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Election 1970 Results

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1970 US Senate election in Texas

Lloyd Bentsen (Democrat) beat George H.W. Bush (Republican) in Texas in 1970, 53.5% to 46.4%, a margin of 7.1 points and 158,275 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1964, when Ralph Yarborough won.

Democrats led in 227 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 27. The largest, Harris, cast 358,150 votes and went to the Republican by 20.5 points. The closest was Austin, where 13 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
Lloyd Bentsen won Democratic 1,194,069 53.5%
George H.W. Bush Republican 1,035,794 46.4%
All other candidates 1,808 0.1%
Total2,231,671

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 142,400 39.8% 215,750 60.2% 358,150 R+20.5
Dallas 117,076 44.9% 143,393 55.0% 190 260,659 R+10.1
Bexar 82,408 58.9% 57,449 41.1% 139,857 D+17.8
Tarrant 67,073 50.1% 66,698 49.9% 133,771 D+0.3
Travis 32,754 47.7% 35,189 51.2% 760 68,703 R+3.5
Jefferson 28,491 54.4% 23,871 45.6% 4 52,366 D+8.8
El Paso 27,131 55.3% 21,948 44.7% 49,079 D+10.6
Nueces 24,596 60.0% 16,332 39.9% 45 40,973 D+20.2
Galveston 19,736 54.2% 16,678 45.8% 26 36,440 D+8.4
Lubbock 16,617 47.8% 18,043 51.9% 81 34,741 R+4.1
McLennan 20,996 63.2% 12,125 36.5% 79 33,200 D+26.7
Hidalgo 18,478 59.7% 12,486 40.3% 30,964 D+19.4
Wichita 17,227 63.1% 10,032 36.7% 59 27,318 D+26.3
Brazoria 12,031 51.6% 11,289 48.4% 17 23,337 D+3.2
Cameron 13,102 58.2% 9,408 41.8% 5 22,515 D+16.4
Smith 10,576 47.8% 11,536 52.2% 22,112 R+4.3
Potter 8,937 48.7% 9,405 51.3% 5 18,347 R+2.6
Taylor 10,217 56.6% 7,783 43.2% 37 18,037 D+13.5
Midland 5,770 35.4% 10,503 64.5% 4 16,277 R+29.1
Grayson 10,188 64.2% 5,675 35.8% 15,863 D+28.4
Ector 7,323 46.4% 8,471 53.6% 15,794 R+7.3
Gregg 6,762 44.2% 8,545 55.8% 15,307 R+11.6
Denton 7,279 51.3% 6,898 48.6% 4 14,181 D+2.7
Randall 5,558 39.6% 8,434 60.2% 29 14,021 R+20.5
Bell 9,504 67.8% 4,506 32.2% 14,010 D+35.7
Orange 8,149 59.2% 5,620 40.8% 13,769 D+18.4
Tom Green 6,872 50.5% 6,724 49.4% 14 13,610 D+1.1
Collin 7,202 57.0% 5,426 43.0% 12,628 D+14.1
Bowie 7,295 62.2% 4,418 37.7% 8 11,721 D+24.5
Brazos 5,158 45.8% 6,076 54.0% 28 11,262 R+8.2
Victoria 6,331 56.8% 4,810 43.2% 4 11,145 D+13.6
Montgomery 5,298 48.1% 5,706 51.8% 18 11,022 R+3.7
Angelina 6,706 64.9% 3,616 35.0% 7 10,329 D+29.9
Harrison 5,866 58.2% 4,213 41.8% 10,079 D+16.4
Hunt 5,796 61.9% 3,573 38.1% 9,369 D+23.7
Webb 6,985 75.8% 2,228 24.2% 9,213 D+51.6
Johnson 5,368 59.9% 3,598 40.1% 8,966 D+19.7
Fort Bend 4,441 50.3% 4,384 49.7% 8,825 D+0.6
Ellis 5,456 65.7% 2,843 34.3% 8,299 D+31.5
San Patricio 5,579 68.4% 2,576 31.6% 8,155 D+36.8
Gray 3,353 42.7% 4,490 57.2% 7 7,850 R+14.5
Rusk 4,510 58.1% 3,247 41.9% 7,757 D+16.3
Parker 4,925 64.4% 2,716 35.5% 9 7,650 D+28.9
Lamar 4,910 64.8% 2,665 35.2% 7,575 D+29.6
Guadalupe 3,995 53.8% 3,430 46.2% 7,425 D+7.6
Howard 4,255 59.6% 2,883 40.4% 7,138 D+19.2
Navarro 5,051 71.0% 2,059 28.9% 4 7,114 D+42.1
Wharton 3,839 54.7% 3,179 45.3% 7,018 D+9.4
Hale 3,701 52.9% 3,301 47.1% 7,002 D+5.7
Hutchinson 3,251 46.8% 3,688 53.1% 12 6,951 R+6.3
Jim Wells 4,685 68.2% 2,184 31.8% 6,869 D+36.4
Williamson 4,597 67.3% 2,195 32.1% 37 6,829 D+35.2
Nacogdoches 4,025 62.7% 2,368 36.9% 23 6,416 D+25.8
Cherokee 4,093 66.6% 2,042 33.2% 7 6,142 D+33.4
Anderson 3,808 62.5% 2,286 37.5% 6,094 D+25.0
Liberty 3,446 56.7% 2,625 43.2% 2 6,073 D+13.5
Palo Pinto 3,976 66.7% 1,984 33.3% 5,960 D+33.4
Hardin 3,924 67.4% 1,899 32.6% 5,823 D+34.8
Matagorda 3,211 55.3% 2,591 44.7% 5,802 D+10.7
Kleberg 3,550 61.8% 2,195 38.2% 5,745 D+23.6
Henderson 3,665 64.6% 2,010 35.4% 5,675 D+29.2
Kaufman 3,813 67.5% 1,838 32.5% 2 5,653 D+34.9
Cooke 3,100 55.9% 2,442 44.1% 5,542 D+11.9
Starr 3,306 59.9% 2,215 40.1% 1 5,522 D+19.8
Brown 3,356 62.1% 2,049 37.9% 5,405 D+24.2
Comal 2,428 45.6% 2,884 54.2% 13 5,325 R+8.6
Kerr 2,358 44.3% 2,930 55.1% 32 5,320 R+10.8
Upshur 3,404 66.5% 1,712 33.4% 5 5,121 D+33.0
Fannin 3,847 76.8% 1,160 23.2% 5,007 D+53.7
Cass 3,447 70.0% 1,480 30.0% 4,927 D+39.9
Hill 3,474 71.3% 1,396 28.7% 4,870 D+42.7
Van Zandt 3,140 66.7% 1,570 33.3% 4,710 D+33.3
Eastland 3,128 66.8% 1,556 33.2% 4,684 D+33.6
Hays 2,553 54.6% 2,111 45.1% 13 4,677 D+9.5
Hopkins 3,356 72.2% 1,294 27.8% 4,650 D+44.3
Wood 2,956 63.6% 1,690 36.4% 3 4,649 D+27.2
Fayette 2,632 57.1% 1,981 42.9% 4,613 D+14.1
Coryell 3,376 73.9% 1,190 26.0% 4 4,570 D+47.8
Erath 2,838 62.7% 1,675 37.0% 11 4,524 D+25.7
Milam 3,159 70.5% 1,313 29.3% 7 4,479 D+41.2
Bee 2,662 60.7% 1,724 39.3% 4,386 D+21.4
Wise 2,907 66.4% 1,474 33.6% 4,381 D+32.7
Hockley 2,763 63.7% 1,573 36.3% 4,336 D+27.4
Houston 3,091 71.3% 1,242 28.7% 4,333 D+42.7
Jasper 2,670 62.8% 1,580 37.2% 4,250 D+25.6
Washington 2,042 49.3% 2,097 50.6% 3 4,142 R+1.3
Val Verde 2,959 71.8% 1,161 28.2% 2 4,122 D+43.6
Young 2,746 66.7% 1,374 33.3% 4,120 D+33.3
Walker 2,105 51.5% 1,979 48.5% 4,084 D+3.1
Lamb 2,299 56.4% 1,774 43.5% 3 4,076 D+12.9
Wilbarger 2,828 70.6% 1,173 29.3% 2 4,003 D+41.3
Shelby 3,023 76.1% 947 23.9% 3,970 D+52.3
Titus 2,804 70.9% 1,149 29.1% 2 3,955 D+41.8
Panola 2,584 65.6% 1,357 34.4% 3,941 D+31.1
Limestone 2,834 72.1% 1,095 27.9% 3,929 D+44.3
Nolan 2,635 68.3% 1,221 31.7% 3,856 D+36.7
Red River 3,100 80.5% 750 19.5% 3,850 D+61.0
Montague 2,635 68.9% 1,187 31.1% 3,822 D+37.9
De Witt 2,006 52.8% 1,790 47.2% 3,796 D+5.7
Duval 3,435 92.7% 269 7.3% 3,704 D+85.5
Lavaca 2,385 64.6% 1,308 35.4% 3,693 D+29.2
Colorado 1,883 51.5% 1,774 48.5% 2 3,659 D+3.0
Bastrop 2,424 66.8% 1,203 33.1% 4 3,631 D+33.6
Scurry 2,351 64.9% 1,273 35.1% 3,624 D+29.7
Medina 2,260 63.3% 1,313 36.7% 3,573 D+26.5
Moore 1,852 52.7% 1,659 47.3% 3,511 D+5.5
Atascosa 2,363 67.9% 1,119 32.1% 3,482 D+35.7
Caldwell 2,351 67.8% 1,113 32.1% 2 3,466 D+35.7
Calhoun 2,079 60.1% 1,375 39.8% 4 3,458 D+20.4
Robertson 2,610 76.6% 796 23.4% 3,406 D+53.3
Burnet 1,957 58.2% 1,406 41.8% 3,363 D+16.4
Austin 1,662 49.8% 1,675 50.2% 2 3,339 R+0.4
Uvalde 1,916 58.3% 1,372 41.7% 3,288 D+16.5
Falls 2,352 71.9% 919 28.1% 3,271 D+43.8
Jackson 1,921 58.8% 1,344 41.1% 2 3,267 D+17.7
Dawson 1,833 56.4% 1,419 43.6% 3,252 D+12.7
Deaf Smith 1,697 52.3% 1,549 47.7% 3,246 D+4.6
Jones 2,287 70.5% 955 29.5% 3,242 D+41.1
Ward 1,972 62.8% 1,158 36.9% 11 3,141 D+25.9
Comanche 2,211 70.6% 917 29.3% 2 3,130 D+41.3
Gonzales 2,040 66.9% 1,009 33.1% 2 3,051 D+33.8
Bosque 2,003 66.4% 1,015 33.6% 3,018 D+32.7
Willacy 2,027 67.5% 974 32.4% 2 3,003 D+35.1
Karnes 2,123 70.8% 874 29.2% 1 2,998 D+41.7
Polk 2,031 67.9% 959 32.1% 2 2,992 D+35.8
Wilson 2,199 73.7% 779 26.1% 5 2,983 D+47.6
Tyler 1,839 61.9% 1,129 38.0% 1 2,969 D+23.9
Terry 1,753 59.2% 1,206 40.8% 2,959 D+18.5
Pecos 1,768 60.5% 1,151 39.4% 3 2,922 D+21.1
Gillespie 1,151 39.7% 1,736 59.9% 12 2,899 R+20.2
Winkler 1,618 56.4% 1,251 43.6% 2,869 D+12.8
Morris 2,013 70.9% 825 29.1% 1 2,839 D+41.8
Runnels 1,743 63.7% 995 36.3% 2,738 D+27.3
Freestone 1,925 71.5% 768 28.5% 2,693 D+43.0
Floyd 1,644 62.7% 977 37.3% 2,621 D+25.4
Coleman 1,737 67.7% 830 32.3% 2,567 D+35.3
Clay 1,780 70.9% 732 29.1% 2,512 D+41.7
Grimes 1,488 59.5% 1,014 40.5% 2,502 D+18.9
Brooks 1,925 77.6% 556 22.4% 2,481 D+55.2
Chambers 1,433 57.9% 1,029 41.6% 11 2,473 D+16.3
Burleson 1,884 76.3% 585 23.7% 2,469 D+52.6
Andrews 1,326 53.8% 1,123 45.6% 14 2,463 D+8.2
Swisher 1,717 70.4% 695 28.5% 26 2,438 D+41.9
Reeves 1,515 62.6% 907 37.4% 2,422 D+25.1
Waller 1,424 60.0% 950 40.0% 2,374 D+20.0
Haskell 1,943 82.5% 412 17.5% 2,355 D+65.0
Llano 1,274 54.7% 1,055 45.3% 1 2,330 D+9.4
Newton 1,746 75.2% 576 24.8% 2,322 D+50.4
Ochiltree 946 41.2% 1,351 58.8% 2,297 R+17.6
Gaines 1,382 61.1% 881 38.9% 2,263 D+22.1
Stephens 1,316 59.8% 885 40.2% 2,201 D+19.6
Callahan 1,553 70.9% 638 29.1% 2,191 D+41.8
Childress 1,444 66.5% 729 33.5% 2,173 D+32.9
Parmer 1,156 53.3% 1,013 46.7% 2,169 D+6.6
Leon 1,630 75.8% 519 24.2% 2,149 D+51.7
Carson 1,205 56.6% 924 43.4% 2,129 D+13.2
Refugio 1,331 63.2% 771 36.6% 3 2,105 D+26.6
Jack 1,323 63.9% 748 36.1% 2,071 D+27.8
McCulloch 1,443 69.8% 624 30.2% 2,067 D+39.6
Mitchell 1,459 71.0% 596 29.0% 2,055 D+42.0
Lee 1,300 63.6% 745 36.4% 2,045 D+27.1
Hamilton 1,268 62.0% 776 38.0% 2,044 D+24.1
Camp 1,434 70.6% 598 29.4% 2,032 D+41.1
Crosby 1,498 74.3% 519 25.7% 2,017 D+48.5
Castro 1,297 64.6% 705 35.1% 5 2,007 D+29.5
Lampasas 1,329 67.4% 644 32.6% 1,973 D+34.7
Kendall 671 34.4% 1,281 65.6% 1 1,953 R+31.2
Live Oak 1,255 64.5% 692 35.5% 1,947 D+28.9
Lynn 1,303 67.5% 626 32.5% 1,929 D+35.1
Wheeler 1,035 55.5% 830 44.5% 1,865 D+11.0
Hardeman 1,304 70.0% 559 30.0% 1,863 D+40.0
Rockwall 1,243 67.2% 606 32.8% 1 1,850 D+34.4
Maverick 1,364 73.9% 482 26.1% 1,846 D+47.8
Archer 1,363 75.8% 435 24.2% 1,798 D+51.6
Sabine 1,391 77.7% 400 22.3% 1,791 D+55.3
Bailey 920 51.8% 854 48.1% 2 1,776 D+3.7
Marion 1,138 64.3% 632 35.7% 1,770 D+28.6
Trinity 1,176 67.0% 579 33.0% 1,755 D+34.0
Baylor 1,306 74.7% 442 25.3% 1,748 D+49.4
Knox 1,404 80.8% 333 19.2% 1,737 D+61.7
Dimmit 1,192 68.9% 535 30.9% 2 1,729 D+38.0
Aransas 951 55.8% 754 44.2% 1,705 D+11.6
Frio 1,238 72.6% 463 27.2% 4 1,705 D+45.5
Yoakum 895 52.6% 807 47.4% 1 1,703 D+5.2
Bandera 987 58.3% 701 41.4% 5 1,693 D+16.9
Brewster 986 58.5% 687 40.8% 12 1,685 D+17.7
Hall 1,185 70.9% 486 29.1% 1,671 D+41.8
Zavala 1,134 69.2% 504 30.8% 1,638 D+38.5
Hood 1,198 73.4% 435 26.6% 1,633 D+46.7
Madison 990 61.1% 630 38.9% 1,620 D+22.2
Fisher 1,292 79.9% 325 20.1% 1 1,618 D+59.8
Hansford 620 41.6% 869 58.4% 1,489 R+16.7
Franklin 1,156 79.2% 301 20.6% 2 1,459 D+58.6
San Saba 1,075 73.7% 384 26.3% 1,459 D+47.4
Presidio 1,094 76.0% 346 24.0% 1,440 D+51.9
Jim Hogg 1,033 72.0% 402 28.0% 1,435 D+44.0
San Jacinto 926 65.2% 495 34.8% 1,421 D+30.3
San Augustine 1,048 74.2% 365 25.8% 1,413 D+48.3
Dallam 780 55.6% 620 44.2% 3 1,403 D+11.4
Collingsworth 900 65.4% 476 34.6% 1,376 D+30.8
Donley 823 59.9% 552 40.1% 1,375 D+19.7
Delta 1,100 81.3% 253 18.7% 1,353 D+62.6
Lipscomb 565 41.9% 785 58.1% 1,350 R+16.3
Garza 826 64.0% 465 36.0% 1,291 D+28.0
Goliad 730 59.5% 496 40.5% 1,226 D+19.1
Upton 701 57.4% 521 42.6% 1,222 D+14.7
Dickens 944 78.4% 260 21.6% 1,204 D+56.8
La Salle 920 77.6% 265 22.4% 1,185 D+55.3
Mills 783 67.0% 383 32.8% 3 1,169 D+34.2
Zapata 727 62.7% 433 37.3% 1,160 D+25.3
Cottle 933 80.6% 225 19.4% 1,158 D+61.1
Mason 588 50.9% 568 49.1% 1,156 D+1.7
Crane 636 55.7% 489 42.8% 17 1,142 D+12.9
Blanco 652 60.3% 430 39.7% 1,082 D+20.5
Cochran 659 63.4% 380 36.6% 1,039 D+26.9
Shackelford 668 64.4% 370 35.6% 1,038 D+28.7
Hemphill 462 44.9% 567 55.1% 1,029 R+10.2
Kimble 653 63.6% 374 36.4% 1,027 D+27.2
Rains 705 74.0% 248 26.0% 953 D+48.0
Martin 605 64.3% 333 35.4% 3 941 D+28.9
Coke 686 75.1% 227 24.9% 913 D+50.3
Stonewall 752 83.0% 152 16.8% 2 906 D+66.2
Hartley 516 57.0% 388 42.9% 1 905 D+14.1
Throckmorton 632 74.0% 222 26.0% 854 D+48.0
Reagan 524 63.2% 305 36.8% 829 D+26.4
Crockett 507 62.4% 306 37.6% 813 D+24.7
Menard 497 61.1% 316 38.9% 813 D+22.3
Sherman 371 46.1% 434 53.9% 805 R+7.8
Briscoe 574 72.6% 217 27.4% 791 D+45.1
Concho 569 72.0% 220 27.8% 1 790 D+44.2
Armstrong 409 54.4% 342 45.5% 1 752 D+8.9
Motley 425 58.2% 305 41.8% 730 D+16.4
Foard 550 78.1% 154 21.9% 704 D+56.3
Schleicher 411 59.4% 281 40.6% 692 D+18.8
Culberson 399 59.5% 272 40.5% 671 D+18.9
Oldham 354 56.0% 278 44.0% 632 D+12.0
Somervell 441 70.3% 186 29.7% 627 D+40.7
Kinney 483 78.7% 131 21.3% 614 D+57.3
Sutton 323 55.3% 261 44.7% 584 D+10.6
Hudspeth 457 79.2% 120 20.8% 577 D+58.4
Kent 414 81.8% 92 18.2% 506 D+63.6
Real 288 60.5% 188 39.5% 476 D+21.0
Roberts 215 45.6% 257 54.4% 472 R+8.9
Edwards 244 55.2% 198 44.8% 442 D+10.4
Terrell 197 48.3% 211 51.7% 408 R+3.4
Jeff Davis 218 58.1% 157 41.9% 375 D+16.3
McMullen 228 62.8% 135 37.2% 363 D+25.6
Irion 192 54.4% 161 45.6% 353 D+8.8
Borden 199 61.6% 124 38.4% 323 D+23.2
Sterling 215 67.6% 103 32.4% 318 D+35.2
Glasscock 184 60.5% 120 39.5% 304 D+21.1
King 138 84.7% 25 15.3% 163 D+69.3
Kenedy 129 82.7% 27 17.3% 156 D+65.4
Loving 45 65.2% 24 34.8% 69 D+30.4

Counties as they stood in 1970; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Ted Cruz (R) R+8.5
2020 John Cornyn (R) R+9.6
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