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Election 1942 Results

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1942 US Senate election in Texas

Pappy O'Daniel (Democrat) beat Dudley Lawson (Republican) in Texas in 1942, 94.9% to 4.4%, a margin of 90.5 points and 248,549 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Morris Sheppard won.

Democrats led in 252 of the 252 counties as they stood then. The largest, Harris, cast 30,937 votes and went to the Democrat by 92.5 points. The closest was Loving, where 38 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pappy O'Daniel won Democratic 260,629 94.9%
Dudley Lawson Republican 12,080 4.4%
All other candidates 1,949 0.7%
Total274,658

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 29,693 96.0% 1,074 3.5% 170 30,937 D+92.5
Tarrant 20,366 95.5% 873 4.1% 92 21,331 D+91.4
Dallas 9,108 83.9% 1,125 10.4% 628 10,861 D+73.5
Bexar 7,126 83.5% 1,221 14.3% 189 8,536 D+69.2
Galveston 3,106 90.8% 265 7.7% 51 3,422 D+83.0
Travis 3,100 93.5% 167 5.0% 50 3,317 D+88.4
Grayson 2,934 93.3% 183 5.8% 27 3,144 D+87.5
Guadalupe 2,507 84.0% 466 15.6% 13 2,986 D+68.4
Hidalgo 2,832 95.2% 112 3.8% 32 2,976 D+91.4
McLennan 2,692 94.1% 114 4.0% 54 2,860 D+90.1
Cameron 2,681 95.2% 98 3.5% 37 2,816 D+91.7
Smith 2,655 96.8% 82 3.0% 7 2,744 D+93.8
Jefferson 2,373 91.9% 176 6.8% 34 2,583 D+85.1
Gillespie 1,914 80.6% 453 19.1% 7 2,374 D+61.5
Caldwell 2,352 99.4% 15 0.6% 2,367 D+98.7
Hunt 2,319 98.6% 30 1.3% 4 2,353 D+97.3
Navarro 2,306 98.8% 22 0.9% 6 2,334 D+97.9
Nueces 2,037 92.3% 126 5.7% 45 2,208 D+86.5
Rusk 2,101 97.5% 53 2.5% 1 2,155 D+95.0
Duval 2,126 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,126 D+100.0
Collin 1,999 97.6% 50 2.4% 2,049 D+95.1
Taylor 1,934 95.9% 66 3.3% 16 2,016 D+92.7
El Paso 1,603 79.6% 361 17.9% 51 2,015 D+61.6
Liberty 1,962 99.5% 10 0.5% 1,972 D+99.0
Wichita 1,857 94.5% 94 4.8% 14 1,965 D+89.7
Eastland 1,810 97.1% 49 2.6% 6 1,865 D+94.4
Fannin 1,783 97.2% 50 2.7% 1 1,834 D+94.5
Williamson 1,744 97.4% 47 2.6% 1,791 D+94.8
Ellis 1,720 97.2% 48 2.7% 1 1,769 D+94.5
Medina 1,601 92.6% 121 7.0% 7 1,729 D+85.6
Hill 1,683 98.4% 25 1.5% 3 1,711 D+96.9
Gray 1,602 95.3% 72 4.3% 7 1,681 D+91.0
Bell 1,633 98.6% 23 1.4% 1 1,657 D+97.2
Kaufman 1,579 97.6% 36 2.2% 2 1,617 D+95.4
Lamar 1,562 98.1% 19 1.2% 11 1,592 D+96.9
Anderson 1,561 98.5% 23 1.5% 1,584 D+97.1
Fayette 1,483 95.8% 64 4.1% 1 1,548 D+91.7
Limestone 1,492 98.4% 19 1.3% 6 1,517 D+97.1
Milam 1,466 97.2% 38 2.5% 4 1,508 D+94.7
Van Zandt 1,453 97.2% 41 2.7% 1 1,495 D+94.4
Henderson 1,403 97.0% 42 2.9% 1 1,446 D+94.1
Hopkins 1,397 97.0% 43 3.0% 1,440 D+94.0
Cooke 1,380 96.2% 52 3.6% 3 1,435 D+92.5
Bowie 1,379 98.2% 24 1.7% 1 1,404 D+96.5
Lubbock 1,310 93.6% 81 5.8% 9 1,400 D+87.8
Cherokee 1,352 97.8% 30 2.2% 1 1,383 D+95.6
Tom Green 1,279 95.1% 60 4.5% 6 1,345 D+90.6
Gregg 1,163 86.7% 146 10.9% 33 1,342 D+75.8
Potter 1,107 85.9% 158 12.3% 24 1,289 D+73.6
Falls 1,258 97.7% 20 1.6% 10 1,288 D+96.1
Lavaca 1,240 97.2% 31 2.4% 5 1,276 D+94.7
Jones 1,236 97.6% 22 1.7% 8 1,266 D+95.9
Kendall 982 79.1% 257 20.7% 3 1,242 D+58.4
Parker 1,187 97.1% 30 2.5% 5 1,222 D+94.7
Johnson 1,167 96.5% 42 3.5% 1,209 D+93.1
Montgomery 1,185 98.3% 21 1.7% 1,206 D+96.5
Wood 1,179 98.3% 20 1.7% 1,199 D+96.7
Freestone 1,145 98.5% 18 1.5% 1,163 D+96.9
Erath 1,124 97.1% 34 2.9% 1,158 D+94.1
Comanche 1,117 97.0% 27 2.3% 7 1,151 D+94.7
Coleman 1,117 98.6% 15 1.3% 1 1,133 D+97.3
Wise 1,081 96.3% 38 3.4% 3 1,122 D+93.0
Nolan 1,084 96.7% 37 3.3% 1,121 D+93.4
Nacogdoches 1,097 98.4% 17 1.5% 1 1,115 D+96.9
Montague 1,080 97.9% 21 1.9% 2 1,103 D+96.0
Houston 1,088 98.9% 12 1.1% 1,100 D+97.8
Upshur 1,005 95.3% 50 4.7% 1,055 D+90.5
Shelby 1,024 97.9% 22 2.1% 1,046 D+95.8
Angelina 1,020 97.7% 22 2.1% 2 1,044 D+95.6
Brown 1,017 97.6% 24 2.3% 1 1,042 D+95.3
Red River 1,027 98.8% 11 1.1% 1 1,039 D+97.8
Zapata 701 67.8% 333 32.2% 1,034 D+35.6
Bandera 984 95.6% 44 4.3% 1 1,029 D+91.4
Young 1,010 98.8% 11 1.1% 1 1,022 D+97.7
Hale 981 97.5% 24 2.4% 1 1,006 D+95.1
Fisher 991 98.7% 10 1.0% 3 1,004 D+97.7
Cass 977 98.3% 17 1.7% 994 D+96.6
Blanco 942 94.9% 48 4.8% 3 993 D+90.0
Webb 976 98.4% 16 1.6% 992 D+96.8
Trinity 981 99.2% 8 0.8% 989 D+98.4
Stephens 974 98.8% 12 1.2% 986 D+97.6
Haskell 979 99.7% 3 0.3% 982 D+99.4
Karnes 953 98.2% 17 1.8% 970 D+96.5
Palo Pinto 945 97.8% 19 2.0% 2 966 D+95.9
Fort Bend 944 97.9% 19 2.0% 1 964 D+96.0
Gonzales 917 98.0% 15 1.6% 4 936 D+96.4
Bosque 885 96.1% 33 3.6% 3 921 D+92.5
Llano 909 98.9% 9 1.0% 1 919 D+97.9
Austin 886 96.9% 28 3.1% 914 D+93.9
Scurry 899 98.8% 11 1.2% 910 D+97.6
Hays 855 98.7% 10 1.2% 1 866 D+97.6
De Witt 834 96.6% 28 3.2% 1 863 D+93.4
Wharton 807 96.4% 28 3.3% 2 837 D+93.1
Wilbarger 826 99.3% 6 0.7% 832 D+98.6
Brazos 793 95.7% 35 4.2% 1 829 D+91.4
Goliad 767 92.6% 60 7.2% 1 828 D+85.4
San Patricio 761 93.5% 42 5.2% 11 814 D+88.3
Runnels 782 96.8% 26 3.2% 808 D+93.6
Coryell 778 96.4% 27 3.3% 2 807 D+93.1
Clay 787 97.9% 17 2.1% 804 D+95.8
Mitchell 791 99.0% 8 1.0% 799 D+98.0
Washington 777 98.5% 12 1.5% 789 D+97.0
Brazoria 739 94.6% 36 4.6% 6 781 D+90.0
Robertson 770 99.2% 6 0.8% 776 D+98.5
Franklin 760 99.2% 6 0.8% 766 D+98.4
Wilson 742 97.2% 18 2.4% 3 763 D+94.9
Comal 697 92.2% 55 7.3% 4 756 D+84.9
Hamilton 730 96.7% 25 3.3% 755 D+93.4
Panola 749 99.2% 6 0.8% 755 D+98.4
Bastrop 712 97.8% 16 2.2% 728 D+95.6
Titus 692 99.0% 6 0.9% 1 699 D+98.1
Lee 681 97.6% 17 2.4% 698 D+95.1
Matagorda 654 97.2% 19 2.8% 673 D+94.4
Rockwall 661 98.7% 7 1.0% 2 670 D+97.6
Victoria 633 94.8% 35 5.2% 668 D+89.5
Howard 641 96.1% 20 3.0% 6 667 D+93.1
Burleson 658 98.9% 7 1.1% 665 D+97.9
San Saba 651 98.2% 12 1.8% 663 D+96.4
Orange 647 97.9% 12 1.8% 2 661 D+96.1
San Augustine 640 98.9% 6 0.9% 1 647 D+98.0
Wheeler 594 93.4% 39 6.1% 3 636 D+87.3
Atascosa 612 96.8% 20 3.2% 632 D+93.7
Leon 606 97.7% 12 1.9% 2 620 D+95.8
Starr 617 100.0% 0 0.0% 617 D+100.0
Hardin 606 98.5% 9 1.5% 615 D+97.1
Jim Wells 597 97.1% 15 2.4% 3 615 D+94.6
Colorado 578 94.6% 31 5.1% 2 611 D+89.5
Polk 596 98.3% 8 1.3% 2 606 D+97.0
Harrison 597 99.2% 4 0.7% 1 602 D+98.5
Refugio 574 95.5% 22 3.7% 5 601 D+91.8
Dawson 575 98.0% 12 2.0% 587 D+95.9
Floyd 561 97.2% 14 2.4% 2 577 D+94.8
Walker 568 98.4% 9 1.6% 577 D+96.9
Kerr 500 87.3% 66 11.5% 7 573 D+75.7
Grimes 569 99.5% 3 0.5% 572 D+99.0
Burnet 550 96.7% 18 3.2% 1 569 D+93.5
Ector 531 95.0% 23 4.1% 5 559 D+90.9
McCulloch 550 98.4% 9 1.6% 559 D+96.8
Bee 532 95.3% 25 4.5% 1 558 D+90.9
Jack 534 96.2% 20 3.6% 1 555 D+92.6
Childress 528 96.9% 17 3.1% 545 D+93.8
Hutchinson 443 82.5% 89 16.6% 5 537 D+65.9
Willacy 519 96.8% 15 2.8% 2 536 D+94.0
Lampasas 518 97.0% 16 3.0% 534 D+94.0
Camp 527 99.1% 4 0.8% 1 532 D+98.3
Delta 524 98.9% 6 1.1% 530 D+97.7
Collingsworth 507 96.2% 17 3.2% 3 527 D+93.0
Hall 520 98.9% 5 1.0% 1 526 D+97.9
Lamb 511 97.1% 15 2.9% 526 D+94.3
Hockley 500 97.3% 14 2.7% 514 D+94.6
Knox 494 96.5% 9 1.8% 9 512 D+94.7
Midland 482 94.5% 25 4.9% 3 510 D+89.6
Somervell 493 99.0% 3 0.6% 2 498 D+98.4
Newton 484 98.0% 8 1.6% 2 494 D+96.4
Jasper 477 98.8% 6 1.2% 483 D+97.5
Archer 457 95.4% 22 4.6% 479 D+90.8
Uvalde 463 98.1% 9 1.9% 472 D+96.2
Mills 460 98.3% 8 1.7% 468 D+96.6
Crosby 450 99.6% 2 0.4% 452 D+99.1
Jackson 434 97.3% 11 2.5% 1 446 D+94.8
Lynn 438 98.4% 7 1.6% 445 D+96.9
Dickens 429 96.8% 11 2.5% 3 443 D+94.4
Sabine 433 99.3% 2 0.5% 1 436 D+98.9
Gaines 427 98.8% 5 1.2% 432 D+97.7
Shackelford 414 96.3% 12 2.8% 4 430 D+93.5
Tyler 427 99.8% 1 0.2% 428 D+99.5
Pecos 406 95.1% 21 4.9% 427 D+90.2
Hardeman 408 97.1% 12 2.9% 420 D+94.3
Terry 391 98.7% 4 1.0% 1 396 D+97.7
Madison 386 97.7% 8 2.0% 1 395 D+95.7
Randall 366 93.8% 19 4.9% 5 390 D+89.0
Morris 382 98.2% 7 1.8% 389 D+96.4
Carson 362 94.5% 19 5.0% 2 383 D+89.6
Concho 359 95.0% 18 4.8% 1 378 D+90.2
Baylor 372 99.7% 1 0.3% 373 D+99.5
Donley 354 96.2% 11 3.0% 3 368 D+93.2
Swisher 350 95.4% 15 4.1% 2 367 D+91.3
Throckmorton 356 97.8% 8 2.2% 364 D+95.6
Deaf Smith 349 96.9% 10 2.8% 1 360 D+94.2
Lipscomb 308 86.0% 48 13.4% 2 358 D+72.6
Val Verde 319 89.6% 37 10.4% 356 D+79.2
Hood 339 96.0% 14 4.0% 353 D+92.1
Rains 350 99.2% 3 0.8% 353 D+98.3
Kleberg 332 94.3% 10 2.8% 10 352 D+91.5
Kimble 341 98.0% 7 2.0% 348 D+96.0
Live Oak 336 99.4% 2 0.6% 338 D+98.8
Stonewall 327 99.1% 1 0.3% 2 330 D+98.8
Dallam 305 93.3% 13 4.0% 9 327 D+89.3
Menard 317 98.1% 5 1.5% 1 323 D+96.6
Frio 312 97.5% 8 2.5% 320 D+95.0
Ward 300 95.2% 15 4.8% 315 D+90.5
Parmer 274 87.3% 40 12.7% 314 D+74.5
Foard 303 98.4% 3 1.0% 2 308 D+97.4
Calhoun 298 98.3% 4 1.3% 1 303 D+97.0
Coke 299 99.0% 3 1.0% 302 D+98.0
Upton 293 97.0% 5 1.7% 4 302 D+95.4
Ochiltree 279 94.3% 15 5.1% 2 296 D+89.2
Presidio 291 98.6% 4 1.4% 295 D+97.3
Chambers 285 97.3% 8 2.7% 293 D+94.5
Zavala 279 95.9% 11 3.8% 1 291 D+92.1
Mason 273 94.1% 17 5.9% 290 D+88.3
Crane 271 95.4% 12 4.2% 1 284 D+91.2
Waller 283 99.6% 1 0.4% 284 D+99.3
La Salle 280 99.6% 1 0.4% 281 D+99.3
Cottle 260 94.5% 15 5.5% 275 D+89.1
Dimmit 264 96.0% 11 4.0% 275 D+92.0
Marion 262 96.0% 11 4.0% 273 D+91.9
Kent 268 99.6% 1 0.4% 269 D+99.3
Garza 255 95.1% 13 4.9% 268 D+90.3
Brewster 249 94.3% 14 5.3% 1 264 D+89.0
Castro 257 97.3% 7 2.7% 264 D+94.7
Andrews 256 98.8% 3 1.2% 259 D+97.7
Winkler 231 91.7% 20 7.9% 1 252 D+83.7
San Jacinto 247 98.8% 3 1.2% 250 D+97.6
Hemphill 230 93.9% 14 5.7% 1 245 D+88.2
Jim Hogg 224 92.9% 17 7.1% 241 D+85.9
Reeves 224 95.3% 11 4.7% 235 D+90.6
Armstrong 227 97.4% 6 2.6% 233 D+94.8
Briscoe 231 99.1% 1 0.4% 1 233 D+98.7
McMullen 229 99.6% 1 0.4% 230 D+99.1
Reagan 222 97.4% 6 2.6% 228 D+94.7
Motley 225 99.6% 1 0.4% 226 D+99.1
Maverick 210 95.0% 10 4.5% 1 221 D+90.5
Brooks 204 95.8% 6 2.8% 3 213 D+93.0
Jeff Davis 212 99.5% 1 0.5% 213 D+99.1
Irion 193 98.5% 2 1.0% 1 196 D+97.4
Bailey 182 94.3% 11 5.7% 193 D+88.6
Kinney 141 73.1% 26 13.5% 26 193 D+59.6
Cochran 185 96.4% 5 2.6% 2 192 D+93.8
Edwards 184 96.8% 5 2.6% 1 190 D+94.2
Moore 178 95.7% 8 4.3% 186 D+91.4
Schleicher 179 100.0% 0 0.0% 179 D+100.0
Real 167 93.8% 10 5.6% 1 178 D+88.2
Hansford 165 94.3% 5 2.9% 5 175 D+91.4
Yoakum 162 94.2% 8 4.7% 2 172 D+89.5
Hartley 169 99.4% 1 0.6% 170 D+98.8
Oldham 144 92.3% 11 7.1% 1 156 D+85.3
Sutton 139 93.3% 10 6.7% 149 D+86.6
Aransas 124 91.9% 8 5.9% 3 135 D+85.9
Crockett 130 97.7% 2 1.5% 1 133 D+96.2
Sterling 122 96.8% 4 3.2% 126 D+93.7
Martin 119 95.2% 3 2.4% 3 125 D+92.8
Sherman 96 92.3% 8 7.7% 104 D+84.6
Roberts 92 92.0% 6 6.0% 2 100 D+86.0
Borden 96 100.0% 0 0.0% 96 D+100.0
Kenedy 95 99.0% 1 1.0% 96 D+97.9
King 84 100.0% 0 0.0% 84 D+100.0
Culberson 81 100.0% 0 0.0% 81 D+100.0
Terrell 73 90.1% 8 9.9% 81 D+80.2
Glasscock 67 98.5% 1 1.5% 68 D+97.1
Hudspeth 60 96.8% 2 3.2% 62 D+93.5
Loving 40 95.2% 2 4.8% 42 D+90.5

Counties as they stood in 1942; 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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1990 Phil Gramm (R) R+22.8
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1982 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+18.1
1978 John G. Tower (R) R+0.5
1976 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+14.5
1972 John G. Tower (R) R+9.1
1970 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+7.1
1966 John G. Tower (R) R+13.3
1964 Ralph Yarborough (D) D+12.7
1960 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.9
1958 Ralph Yarborough (D) D+51.0
1954 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+69.9
1952 Price Daniel (D) D+100.0
1948 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.3
1946 Tom Connally (D) D+77.1
1942 Pappy O'Daniel (D) D+90.5
1940 Tom Connally (D) D+88.5
1936 Morris Sheppard (D) D+85.4
1934 Tom Connally (D) D+93.8
1930 Morris Sheppard (D) D+74.2
1928 Tom Connally (D) D+62.5
1924 Morris Sheppard (D) D+70.8
1922 Earle B. Mayfield (D) D+66.9
1918 Morris Sheppard (D) D+74.3
1916 Charles Culberson (D) D+68.2