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Election 1976 Results

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1976 US Senate election in Texas

Lloyd Bentsen (Democrat) beat Alan Steelman (Republican) in Texas in 1976, 56.8% to 42.2%, a margin of 14.5 points and 563,586 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when Lloyd Bentsen also won.

Democrats led in 237 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 17. The largest, Harris, cast 638,676 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.7 points. The closest was Loving, where 15 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 2,199,956 56.8%
Alan Steelman Republican 1,636,370 42.2%
All other candidates 37,904 1.0%
Total3,874,230

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 337,970 52.9% 295,074 46.2% 5,632 638,676 D+6.7
Dallas 178,931 40.2% 262,947 59.1% 3,161 445,039 R+18.9
Bexar 156,097 60.1% 99,364 38.2% 4,432 259,893 D+21.8
Tarrant 125,385 52.9% 109,663 46.2% 2,100 237,148 D+6.6
Travis 76,818 51.6% 66,422 44.6% 5,569 148,809 D+7.0
El Paso 57,759 63.6% 28,596 31.5% 4,529 90,884 D+32.1
Nueces 54,940 66.2% 27,339 32.9% 711 82,990 D+33.3
Jefferson 53,405 67.1% 25,597 32.2% 581 79,583 D+34.9
Lubbock 32,723 53.9% 27,617 45.5% 420 60,760 D+8.4
Galveston 39,327 65.6% 19,985 33.3% 679 59,991 D+32.2
McLennan 30,595 56.1% 23,741 43.5% 221 54,557 D+12.6
Hidalgo 34,389 68.4% 15,460 30.7% 462 50,311 D+37.6
Brazoria 25,342 61.8% 15,096 36.8% 559 40,997 D+25.0
Wichita 25,647 64.0% 14,321 35.7% 110 40,078 D+28.3
Cameron 25,168 64.4% 13,545 34.7% 338 39,051 D+29.8
Denton 17,307 45.0% 20,852 54.3% 269 38,428 R+9.2
Smith 17,042 45.9% 19,977 53.9% 73 37,092 R+7.9
Collin 15,473 44.0% 19,393 55.2% 294 35,160 R+11.1
Taylor 16,506 51.1% 15,708 48.6% 119 32,333 D+2.5
Bell 18,323 59.5% 12,292 39.9% 167 30,782 D+19.6
Ector 14,572 49.0% 14,637 49.2% 558 29,767 R+0.2
Montgomery 15,328 54.4% 12,649 44.9% 175 28,152 D+9.5
Grayson 16,945 61.2% 10,668 38.5% 71 27,684 D+22.7
Fort Bend 13,879 50.7% 13,350 48.8% 126 27,355 D+1.9
Brazos 11,441 43.8% 14,302 54.7% 401 26,144 R+10.9
Randall 13,012 50.0% 12,766 49.1% 231 26,009 D+0.9
Gregg 10,743 41.7% 14,936 57.9% 113 25,792 R+16.3
Midland 10,033 39.2% 15,281 59.8% 249 25,563 R+20.5
Potter 14,692 57.9% 10,337 40.8% 333 25,362 D+17.2
Orange 16,202 68.5% 7,338 31.0% 98 23,638 D+37.5
Tom Green 13,788 59.5% 9,130 39.4% 258 23,176 D+20.1
Bowie 14,798 68.5% 6,657 30.8% 140 21,595 D+37.7
Johnson 10,687 62.8% 6,287 36.9% 41 17,015 D+25.9
Victoria 7,952 48.2% 8,406 50.9% 149 16,507 R+2.8
Angelina 11,619 70.4% 4,770 28.9% 107 16,496 D+41.5
Ellis 10,132 61.5% 6,286 38.2% 59 16,477 D+23.3
Williamson 9,690 60.6% 6,219 38.9% 79 15,988 D+21.7
San Patricio 9,753 65.7% 5,003 33.7% 85 14,841 D+32.0
Hunt 8,319 57.3% 6,149 42.3% 53 14,521 D+14.9
Harrison 8,542 62.3% 5,100 37.2% 61 13,703 D+25.1
Nacogdoches 7,255 54.0% 6,095 45.4% 73 13,423 D+8.6
Webb 10,359 79.8% 2,453 18.9% 172 12,984 D+60.9
Parker 8,281 65.7% 4,275 33.9% 55 12,611 D+31.8
Henderson 8,067 65.1% 4,298 34.7% 19 12,384 D+30.4
Lamar 8,003 64.8% 4,330 35.1% 16 12,349 D+29.7
Guadalupe 6,501 53.0% 5,717 46.6% 57 12,275 D+6.4
Hays 7,179 60.1% 4,646 38.9% 118 11,943 D+21.2
Howard 7,438 63.4% 4,197 35.8% 92 11,727 D+27.6
Rusk 6,086 54.6% 5,016 45.0% 47 11,149 D+9.6
Jim Wells 8,459 76.3% 2,571 23.2% 51 11,081 D+53.1
Liberty 7,568 68.4% 3,451 31.2% 38 11,057 D+37.2
Navarro 7,212 68.7% 3,264 31.1% 20 10,496 D+37.6
Hale 6,161 58.8% 4,267 40.7% 45 10,473 D+18.1
Wharton 6,464 63.1% 3,737 36.5% 46 10,247 D+26.6
Comal 5,128 50.5% 4,974 48.9% 62 10,164 D+1.5
Hardin 7,094 69.9% 3,012 29.7% 44 10,150 D+40.2
Cherokee 6,978 69.3% 3,074 30.5% 14 10,066 D+38.8
Kaufman 6,388 64.8% 3,456 35.1% 9 9,853 D+29.8
Brown 5,401 55.5% 4,301 44.2% 24 9,726 D+11.3
Van Zandt 6,410 66.7% 3,180 33.1% 18 9,608 D+33.6
Walker 5,560 58.3% 3,902 40.9% 83 9,545 D+17.4
Hutchinson 4,604 48.3% 4,901 51.4% 31 9,536 R+3.1
Kerr 4,445 46.7% 4,967 52.1% 115 9,527 R+5.5
Gray 4,810 50.8% 4,649 49.1% 18 9,477 D+1.7
Kleberg 5,985 64.6% 3,195 34.5% 80 9,260 D+30.1
Anderson 6,050 66.0% 3,099 33.8% 17 9,166 D+32.2
Cooke 4,315 47.3% 4,800 52.6% 13 9,128 R+5.3
Coryell 4,104 48.3% 4,367 51.4% 24 8,495 R+3.1
Matagorda 5,429 64.9% 2,874 34.3% 64 8,367 D+30.5
Jasper 5,736 69.9% 2,457 29.9% 16 8,209 D+39.9
Cass 5,529 67.8% 2,613 32.1% 9 8,151 D+35.8
Val Verde 5,494 70.2% 2,252 28.8% 75 7,821 D+41.5
Fannin 5,986 77.0% 1,777 22.9% 6 7,769 D+54.2
Wise 5,351 69.1% 2,387 30.8% 11 7,749 D+38.3
Palo Pinto 5,320 68.9% 2,367 30.7% 32 7,719 D+38.3
Hill 5,276 68.7% 2,391 31.1% 12 7,679 D+37.6
Erath 5,045 66.4% 2,533 33.3% 20 7,598 D+33.1
Upshur 4,884 64.6% 2,664 35.2% 17 7,565 D+29.3
Hopkins 5,070 69.6% 2,205 30.3% 13 7,288 D+39.3
Milam 5,126 72.8% 1,904 27.0% 12 7,042 D+45.8
Wood 4,147 59.3% 2,815 40.3% 30 6,992 D+19.1
Shelby 5,472 78.7% 1,473 21.2% 5 6,950 D+57.5
Hockley 4,629 68.4% 2,117 31.3% 23 6,769 D+37.1
Bastrop 4,827 72.3% 1,821 27.3% 31 6,679 D+45.0
Medina 4,324 65.2% 2,270 34.2% 38 6,632 D+31.0
Panola 4,354 67.3% 2,103 32.5% 8 6,465 D+34.8
Eastland 4,489 69.5% 1,955 30.3% 16 6,460 D+39.2
Burnet 3,883 60.5% 2,523 39.3% 12 6,418 D+21.2
Bee 4,246 66.2% 2,073 32.3% 91 6,410 D+33.9
Atascosa 4,759 74.8% 1,556 24.5% 48 6,363 D+50.3
Polk 4,458 70.8% 1,803 28.6% 34 6,295 D+42.2
Titus 4,267 67.8% 2,021 32.1% 5 6,293 D+35.7
Washington 3,826 61.5% 2,377 38.2% 16 6,219 D+23.3
Fayette 4,102 66.9% 2,014 32.8% 16 6,132 D+34.1
Falls 4,240 70.1% 1,790 29.6% 20 6,050 D+40.5
Young 3,924 66.2% 1,988 33.6% 13 5,925 D+32.7
Colorado 3,630 62.9% 2,107 36.5% 35 5,772 D+26.4
Calhoun 3,792 66.8% 1,838 32.4% 49 5,679 D+34.4
Lavaca 3,879 68.3% 1,786 31.5% 12 5,677 D+36.9
Limestone 3,839 67.7% 1,818 32.1% 12 5,669 D+35.7
Montague 3,917 69.1% 1,743 30.8% 7 5,667 D+38.4
Caldwell 3,769 67.7% 1,748 31.4% 51 5,568 D+36.3
Lamb 3,734 68.4% 1,703 31.2% 23 5,460 D+37.2
Wilson 3,934 73.1% 1,432 26.6% 17 5,383 D+46.5
Nolan 3,423 63.7% 1,949 36.2% 5 5,377 D+27.4
Moore 3,357 63.2% 1,940 36.5% 11 5,308 D+26.7
Scurry 3,106 59.3% 2,123 40.5% 13 5,242 D+18.8
Deaf Smith 2,994 57.8% 2,146 41.4% 43 5,183 D+16.4
Jones 3,561 68.8% 1,602 31.0% 13 5,176 D+37.8
Uvalde 3,090 59.8% 2,028 39.3% 48 5,166 D+20.6
De Witt 2,868 55.9% 2,249 43.8% 12 5,129 D+12.1
Wilbarger 3,886 75.9% 1,213 23.7% 22 5,121 D+52.2
Starr 4,630 90.5% 474 9.3% 11 5,115 D+81.3
Red River 3,779 76.6% 1,153 23.4% 1 4,933 D+53.2
Houston 3,648 74.3% 1,249 25.4% 14 4,911 D+48.8
Austin 2,780 57.0% 2,082 42.7% 14 4,876 D+14.3
Tyler 3,416 70.4% 1,418 29.2% 15 4,849 D+41.2
Hood 3,059 63.9% 1,712 35.8% 15 4,786 D+28.1
Duval 4,236 88.5% 532 11.1% 16 4,784 D+77.4
Chambers 3,341 70.0% 1,358 28.5% 72 4,771 D+41.6
Gillespie 2,044 43.1% 2,670 56.3% 25 4,739 R+13.2
Terry 3,235 68.5% 1,468 31.1% 17 4,720 D+37.4
Robertson 3,691 78.3% 1,011 21.4% 13 4,715 D+56.8
Bosque 2,898 62.0% 1,769 37.8% 7 4,674 D+24.2
Waller 3,106 67.6% 1,469 32.0% 22 4,597 D+35.6
Morris 3,219 70.1% 1,366 29.8% 4 4,589 D+40.4
Comanche 3,369 74.1% 1,174 25.8% 3 4,546 D+48.3
Gonzales 3,218 72.0% 1,237 27.7% 17 4,472 D+44.3
Karnes 3,264 73.0% 1,178 26.3% 30 4,472 D+46.6
Dawson 2,746 62.6% 1,624 37.0% 15 4,385 D+25.6
Willacy 3,178 74.0% 1,096 25.5% 21 4,295 D+48.5
Jackson 2,635 62.7% 1,546 36.8% 21 4,202 D+25.9
Llano 2,471 59.2% 1,695 40.6% 7 4,173 D+18.6
Newton 3,372 82.3% 717 17.5% 8 4,097 D+64.8
Aransas 2,357 57.8% 1,676 41.1% 48 4,081 D+16.7
Pecos 2,421 60.5% 1,505 37.6% 78 4,004 D+22.9
Ward 2,159 54.0% 1,814 45.4% 23 3,996 D+8.6
Runnels 2,727 69.5% 1,198 30.5% 1 3,926 D+38.9
Grimes 2,782 71.1% 1,113 28.4% 19 3,914 D+42.6
Burleson 2,955 76.6% 889 23.1% 12 3,856 D+53.6
Rockwall 1,827 47.7% 1,995 52.1% 5 3,827 R+4.4
Coleman 2,546 66.8% 1,259 33.0% 9 3,814 D+33.7
Reeves 2,416 64.0% 1,258 33.3% 99 3,773 D+30.7
Callahan 2,499 66.9% 1,221 32.7% 16 3,736 D+34.2
Lampasas 2,256 60.4% 1,466 39.2% 14 3,736 D+21.1
Andrews 1,796 48.6% 1,882 50.9% 17 3,695 R+2.3
Kendall 1,638 45.9% 1,901 53.3% 28 3,567 R+7.4
Maverick 2,930 83.1% 560 15.9% 34 3,524 D+67.3
Clay 2,664 76.1% 834 23.8% 2 3,500 D+52.3
Refugio 2,441 70.4% 1,011 29.1% 17 3,469 D+41.2
Swisher 2,867 82.8% 590 17.0% 4 3,461 D+65.8
Frio 2,516 72.9% 891 25.8% 43 3,450 D+47.1
Freestone 2,262 66.1% 1,154 33.7% 4 3,420 D+32.4
Gaines 2,098 62.1% 1,271 37.6% 11 3,380 D+24.5
Ochiltree 1,727 51.1% 1,645 48.7% 6 3,378 D+2.4
Parmer 2,133 65.0% 1,147 34.9% 3 3,283 D+30.0
Haskell 2,644 81.2% 605 18.6% 7 3,256 D+62.6
Floyd 2,229 68.9% 990 30.6% 14 3,233 D+38.3
San Jacinto 2,386 73.9% 821 25.4% 20 3,227 D+48.5
Brooks 2,729 85.9% 411 12.9% 36 3,176 D+73.0
Stephens 1,810 57.0% 1,361 42.9% 5 3,176 D+14.1
Camp 2,203 71.0% 897 28.9% 2 3,102 D+42.1
Winkler 1,846 59.8% 1,220 39.5% 21 3,087 D+20.3
Sabine 2,464 80.1% 608 19.8% 3 3,075 D+60.4
Hamilton 1,781 58.6% 1,251 41.2% 5 3,037 D+17.5
Castro 2,021 67.9% 929 31.2% 28 2,978 D+36.7
Lee 2,153 72.7% 804 27.1% 5 2,962 D+45.5
McCulloch 2,125 72.7% 784 26.8% 15 2,924 D+45.9
Crosby 2,328 79.7% 559 19.1% 33 2,920 D+60.6
Leon 2,084 71.8% 811 28.0% 6 2,901 D+43.9
Trinity 2,311 80.0% 566 19.6% 13 2,890 D+60.4
Marion 2,020 71.2% 813 28.7% 3 2,836 D+42.6
Live Oak 1,862 66.1% 941 33.4% 13 2,816 D+32.7
Madison 1,982 72.4% 748 27.3% 8 2,738 D+45.1
Carson 1,763 64.6% 963 35.3% 4 2,730 D+29.3
Mitchell 1,823 67.3% 877 32.4% 7 2,707 D+34.9
Jack 2,010 74.5% 685 25.4% 4 2,699 D+49.1
Wheeler 1,655 61.9% 1,015 37.9% 5 2,675 D+23.9
San Augustine 2,012 75.4% 651 24.4% 4 2,667 D+51.0
Lynn 1,973 74.6% 665 25.1% 7 2,645 D+49.5
Bandera 1,439 55.8% 1,124 43.6% 14 2,577 D+12.2
Yoakum 1,486 58.3% 1,048 41.1% 13 2,547 D+17.2
Brewster 1,610 63.3% 894 35.1% 41 2,545 D+28.1
Bailey 1,532 61.5% 957 38.4% 3 2,492 D+23.1
Dimmit 1,895 76.9% 533 21.6% 36 2,464 D+55.3
Childress 1,727 70.4% 726 29.6% 1 2,454 D+40.8
Archer 1,883 77.1% 558 22.8% 2 2,443 D+54.2
Hansford 1,255 52.9% 1,119 47.1% 2,374 D+5.7
Franklin 1,718 75.1% 567 24.8% 2 2,287 D+50.3
Hall 1,739 78.8% 465 21.1% 3 2,207 D+57.7
Fisher 1,742 79.7% 436 19.9% 9 2,187 D+59.7
Hardeman 1,530 72.7% 572 27.2% 2 2,104 D+45.5
Baylor 1,538 75.4% 499 24.5% 2 2,039 D+51.0
Delta 1,474 75.5% 478 24.5% 1 1,953 D+51.0
Knox 1,641 84.1% 311 15.9% 1,952 D+68.1
San Saba 1,426 73.3% 514 26.4% 5 1,945 D+46.9
Zavala 1,467 75.7% 429 22.1% 42 1,938 D+53.6
Jim Hogg 1,656 87.4% 239 12.6% 1,895 D+74.8
Dallam 1,129 60.7% 724 38.9% 8 1,861 D+21.8
Blanco 1,094 60.5% 706 39.0% 9 1,809 D+21.4
Rains 1,262 72.9% 466 26.9% 2 1,730 D+46.0
Collingsworth 1,268 75.0% 421 24.9% 1 1,690 D+50.1
Donley 1,178 69.7% 507 30.0% 4 1,689 D+39.7
Mills 957 58.8% 669 41.1% 1 1,627 D+17.7
Cochran 1,198 74.4% 404 25.1% 8 1,610 D+49.3
Goliad 1,017 63.6% 580 36.3% 3 1,600 D+27.3
Presidio 1,191 74.9% 371 23.3% 29 1,591 D+51.5
Crane 847 53.7% 513 32.5% 217 1,577 D+21.2
Zapata 1,260 80.0% 306 19.4% 9 1,575 D+60.6
Mason 964 62.2% 577 37.2% 10 1,551 D+25.0
Garza 1,050 68.8% 472 30.9% 4 1,526 D+37.9
Hartley 950 62.7% 563 37.1% 3 1,516 D+25.5
La Salle 1,074 71.9% 391 26.2% 29 1,494 D+45.7
Sutton 1,013 67.8% 449 30.1% 32 1,494 D+37.8
Upton 900 60.4% 571 38.3% 19 1,490 D+22.1
Martin 1,030 69.8% 440 29.8% 5 1,475 D+40.0
Crockett 1,041 70.9% 393 26.8% 34 1,468 D+44.1
Dickens 1,194 81.9% 258 17.7% 5 1,457 D+64.2
Hemphill 882 60.7% 570 39.2% 2 1,454 D+21.5
Lipscomb 848 58.7% 596 41.3% 1,444 D+17.5
Kimble 1,002 71.7% 385 27.5% 11 1,398 D+44.1
Shackelford 850 61.5% 524 37.9% 8 1,382 D+23.6
Somervell 1,002 73.4% 361 26.4% 3 1,366 D+46.9
Coke 980 72.5% 364 26.9% 7 1,351 D+45.6
Sherman 844 62.5% 500 37.0% 6 1,350 D+25.5
Cottle 1,091 84.6% 192 14.9% 7 1,290 D+69.7
Reagan 783 66.0% 402 33.9% 2 1,187 D+32.1
Concho 963 82.0% 209 17.8% 2 1,174 D+64.2
Briscoe 888 83.3% 175 16.4% 3 1,066 D+66.9
Stonewall 862 82.4% 182 17.4% 2 1,046 D+65.0
Throckmorton 746 76.5% 227 23.3% 2 975 D+53.2
Armstrong 637 65.9% 327 33.8% 3 967 D+32.1
Schleicher 638 66.7% 305 31.9% 13 956 D+34.8
Menard 680 71.5% 261 27.4% 10 951 D+44.1
Foard 758 83.6% 148 16.3% 1 907 D+67.3
Motley 621 69.1% 272 30.3% 6 899 D+38.8
Real 616 70.7% 244 28.0% 11 871 D+42.7
Oldham 519 65.4% 266 33.5% 9 794 D+31.9
Kinney 590 75.2% 190 24.2% 5 785 D+51.0
Hudspeth 604 78.7% 162 21.1% 1 767 D+57.6
Culberson 449 65.8% 214 31.4% 19 682 D+34.5
Edwards 385 62.5% 231 37.5% 616 D+25.0
Kent 491 80.2% 121 19.8% 612 D+60.5
Terrell 406 68.1% 185 31.0% 5 596 D+37.1
Jeff Davis 356 64.0% 177 31.8% 23 556 D+32.2
Irion 380 69.6% 158 28.9% 8 546 D+40.7
Roberts 278 52.3% 252 47.4% 2 532 D+4.9
Glasscock 244 60.4% 159 39.4% 1 404 D+21.0
McMullen 237 60.5% 154 39.3% 1 392 D+21.2
Borden 274 72.5% 104 27.5% 378 D+45.0
Sterling 247 67.1% 121 32.9% 368 D+34.2
Kenedy 145 74.4% 50 25.6% 195 D+48.7
King 128 71.1% 52 28.9% 180 D+42.2
Loving 40 61.5% 25 38.5% 65 D+23.1

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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