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Election 1946 Results

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1946 US Senate election in Texas

Tom Connally (Democrat) beat Murray C. Sells (Republican) in Texas in 1946, 88.5% to 11.5%, a margin of 77.1 points and 293,312 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1940, when Tom Connally also won.

Democrats led in 246 of the 248 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Harris, cast 46,692 votes and went to the Democrat by 79.9 points. The closest was Gillespie, where 20 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
Tom Connally won Democratic 336,931 88.5%
Murray C. Sells Republican 43,619 11.5%
Total380,550

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 41,990 89.9% 4,702 10.1% 46,692 D+79.9
Dallas 11,580 70.3% 4,892 29.7% 16,472 D+40.6
Bexar 9,091 62.3% 5,503 37.7% 14,594 D+24.6
Tarrant 11,320 81.9% 2,494 18.1% 13,814 D+63.9
Jefferson 9,036 93.5% 633 6.5% 9,669 D+86.9
Travis 6,986 93.0% 529 7.0% 7,515 D+85.9
Nueces 5,798 89.7% 667 10.3% 6,465 D+79.4
Hidalgo 4,553 87.9% 624 12.1% 5,177 D+75.9
Guadalupe 3,240 69.3% 1,434 30.7% 4,674 D+38.6
Potter 3,617 81.3% 832 18.7% 4,449 D+62.6
Duval 4,150 99.8% 7 0.2% 4,157 D+99.7
Orange 3,976 97.5% 101 2.5% 4,077 D+95.0
Henderson 3,866 96.6% 135 3.4% 4,001 D+93.3
Grayson 3,688 92.8% 288 7.2% 3,976 D+85.5
Jim Wells 3,841 96.8% 125 3.2% 3,966 D+93.7
Galveston 3,145 84.4% 582 15.6% 3,727 D+68.8
McLennan 3,109 90.8% 316 9.2% 3,425 D+81.5
El Paso 2,916 85.3% 502 14.7% 3,418 D+70.6
Wichita 3,019 89.1% 369 10.9% 3,388 D+78.2
Titus 3,084 97.0% 94 3.0% 3,178 D+94.1
Montague 2,966 94.6% 168 5.4% 3,134 D+89.3
Lubbock 2,780 90.1% 304 9.9% 3,084 D+80.3
Cameron 2,637 85.8% 435 14.2% 3,072 D+71.7
Smith 2,450 86.3% 388 13.7% 2,838 D+72.7
Gillespie 1,307 49.6% 1,327 50.4% 2,634 R+0.8
Webb 2,447 96.5% 88 3.5% 2,535 D+93.1
Taylor 2,392 94.9% 128 5.1% 2,520 D+89.8
Navarro 2,337 96.5% 86 3.5% 2,423 D+92.9
Denton 2,291 94.7% 129 5.3% 2,420 D+89.3
Collin 2,213 92.2% 188 7.8% 2,401 D+84.3
Bell 2,221 93.9% 145 6.1% 2,366 D+87.7
Ellis 2,228 95.7% 99 4.3% 2,327 D+91.5
Bowie 2,176 94.0% 139 6.0% 2,315 D+88.0
Gray 1,743 76.7% 530 23.3% 2,273 D+53.4
Rusk 2,120 95.2% 106 4.8% 2,226 D+90.5
Williamson 2,080 93.9% 135 6.1% 2,215 D+87.8
Gregg 1,711 78.7% 463 21.3% 2,174 D+57.4
Fayette 1,927 90.7% 198 9.3% 2,125 D+81.4
Hunt 1,969 93.4% 139 6.6% 2,108 D+86.8
Tom Green 1,859 89.6% 215 10.4% 2,074 D+79.3
Eastland 1,847 90.5% 194 9.5% 2,041 D+81.0
Medina 1,424 71.1% 578 28.9% 2,002 D+42.3
Fannin 1,901 95.6% 87 4.4% 1,988 D+91.2
Starr 1,967 99.2% 15 0.8% 1,982 D+98.5
Hill 1,734 95.5% 82 4.5% 1,816 D+91.0
Brazoria 1,647 91.1% 161 8.9% 1,808 D+82.2
Hutchinson 1,432 80.8% 340 19.2% 1,772 D+61.6
Cherokee 1,705 96.3% 65 3.7% 1,770 D+92.7
Brown 1,646 93.3% 118 6.7% 1,764 D+86.6
Lamar 1,639 94.5% 96 5.5% 1,735 D+88.9
Comanche 1,617 95.2% 82 4.8% 1,699 D+90.3
Kaufman 1,599 95.3% 79 4.7% 1,678 D+90.6
Lavaca 1,514 90.8% 153 9.2% 1,667 D+81.6
Anderson 1,571 95.2% 79 4.8% 1,650 D+90.4
Wilson 1,343 83.8% 260 16.2% 1,603 D+67.6
Limestone 1,531 95.7% 69 4.3% 1,600 D+91.4
Erath 1,451 91.2% 140 8.8% 1,591 D+82.4
Hopkins 1,504 95.2% 76 4.8% 1,580 D+90.4
Johnson 1,418 91.4% 133 8.6% 1,551 D+82.8
De Witt 1,147 75.5% 373 24.5% 1,520 D+50.9
Jones 1,449 96.2% 57 3.8% 1,506 D+92.4
Wood 1,370 92.8% 106 7.2% 1,476 D+85.6
Cooke 1,320 89.5% 155 10.5% 1,475 D+79.0
Van Zandt 1,363 94.3% 82 5.7% 1,445 D+88.7
Parker 1,327 92.9% 101 7.1% 1,428 D+85.9
Washington 1,367 95.9% 59 4.1% 1,426 D+91.7
Karnes 1,338 94.9% 72 5.1% 1,410 D+89.8
Brazos 1,360 96.9% 43 3.1% 1,403 D+93.9
Milam 1,285 94.1% 81 5.9% 1,366 D+88.1
Angelina 1,270 94.0% 81 6.0% 1,351 D+88.0
Caldwell 1,217 91.1% 119 8.9% 1,336 D+82.2
Camp 1,288 97.0% 40 3.0% 1,328 D+94.0
Shelby 1,292 97.4% 35 2.6% 1,327 D+94.7
Gonzales 1,238 94.0% 79 6.0% 1,317 D+88.0
Lamb 1,236 94.4% 74 5.6% 1,310 D+88.7
Hale 1,138 90.1% 125 9.9% 1,263 D+80.2
Wise 1,158 91.9% 102 8.1% 1,260 D+83.8
Comal 927 74.5% 317 25.5% 1,244 D+49.0
Palo Pinto 1,099 89.9% 124 10.1% 1,223 D+79.7
Coleman 1,158 94.8% 64 5.2% 1,222 D+89.5
Nacogdoches 1,151 94.9% 62 5.1% 1,213 D+89.8
Wharton 1,126 93.1% 83 6.9% 1,209 D+86.3
Blanco 996 84.2% 187 15.8% 1,183 D+68.4
Polk 1,158 98.1% 22 1.9% 1,180 D+96.3
Bosque 1,100 94.5% 64 5.5% 1,164 D+89.0
Cass 1,088 93.7% 73 6.3% 1,161 D+87.4
Young 1,099 94.7% 62 5.3% 1,161 D+89.3
Fort Bend 1,057 91.4% 99 8.6% 1,156 D+82.9
Freestone 1,119 96.9% 36 3.1% 1,155 D+93.8
Kendall 541 47.0% 610 53.0% 1,151 R+6.0
Atascosa 1,005 89.3% 121 10.7% 1,126 D+78.5
Austin 1,017 90.7% 104 9.3% 1,121 D+81.4
Howard 1,040 95.2% 53 4.8% 1,093 D+90.3
Houston 1,060 97.6% 26 2.4% 1,086 D+95.2
San Patricio 974 90.4% 103 9.6% 1,077 D+80.9
Upshur 1,027 95.5% 48 4.5% 1,075 D+91.1
Montgomery 1,042 97.7% 25 2.3% 1,067 D+95.3
Refugio 973 91.6% 89 8.4% 1,062 D+83.2
Baylor 1,048 98.9% 12 1.1% 1,060 D+97.7
Bastrop 989 95.3% 49 4.7% 1,038 D+90.6
Nolan 941 91.7% 85 8.3% 1,026 D+83.4
Wheeler 878 87.0% 131 13.0% 1,009 D+74.0
Randall 878 87.9% 121 12.1% 999 D+75.8
Hall 962 96.9% 31 3.1% 993 D+93.8
Hamilton 910 92.0% 79 8.0% 989 D+84.0
Red River 960 97.4% 26 2.6% 986 D+94.7
Clay 922 94.8% 51 5.2% 973 D+89.5
Liberty 908 93.9% 59 6.1% 967 D+87.8
Wilbarger 901 93.9% 59 6.1% 960 D+87.7
Victoria 869 92.6% 69 7.4% 938 D+85.3
Colorado 812 87.1% 120 12.9% 932 D+74.2
Runnels 861 92.8% 67 7.2% 928 D+85.6
Scurry 883 95.7% 40 4.3% 923 D+91.3
Stephens 837 91.0% 83 9.0% 920 D+82.0
Hockley 853 93.2% 62 6.8% 915 D+86.4
Kerr 589 64.7% 322 35.3% 911 D+29.3
San Jacinto 896 99.0% 9 1.0% 905 D+98.0
Haskell 870 96.8% 29 3.2% 899 D+93.5
Dawson 792 89.2% 96 10.8% 888 D+78.4
Lynn 858 96.7% 29 3.3% 887 D+93.5
Childress 786 88.7% 100 11.3% 886 D+77.4
Callahan 817 93.8% 54 6.2% 871 D+87.6
Matagorda 757 88.3% 100 11.7% 857 D+76.7
Coryell 823 96.5% 30 3.5% 853 D+93.0
McCulloch 767 92.0% 67 8.0% 834 D+83.9
Mitchell 796 96.1% 32 3.9% 828 D+92.3
Hays 781 95.0% 41 5.0% 822 D+90.0
Deaf Smith 660 80.9% 156 19.1% 816 D+61.8
Leon 799 98.0% 16 2.0% 815 D+96.1
Llano 748 94.0% 48 6.0% 796 D+87.9
Carson 687 86.9% 104 13.1% 791 D+73.7
Panola 764 98.2% 14 1.8% 778 D+96.4
Robertson 750 96.6% 26 3.4% 776 D+93.3
Hardin 741 95.6% 34 4.4% 775 D+91.2
Uvalde 603 78.8% 162 21.2% 765 D+57.6
Crosby 737 96.8% 24 3.2% 761 D+93.7
Donley 654 86.2% 105 13.8% 759 D+72.3
San Saba 731 96.3% 28 3.7% 759 D+92.6
Ector 643 84.9% 114 15.1% 757 D+69.9
Collingsworth 677 90.6% 70 9.4% 747 D+81.3
Floyd 700 94.0% 45 6.0% 745 D+87.9
Jasper 727 97.8% 16 2.2% 743 D+95.7
Burnet 661 91.9% 58 8.1% 719 D+83.9
Midland 532 74.2% 185 25.8% 717 D+48.4
Knox 689 97.3% 19 2.7% 708 D+94.6
Burleson 694 98.2% 13 1.8% 707 D+96.3
Fisher 686 97.3% 19 2.7% 705 D+94.6
Franklin 683 97.0% 21 3.0% 704 D+94.0
Lee 649 94.2% 40 5.8% 689 D+88.4
Val Verde 553 80.4% 135 19.6% 688 D+60.8
Grimes 651 96.9% 21 3.1% 672 D+93.8
Terry 610 91.7% 55 8.3% 665 D+83.5
Jackson 590 90.1% 65 9.9% 655 D+80.2
Cottle 583 90.8% 59 9.2% 642 D+81.6
Jack 570 91.2% 55 8.8% 625 D+82.4
Throckmorton 620 99.4% 4 0.6% 624 D+98.7
Walker 602 96.5% 22 3.5% 624 D+92.9
Swisher 563 90.5% 59 9.5% 622 D+81.0
Delta 609 98.5% 9 1.5% 618 D+97.1
Dickens 592 95.8% 26 4.2% 618 D+91.6
Hardeman 580 93.9% 38 6.1% 618 D+87.7
Archer 569 95.3% 28 4.7% 597 D+90.6
Sabine 574 98.1% 11 1.9% 585 D+96.2
Castro 522 90.5% 55 9.5% 577 D+80.9
Morris 560 97.2% 16 2.8% 576 D+94.4
Calhoun 540 94.4% 32 5.6% 572 D+88.8
Live Oak 493 86.3% 78 13.7% 571 D+72.7
Tyler 541 95.8% 24 4.2% 565 D+91.5
Ward 482 86.4% 76 13.6% 558 D+72.8
Ochiltree 498 89.9% 56 10.1% 554 D+79.8
Willacy 474 85.9% 78 14.1% 552 D+71.7
Jim Hogg 544 99.6% 2 0.4% 546 D+99.3
Sutton 533 98.0% 11 2.0% 544 D+96.0
Kleberg 498 91.7% 45 8.3% 543 D+83.4
Lampasas 505 93.9% 33 6.1% 538 D+87.7
Moore 496 95.2% 25 4.8% 521 D+90.4
San Augustine 509 97.9% 11 2.1% 520 D+95.8
Stonewall 500 96.5% 18 3.5% 518 D+93.1
Reeves 460 89.8% 52 10.2% 512 D+79.7
Lipscomb 411 80.6% 99 19.4% 510 D+61.2
Rockwall 494 97.6% 12 2.4% 506 D+95.3
Zavala 454 89.9% 51 10.1% 505 D+79.8
Concho 460 92.6% 37 7.4% 497 D+85.1
Hood 456 91.9% 40 8.1% 496 D+83.9
Dallam 418 84.6% 76 15.4% 494 D+69.2
Waller 464 94.3% 28 5.7% 492 D+88.6
Mills 460 95.0% 24 5.0% 484 D+90.1
Frio 423 87.9% 58 12.1% 481 D+75.9
Kimble 443 92.5% 36 7.5% 479 D+85.0
Hemphill 407 85.5% 69 14.5% 476 D+71.0
Trinity 437 96.7% 15 3.3% 452 D+93.4
Kinney 386 85.8% 64 14.2% 450 D+71.6
Brewster 398 89.2% 48 10.8% 446 D+78.5
Bandera 336 76.0% 106 24.0% 442 D+52.0
Shackelford 392 91.8% 35 8.2% 427 D+83.6
Goliad 344 80.8% 82 19.2% 426 D+61.5
Dimmit 370 87.1% 55 12.9% 425 D+74.1
Gaines 394 95.4% 19 4.6% 413 D+90.8
Pecos 364 89.2% 44 10.8% 408 D+78.4
Menard 352 90.0% 39 10.0% 391 D+80.1
Madison 382 98.2% 7 1.8% 389 D+96.4
Rains 376 97.9% 8 2.1% 384 D+95.8
Marion 340 89.2% 41 10.8% 381 D+78.5
Garza 362 95.3% 18 4.7% 380 D+90.5
Bailey 306 81.0% 72 19.0% 378 D+61.9
Newton 360 95.5% 17 4.5% 377 D+91.0
Martin 328 92.7% 26 7.3% 354 D+85.3
Foard 326 95.9% 14 4.1% 340 D+91.8
Chambers 317 94.6% 18 5.4% 335 D+89.3
Presidio 299 90.6% 31 9.4% 330 D+81.2
Cochran 298 92.3% 25 7.7% 323 D+84.5
Hansford 291 91.5% 27 8.5% 318 D+83.0
Zapata 307 97.8% 7 2.2% 314 D+95.5
Coke 296 98.3% 5 1.7% 301 D+96.7
Motley 288 96.0% 12 4.0% 300 D+92.0
Winkler 262 89.1% 32 10.9% 294 D+78.2
Armstrong 265 92.3% 22 7.7% 287 D+84.7
Yoakum 275 96.8% 9 3.2% 284 D+93.7
Andrews 259 95.6% 12 4.4% 271 D+91.1
Upton 252 95.5% 12 4.5% 264 D+90.9
Maverick 240 91.3% 23 8.7% 263 D+82.5
Somervell 226 89.7% 26 10.3% 252 D+79.4
Brooks 230 94.7% 13 5.3% 243 D+89.3
Aransas 190 84.1% 36 15.9% 226 D+68.1
Briscoe 203 90.2% 22 9.8% 225 D+80.4
Edwards 195 90.7% 20 9.3% 215 D+81.4
Kent 204 95.3% 10 4.7% 214 D+90.7
Hartley 188 90.4% 20 9.6% 208 D+80.8
Oldham 173 87.8% 24 12.2% 197 D+75.6
Real 177 90.3% 19 9.7% 196 D+80.6
Culberson 179 93.2% 13 6.8% 192 D+86.5
Roberts 155 86.1% 25 13.9% 180 D+72.2
Irion 167 93.8% 11 6.2% 178 D+87.6
Crane 165 93.8% 11 6.3% 176 D+87.5
Schleicher 160 91.4% 15 8.6% 175 D+82.9
Reagan 155 90.6% 16 9.4% 171 D+81.3
McMullen 157 93.5% 11 6.5% 168 D+86.9
Sterling 134 95.0% 7 5.0% 141 D+90.1
Terrell 97 76.4% 30 23.6% 127 D+52.8
King 117 99.2% 1 0.8% 118 D+98.3
Jeff Davis 111 94.9% 6 5.1% 117 D+89.7
Crockett 106 94.6% 6 5.4% 112 D+89.3
Hudspeth 108 97.3% 3 2.7% 111 D+94.6
Borden 95 96.0% 4 4.0% 99 D+91.9
Glasscock 84 90.3% 9 9.7% 93 D+80.6
Loving 79 92.9% 6 7.1% 85 D+85.9
Sherman 77 95.1% 4 4.9% 81 D+90.1
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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2018 Ted Cruz (R) R+2.6
2014 John Cornyn (R) R+27.2
2012 Ted Cruz (R) R+15.8
2008 John Cornyn (R) R+12.0
2006 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+25.6
2002 John Cornyn (R) R+12.0
2000 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+32.8
1996 Phil Gramm (R) R+10.8
1994 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+22.5
1990 Phil Gramm (R) R+22.8
1988 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+19.2
1984 Phil Gramm (R) R+17.1
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