5
Borden 193 72.6% 68 25.6% 5 266 D+47.0
Glasscock 171 72.8% 59 25.1% 5 235 D+47.7
Sterling 143 77.3% 40 21.6% 2 185 D+55.7
King 131 90.3% 14 9.7% 145 D+80.7
Kenedy 108 87.1% 12 9.7% 4 124 D+77.4
Loving 46 78.0% 10 16.9% 3 59 D+61.0

Counties as they stood in 1966; 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