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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Texas governor election

Dolph Briscoe (Democrat) beat Jim Granberry (Republican) in Texas in 1974, 61.4% to 31.1%, a margin of 30.3 points and 501,609 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1972, when Dolph Briscoe also won.

Democrats led in 249 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Harris, cast 242,573 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.2 points. The closest was Loving, where 23 votes separated the top two.

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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
Dolph Briscoe won Democratic 1,016,334 61.4%
Jim Granberry Republican 514,725 31.1%
Ramsey Muniz Raza Unida 93,295 5.6%
All other candidates 30,630 1.9%
Total1,654,984

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 130,622 53.8% 96,237 39.7% 15,714 242,573 D+14.2
Dallas 100,647 52.9% 77,273 40.6% 12,402 190,322 D+12.3
Bexar 65,209 55.4% 37,145 31.5% 15,455 117,809 D+23.8
Tarrant 60,009 64.0% 28,731 30.6% 5,058 93,798 D+33.3
Travis 34,209 46.2% 27,229 36.8% 12,620 74,058 D+9.4
El Paso 24,217 54.2% 14,041 31.4% 6,419 44,677 D+22.8
Nueces 20,345 56.2% 7,854 21.7% 8,033 36,232 D+34.5
Jefferson 23,074 69.4% 9,273 27.9% 908 33,255 D+41.5
Lubbock 10,213 39.9% 13,613 53.2% 1,769 25,595 R+13.3
McLennan 15,227 70.2% 4,906 22.6% 1,555 21,688 D+47.6
Galveston 13,864 64.8% 5,998 28.0% 1,530 21,392 D+36.8
Wichita 13,480 75.7% 3,920 22.0% 396 17,796 D+53.7
Hidalgo 8,787 49.7% 4,593 26.0% 4,298 17,678 D+23.7
Cameron 9,396 56.1% 4,711 28.1% 2,648 16,755 D+28.0
Brazoria 9,914 63.6% 4,910 31.5% 767 15,591 D+32.1
Collin 9,483 64.1% 4,837 32.7% 466 14,786 D+31.4
Smith 6,821 48.5% 7,094 50.4% 157 14,072 R+1.9
Taylor 9,282 66.9% 4,173 30.1% 425 13,880 D+36.8
Potter 7,133 53.0% 5,811 43.2% 503 13,447 D+9.8
Randall 5,712 44.2% 6,742 52.1% 482 12,936 R+8.0
Denton 7,294 59.6% 3,941 32.2% 1,011 12,246 D+27.4
Gregg 7,002 61.3% 4,188 36.6% 238 11,428 D+24.6
Montgomery 7,066 66.3% 3,213 30.1% 378 10,657 D+36.2
Midland 4,952 47.2% 4,776 45.5% 764 10,492 D+1.7
Orange 8,429 81.6% 1,681 16.3% 217 10,327 D+65.3
Tom Green 6,412 62.1% 3,181 30.8% 730 10,323 D+31.3
Grayson 7,569 74.9% 2,373 23.5% 166 10,108 D+51.4
Ector 5,174 52.3% 3,406 34.4% 1,322 9,902 D+17.9
Bowie 7,241 79.5% 1,640 18.0% 229 9,110 D+61.5
Bell 5,845 67.1% 2,060 23.6% 812 8,717 D+43.4
Fort Bend 5,202 60.0% 3,082 35.5% 389 8,673 D+24.4
Brazos 4,812 65.3% 1,950 26.5% 603 7,365 D+38.9
Angelina 5,412 74.5% 1,706 23.5% 145 7,263 D+51.0
Webb 4,174 60.1% 530 7.6% 2,246 6,950 D+52.4
Lamar 5,321 78.9% 1,356 20.1% 65 6,742 D+58.8
Howard 4,829 74.0% 1,468 22.5% 229 6,526 D+51.5
Johnson 4,901 77.8% 1,273 20.2% 122 6,296 D+57.6
Williamson 4,169 68.8% 1,602 26.4% 286 6,057 D+42.4
Hutchinson 3,218 53.2% 2,583 42.7% 248 6,049 D+10.5
Harrison 4,225 71.5% 1,571 26.6% 115 5,911 D+44.9
Gray 3,077 52.5% 2,710 46.2% 79 5,866 D+6.3
Comal 3,507 60.6% 2,096 36.2% 180 5,783 D+24.4
Nacogdoches 4,180 72.8% 1,388 24.2% 170 5,738 D+48.7
Ellis 4,590 81.0% 955 16.9% 119 5,664 D+64.2
Parker 4,313 78.0% 1,136 20.5% 79 5,528 D+57.5
Hays 3,121 58.7% 1,532 28.8% 665 5,318 D+29.9
Victoria 3,461 66.8% 1,455 28.1% 266 5,182 D+38.7
Hale 2,707 52.3% 2,073 40.1% 395 5,175 D+12.3
Kerr 2,856 55.8% 1,971 38.5% 292 5,119 D+17.3
Hunt 3,752 74.7% 1,124 22.4% 150 5,026 D+52.3
Henderson 3,708 75.6% 1,125 22.9% 73 4,906 D+52.6
Jim Wells 3,133 64.1% 696 14.3% 1,055 4,884 D+49.9
Rusk 3,259 66.9% 1,556 31.9% 59 4,874 D+34.9
Guadalupe 2,655 54.8% 2,000 41.3% 193 4,848 D+13.5
Kleberg 2,840 59.5% 759 15.9% 1,175 4,774 D+43.6
San Patricio 3,068 64.8% 1,077 22.7% 590 4,735 D+42.0
Walker 3,046 73.8% 934 22.6% 146 4,126 D+51.2
Cherokee 3,105 76.4% 929 22.9% 30 4,064 D+53.5
Liberty 3,082 76.7% 853 21.2% 85 4,020 D+55.4
Navarro 3,242 80.7% 729 18.1% 46 4,017 D+62.6
Bee 2,608 66.1% 766 19.4% 571 3,945 D+46.7
Van Zandt 3,053 78.0% 816 20.8% 47 3,916 D+57.1
Anderson 3,118 80.0% 754 19.4% 24 3,896 D+60.7
Uvalde 3,188 81.9% 282 7.2% 424 3,894 D+74.6
Zavala 1,623 42.9% 114 3.0% 2,046 3,783 Others
Erath 2,824 75.5% 852 22.8% 63 3,739 D+52.7
Wharton 2,841 76.0% 809 21.6% 88 3,738 D+54.4
Starr 3,201 85.7% 94 2.5% 442 3,737 D+83.1
Brown 2,888 78.1% 751 20.3% 61 3,700 D+57.8
Cass 2,938 80.4% 693 19.0% 22 3,653 D+61.5
Fannin 3,107 86.9% 437 12.2% 30 3,574 D+74.7
Val Verde 2,683 76.0% 429 12.2% 418 3,530 D+63.9
Kaufman 2,806 79.9% 668 19.0% 40 3,514 D+60.8
Medina 2,632 76.4% 620 18.0% 195 3,447 D+58.4
Jones 2,963 86.1% 470 13.7% 10 3,443 D+72.4
Hockley 2,334 67.9% 889 25.9% 216 3,439 D+42.0
Hill 2,830 84.0% 494 14.7% 46 3,370 D+69.3
Wood 2,293 68.8% 956 28.7% 85 3,334 D+40.1
Wilbarger 2,648 79.9% 531 16.0% 134 3,313 D+63.9
Eastland 2,650 80.5% 603 18.3% 38 3,291 D+62.2
Duval 3,014 92.2% 74 2.3% 181 3,269 D+89.9
Wise 2,733 84.0% 485 14.9% 37 3,255 D+69.1
Burnet 2,100 64.9% 1,076 33.2% 62 3,238 D+31.6
Upshur 2,492 77.2% 720 22.3% 14 3,226 D+54.9
Frio 2,180 67.9% 243 7.6% 789 3,212 D+60.3
Cooke 2,293 72.9% 823 26.2% 30 3,146 D+46.7
Red River 2,617 84.0% 479 15.4% 19 3,115 D+68.6
Matagorda 2,340 75.2% 691 22.2% 79 3,110 D+53.0
Palo Pinto 2,526 81.2% 522 16.8% 61 3,109 D+64.5
Hopkins 2,580 83.6% 479 15.5% 28 3,087 D+68.1
Gillespie 1,532 51.8% 1,390 47.0% 38 2,960 D+4.8
Bastrop 2,113 72.7% 728 25.1% 64 2,905 D+47.7
Hardin 2,224 76.7% 627 21.6% 49 2,900 D+55.1
Scurry 2,150 74.8% 674 23.4% 52 2,876 D+51.3
Titus 2,314 81.8% 506 17.9% 10 2,830 D+63.9
Panola 2,167 79.2% 551 20.1% 19 2,737 D+59.0
Caldwell 1,909 69.8% 616 22.5% 211 2,736 D+47.3
Lamb 1,788 66.4% 854 31.7% 52 2,694 D+34.7
Moore 1,648 61.3% 1,029 38.3% 12 2,689 D+23.0
Dimmit 1,747 65.1% 211 7.9% 726 2,684 D+57.2
Colorado 1,976 73.8% 634 23.7% 67 2,677 D+50.1
Nolan 2,071 78.1% 558 21.0% 24 2,653 D+57.0
Fayette 1,905 72.2% 687 26.1% 45 2,637 D+46.2
Young 2,133 81.4% 444 16.9% 45 2,622 D+64.4
Coryell 1,942 74.4% 592 22.7% 76 2,610 D+51.7
Milam 2,066 80.0% 445 17.2% 72 2,583 D+62.8
Atascosa 1,828 71.1% 622 24.2% 122 2,572 D+46.9
Jasper 1,986 78.3% 517 20.4% 32 2,535 D+57.9
Shelby 2,078 83.3% 395 15.8% 23 2,496 D+67.4
Tyler 1,984 79.7% 466 18.7% 39 2,489 D+61.0
Montague 2,050 84.5% 354 14.6% 22 2,426 D+69.9
Dawson 1,477 61.2% 836 34.7% 99 2,412 D+26.6
Terry 1,534 63.7% 806 33.4% 70 2,410 D+30.2
Runnels 1,899 80.3% 435 18.4% 30 2,364 D+61.9
Chambers 1,783 76.3% 440 18.8% 114 2,337 D+57.5
Deaf Smith 1,321 57.2% 859 37.2% 130 2,310 D+20.0
Polk 1,805 78.9% 430 18.8% 53 2,288 D+60.1
Calhoun 1,664 72.9% 459 20.1% 161 2,284 D+52.8
Bosque 1,785 79.5% 427 19.0% 32 2,244 D+60.5
Lavaca 1,829 81.7% 387 17.3% 22 2,238 D+64.4
Limestone 1,884 85.0% 302 13.6% 31 2,217 D+71.4
De Witt 1,401 63.3% 697 31.5% 117 2,215 D+31.8
Falls 1,842 83.7% 285 13.0% 73 2,200 D+70.8
Robertson 1,948 89.0% 195 8.9% 45 2,188 D+80.1
La Salle 1,207 55.4% 114 5.2% 859 2,180 D+50.1
Swisher 1,645 75.5% 498 22.9% 35 2,178 D+52.7
Houston 1,748 81.0% 383 17.8% 26 2,157 D+63.3
Ochiltree 910 42.3% 1,210 56.3% 30 2,150 R+14.0
Llano 1,332 62.1% 801 37.4% 11 2,144 D+24.8
Wilson 1,588 75.4% 403 19.1% 114 2,105 D+56.3
Brooks 1,214 57.7% 109 5.2% 781 2,104 D+52.5
Comanche 1,783 86.3% 266 12.9% 18 2,067 D+73.4
Austin 1,412 68.4% 606 29.4% 45 2,063 D+39.1
Gonzales 1,598 77.7% 343 16.7% 116 2,057 D+61.0
Parmer 1,217 60.2% 783 38.7% 22 2,022 D+21.5
Washington 1,200 59.8% 776 38.7% 30 2,006 D+21.1
Kendall 1,007 50.5% 941 47.2% 46 1,994 D+3.3
Jackson 1,497 77.1% 420 21.6% 24 1,941 D+55.5
Jim Hogg 1,210 62.4% 287 14.8% 443 1,940 D+47.6
Clay 1,672 86.3% 252 13.0% 14 1,938 D+73.3
Haskell 1,764 92.4% 141 7.4% 4 1,909 D+85.0
Floyd 1,168 63.3% 607 32.9% 69 1,844 D+30.4
Morris 1,552 84.3% 283 15.4% 6 1,841 D+68.9
Trinity 1,607 87.3% 212 11.5% 21 1,840 D+75.8
Coleman 1,550 84.3% 276 15.0% 12 1,838 D+69.3
Hood 1,499 82.8% 297 16.4% 15 1,811 D+66.4
Karnes 1,392 77.1% 338 18.7% 76 1,806 D+58.4
Carson 1,180 65.4% 592 32.8% 31 1,803 D+32.6
Freestone 1,494 83.5% 257 14.4% 39 1,790 D+69.1
Wheeler 1,171 65.6% 594 33.3% 20 1,785 D+32.3
Willacy 1,067 60.6% 320 18.2% 375 1,762 D+42.4
Pecos 1,163 66.6% 385 22.1% 198 1,746 D+44.6
Childress 1,264 74.2% 430 25.2% 9 1,703 D+49.0
Rockwall 1,173 69.3% 484 28.6% 36 1,693 D+40.7
Callahan 1,334 79.2% 318 18.9% 33 1,685 D+60.3
Mitchell 1,386 83.7% 251 15.2% 18 1,655 D+68.6
Waller 1,253 76.2% 348 21.2% 44 1,645 D+55.0
Sabine 1,410 86.7% 198 12.2% 18 1,626 D+74.5
Castro 1,110 69.3% 436 27.2% 55 1,601 D+42.1
Grimes 1,280 80.0% 307 19.2% 14 1,601 D+60.8
Hall 1,201 76.3% 360 22.9% 13 1,574 D+53.4
Lee 1,175 76.9% 338 22.1% 14 1,527 D+54.8
Hamilton 1,234 80.9% 268 17.6% 23 1,525 D+63.3
Andrews 957 63.0% 459 30.2% 102 1,518 D+32.8
Burleson 1,313 86.8% 163 10.8% 37 1,513 D+76.0
Gaines 986 65.4% 504 33.4% 17 1,507 D+32.0
Ward 940 62.5% 409 27.2% 156 1,505 D+35.3
Maverick 926 63.6% 152 10.4% 379 1,457 D+53.1
Yoakum 904 62.2% 514 35.4% 36 1,454 D+26.8
Lampasas 1,106 76.9% 307 21.3% 26 1,439 D+55.5
Aransas 901 62.9% 479 33.4% 52 1,432 D+29.5
Marion 1,169 81.9% 251 17.6% 8 1,428 D+64.3
Archer 1,249 87.8% 158 11.1% 15 1,422 D+76.7
Hansford 805 56.7% 601 42.4% 13 1,419 D+14.4
Hardeman 1,148 82.3% 231 16.6% 16 1,395 D+65.7
Bandera 955 68.5% 405 29.1% 34 1,394 D+39.5
Lynn 971 70.9% 376 27.4% 23 1,370 D+43.4
Reeves 949 69.4% 310 22.7% 108 1,367 D+46.7
Crosby 924 68.1% 360 26.5% 72 1,356 D+41.6
Leon 1,182 87.2% 165 12.2% 8 1,355 D+75.1
McCulloch 1,133 84.4% 195 14.5% 14 1,342 D+69.9
Delta 1,149 86.5% 172 13.0% 7 1,328 D+73.6
Stephens 1,028 78.0% 286 21.7% 4 1,318 D+56.3
Newton 1,105 84.0% 190 14.4% 20 1,315 D+69.6
Live Oak 969 75.2% 278 21.6% 42 1,289 D+53.6
Bailey 717 56.6% 486 38.4% 63 1,266 D+18.2
Refugio 955 75.9% 234 18.6% 69 1,258 D+57.3
Crane 801 64.0% 164 13.1% 286 1,251 D+50.9
Zapata 855 69.5% 80 6.5% 296 1,231 D+63.0
Collingsworth 935 76.4% 286 23.4% 3 1,224 D+53.0
Fisher 1,094 89.5% 111 9.1% 17 1,222 D+80.4
Camp 1,001 83.4% 192 16.0% 7 1,200 D+67.4
Baylor 1,035 86.9% 150 12.6% 6 1,191 D+74.3
Knox 1,024 89.6% 114 10.0% 5 1,143 D+79.6
Dallam 672 62.9% 389 36.4% 8 1,069 D+26.5
Winkler 712 67.1% 268 25.3% 81 1,061 D+41.8
Madison 905 86.9% 126 12.1% 10 1,041 D+74.8
Brewster 610 59.1% 260 25.2% 162 1,032 D+33.9
Jack 851 82.5% 174 16.9% 6 1,031 D+65.7
Donley 709 69.5% 303 29.7% 8 1,020 D+39.8
Upton 743 73.1% 224 22.0% 50 1,017 D+51.0
Kimble 828 81.5% 169 16.6% 19 1,016 D+64.9
Blanco 705 70.4% 272 27.2% 24 1,001 D+43.3
San Jacinto 759 76.4% 215 21.6% 20 994 D+54.7
Lipscomb 501 52.1% 452 47.0% 8 961 D+5.1
Coke 803 86.4% 107 11.5% 19 929 D+74.9
Dickens 756 82.2% 162 17.6% 2 920 D+64.6
Franklin 810 88.7% 96 10.5% 7 913 D+78.2
Hartley 649 71.7% 251 27.7% 5 905 D+44.0
San Augustine 735 82.5% 147 16.5% 9 891 D+66.0
Mason 581 66.0% 276 31.4% 23 880 D+34.7
Hudspeth 696 80.1% 132 15.2% 41 869 D+64.9
Briscoe 683 80.5% 159 18.8% 6 848 D+61.8
Cottle 758 89.4% 84 9.9% 6 848 D+79.5
Mills 705 83.5% 127 15.0% 12 844 D+68.5
Cochran 547 65.8% 262 31.5% 22 831 D+34.3
Hemphill 469 56.4% 349 42.0% 13 831 D+14.4
Sherman 500 60.7% 316 38.3% 8 824 D+22.3
Martin 638 81.8% 125 16.0% 17 780 D+65.8
Concho 672 86.7% 96 12.4% 7 775 D+74.3
Garza 499 65.7% 249 32.8% 11 759 D+32.9
Crockett 510 68.4% 101 13.5% 135 746 D+54.8
Rains 637 86.8% 89 12.1% 8 734 D+74.7
Goliad 514 70.4% 155 21.2% 61 730 D+49.2
Armstrong 467 68.2% 214 31.2% 4 685 D+36.9
Oldham 426 64.6% 223 33.8% 10 659 D+30.8
Menard 509 78.5% 123 19.0% 16 648 D+59.6
Presidio 346 54.2% 136 21.3% 156 638 D+32.9
Shackelford 489 77.4% 140 22.2% 3 632 D+55.2
Schleicher 492 80.0% 115 18.7% 8 615 D+61.3
Foard 551 90.9% 51 8.4% 4 606 D+82.5
Somervell 518 85.8% 77 12.7% 9 604 D+73.0
Stonewall 535 89.0% 64 10.6% 2 601 D+78.4
Motley 421 71.2% 163 27.6% 7 591 D+43.7
Throckmorton 513 88.1% 67 11.5% 2 582 D+76.6
Sutton 411 71.0% 126 21.8% 42 579 D+49.2
San Saba 457 80.0% 99 17.3% 15 571 D+62.7
Culberson 401 73.2% 108 19.7% 39 548 D+53.5
Kinney 465 85.2% 44 8.1% 37 546 D+77.1
Terrell 372 69.3% 86 16.0% 79 537 D+53.3
Reagan 424 80.2% 100 18.9% 5 529 D+61.2
Roberts 272 60.3% 167 37.0% 12 451 D+23.3
Real 376 84.7% 49 11.0% 19 444 D+73.6
Kent 347 82.4% 69 16.4% 5 421 D+66.0
Edwards 311 80.8% 73 19.0% 1 385 D+61.8
Borden 284 78.0% 78 21.4% 2 364 D+56.6
Jeff Davis 231 63.8% 84 23.2% 47 362 D+40.6
Glasscock 304 85.4% 50 14.0% 2 356 D+71.3
Irion 228 72.8% 76 24.3% 9 313 D+48.6
McMullen 205 78.8% 51 19.6% 4 260 D+59.2
Sterling 202 78.0% 53 20.5% 4 259 D+57.5
Kenedy 137 89.5% 11 7.2% 5 153 D+82.4
King 117 84.8% 21 15.2% 138 D+69.6
Loving 34 75.6% 11 24.4% 45 D+51.1

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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