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Election 1978 Results

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1978 US Senate election in Texas

John G. Tower (Republican) beat Robert Krueger (Democrat) in Texas in 1978, 49.8% to 49.3%, a margin of 0.5 points and 12,227 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1972, when John G. Tower also won.

Democrats led in 166 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 86 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Harris, cast 350,561 votes and went to the Republican by 10.6 points. The closest was Cochran, where 1 vote 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John G. Tower won Republican 1,151,376 49.8%
Robert Krueger Democratic 1,139,149 49.3%
All other candidates 22,015 1.0%
Total2,312,540

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 155,075 44.2% 192,381 54.9% 3,105 350,561 R+10.6
Dallas 117,076 44.7% 142,290 54.3% 2,495 261,861 R+9.6
Bexar 84,569 50.6% 79,889 47.8% 2,784 167,242 D+2.8
Tarrant 62,725 47.3% 69,124 52.1% 763 132,612 R+4.8
Travis 45,754 52.0% 40,610 46.2% 1,568 87,932 D+5.8
El Paso 28,233 52.7% 25,324 47.3% 53,557 D+5.4
Nueces 24,306 51.4% 22,076 46.7% 866 47,248 D+4.7
Jefferson 23,599 58.5% 16,582 41.1% 185 40,366 D+17.4
Lubbock 15,068 41.7% 20,473 56.7% 569 36,110 R+15.0
McLennan 17,241 50.9% 16,526 48.8% 99 33,866 D+2.1
Hidalgo 16,321 53.1% 13,730 44.7% 665 30,716 D+8.4
Galveston 17,560 57.7% 12,469 41.0% 380 30,409 D+16.7
Smith 10,161 42.9% 13,481 56.9% 48 23,690 R+14.0
Cameron 11,813 50.5% 11,093 47.4% 496 23,402 D+3.1
Brazoria 11,645 51.3% 10,964 48.3% 111 22,720 D+3.0
Taylor 9,801 45.0% 11,906 54.6% 80 21,787 R+9.7
Denton 10,375 48.7% 10,826 50.8% 115 21,316 R+2.1
Wichita 10,226 49.7% 10,280 50.0% 58 20,564 R+0.3
Collin 8,299 40.6% 12,101 59.1% 65 20,465 R+18.6
Fort Bend 7,508 39.7% 11,229 59.4% 180 18,917 R+19.7
Bell 9,398 50.0% 9,179 48.8% 220 18,797 D+1.2
Ector 7,446 39.7% 11,007 58.7% 288 18,741 R+19.0
Midland 5,448 29.8% 12,672 69.4% 135 18,255 R+39.6
Gregg 6,557 39.6% 9,920 59.9% 75 16,552 R+20.3
Randall 5,882 37.4% 9,794 62.3% 45 15,721 R+24.9
Brazos 7,267 48.7% 7,479 50.1% 183 14,929 R+1.4
Potter 7,133 48.9% 7,343 50.3% 121 14,597 R+1.4
Montgomery 6,349 43.7% 8,116 55.9% 50 14,515 R+12.2
Tom Green 7,191 53.2% 6,280 46.5% 46 13,517 D+6.7
Grayson 7,278 54.1% 6,144 45.6% 43 13,465 D+8.4
Orange 7,465 62.3% 4,503 37.6% 9 11,977 D+24.7
Williamson 5,828 48.7% 6,092 50.9% 44 11,964 R+2.2
Bowie 5,816 50.4% 5,671 49.1% 55 11,542 D+1.3
Victoria 5,062 44.8% 6,084 53.8% 158 11,304 R+9.0
Johnson 5,682 55.4% 4,572 44.5% 11 10,265 D+10.8
Ellis 4,902 54.9% 4,009 44.9% 14 8,925 D+10.0
Guadalupe 3,565 41.2% 5,050 58.3% 43 8,658 R+17.2
Webb 5,498 63.5% 2,703 31.2% 455 8,656 D+32.3
Angelina 4,946 58.8% 3,466 41.2% 8,412 D+17.6
San Patricio 4,138 49.5% 4,057 48.5% 170 8,365 D+1.0
Harrison 3,913 46.9% 4,369 52.3% 66 8,348 R+5.5
Hardin 5,146 62.6% 3,065 37.3% 8 8,219 D+25.3
Comal 3,552 44.0% 4,502 55.7% 25 8,079 R+11.8
Henderson 4,558 57.1% 3,408 42.7% 10 7,976 D+14.4
Parker 4,158 53.4% 3,622 46.5% 8 7,788 D+6.9
Hunt 4,139 53.5% 3,583 46.3% 9 7,731 D+7.2
Lamar 5,054 66.1% 2,587 33.8% 8 7,649 D+32.3
Kerr 2,937 38.5% 4,690 61.4% 6 7,633 R+23.0
Anderson 4,168 61.4% 2,610 38.4% 11 6,789 D+22.9
Wharton 3,447 52.1% 3,103 46.9% 62 6,612 D+5.2
Navarro 3,939 59.8% 2,639 40.1% 7 6,585 D+19.7
Hale 3,023 46.2% 3,430 52.4% 89 6,542 R+6.2
Hutchinson 2,946 45.2% 3,571 54.7% 6 6,523 R+9.6
Brown 3,657 56.8% 2,777 43.2% 1 6,435 D+13.7
Nacogdoches 3,449 54.0% 2,901 45.4% 38 6,388 D+8.6
Gray 2,657 41.7% 3,703 58.2% 8 6,368 R+16.4
Howard 2,997 47.4% 3,226 51.0% 104 6,327 R+3.6
Liberty 3,453 55.8% 2,734 44.1% 6 6,193 D+11.6
Van Zandt 3,618 59.0% 2,508 40.9% 6 6,132 D+18.1
Rusk 2,679 43.7% 3,422 55.8% 29 6,130 R+12.1
Hays 3,460 56.5% 2,600 42.4% 66 6,126 D+14.0
Fannin 4,233 69.4% 1,863 30.5% 7 6,103 D+38.8
Cass 3,394 57.2% 2,534 42.7% 5 5,933 D+14.5
Cherokee 3,549 60.2% 2,340 39.7% 6 5,895 D+20.5
Kaufman 3,392 59.2% 2,332 40.7% 7 5,731 D+18.5
Jim Wells 3,269 59.9% 2,117 38.8% 72 5,458 D+21.1
Cooke 2,493 46.4% 2,875 53.5% 6 5,374 R+7.1
Walker 2,751 51.7% 2,569 48.2% 6 5,326 D+3.4
Coryell 2,311 46.9% 2,609 52.9% 10 4,930 R+6.0
Burnet 2,563 53.3% 2,228 46.4% 14 4,805 D+7.0
Kleberg 2,531 52.8% 2,117 44.2% 143 4,791 D+8.6
Matagorda 2,529 52.9% 2,243 46.9% 11 4,783 D+6.0
Medina 1,947 41.5% 2,717 57.8% 33 4,697 R+16.4
Val Verde 2,569 55.3% 2,059 44.3% 15 4,643 D+11.0
Erath 2,395 51.6% 2,240 48.3% 6 4,641 D+3.3
Jasper 2,723 59.7% 1,833 40.2% 3 4,559 D+19.5
Hill 2,551 56.4% 1,965 43.4% 7 4,523 D+13.0
Palo Pinto 2,512 55.9% 1,982 44.1% 1 4,495 D+11.8
Milam 2,892 64.5% 1,579 35.2% 11 4,482 D+29.3
Bastrop 2,555 57.1% 1,901 42.5% 19 4,475 D+14.6
Hockley 2,503 56.0% 1,931 43.2% 32 4,466 D+12.8
Wood 2,397 54.2% 2,013 45.5% 10 4,420 D+8.7
Uvalde 1,699 38.5% 2,646 60.0% 65 4,410 R+21.5
Upshur 2,387 54.6% 1,983 45.3% 5 4,375 D+9.2
Wise 2,452 56.5% 1,888 43.5% 3 4,343 D+13.0
Hopkins 2,557 61.2% 1,618 38.7% 3 4,178 D+22.5
Atascosa 2,023 49.1% 2,067 50.2% 29 4,119 R+1.1
Starr 3,192 78.2% 856 21.0% 32 4,080 D+57.3
Zavala 1,303 32.0% 676 16.6% 2,092 4,071 Others
Limestone 2,397 59.1% 1,659 40.9% 4,056 D+18.2
Jones 2,352 58.5% 1,656 41.2% 14 4,022 D+17.3
Houston 2,893 72.1% 1,119 27.9% 2 4,014 D+44.2
Eastland 2,198 55.0% 1,789 44.7% 12 3,999 D+10.2
Lamb 1,953 48.9% 2,006 50.2% 34 3,993 R+1.3
Caldwell 2,191 55.4% 1,711 43.3% 50 3,952 D+12.1
Falls 2,474 62.9% 1,448 36.8% 10 3,932 D+26.1
Washington 1,821 47.3% 2,024 52.6% 5 3,850 R+5.3
Fayette 2,072 54.1% 1,753 45.7% 7 3,832 D+8.3
Dawson 1,772 46.6% 1,909 50.2% 124 3,805 R+3.6
Young 1,967 53.3% 1,720 46.6% 4 3,691 D+6.7
Panola 2,055 55.7% 1,631 44.2% 1 3,687 D+11.5
Shelby 2,177 59.5% 1,479 40.4% 4 3,660 D+19.1
Polk 2,156 60.2% 1,419 39.6% 6 3,581 D+20.6
Bosque 1,932 54.1% 1,635 45.8% 4 3,571 D+8.3
Lavaca 2,101 58.9% 1,461 41.0% 5 3,567 D+17.9
Calhoun 2,072 58.3% 1,446 40.7% 39 3,557 D+17.6
Nolan 1,654 46.9% 1,867 52.9% 8 3,529 R+6.0
Gillespie 1,076 30.5% 2,444 69.3% 8 3,528 R+38.8
Titus 1,997 56.9% 1,511 43.1% 1 3,509 D+13.9
Austin 1,673 48.3% 1,787 51.6% 6 3,466 R+3.3
Deaf Smith 1,459 42.4% 1,926 55.9% 59 3,444 R+13.6
Montague 1,978 58.4% 1,406 41.5% 2 3,386 D+16.9
Scurry 1,440 42.7% 1,907 56.6% 24 3,371 R+13.9
De Witt 1,531 45.8% 1,801 53.8% 13 3,345 R+8.1
Wilson 1,746 53.1% 1,533 46.6% 9 3,288 D+6.5
Kendall 1,165 35.9% 2,074 63.8% 10 3,249 R+28.0
Bee 1,370 42.3% 1,815 56.0% 55 3,240 R+13.7
Hood 1,714 53.0% 1,516 46.9% 2 3,232 D+6.1
Reeves 1,701 52.9% 1,211 37.7% 304 3,216 D+15.2
Grimes 1,983 62.4% 1,184 37.2% 13 3,180 D+25.1
Llano 1,679 52.9% 1,489 47.0% 3 3,171 D+6.0
Colorado 1,581 50.3% 1,553 49.4% 8 3,142 D+0.9
Frio 1,561 51.1% 1,286 42.1% 210 3,057 D+9.0
Terry 1,550 50.7% 1,486 48.6% 20 3,056 D+2.1
Waller 1,649 54.2% 1,387 45.6% 9 3,045 D+8.6
Wilbarger 1,608 53.9% 1,375 46.1% 2 2,985 D+7.8
Jackson 1,664 57.3% 1,231 42.4% 8 2,903 D+14.9
Moore 1,430 49.3% 1,465 50.6% 3 2,898 R+1.2
Duval 2,324 80.2% 535 18.5% 37 2,896 D+61.8
Refugio 1,741 60.2% 1,127 39.0% 22 2,890 D+21.2
Gonzales 1,540 53.7% 1,321 46.1% 6 2,867 D+7.6
Runnels 1,464 52.0% 1,345 47.8% 5 2,814 D+4.2
Karnes 1,353 48.7% 1,408 50.7% 17 2,778 R+2.0
Rockwall 1,219 44.1% 1,541 55.8% 2 2,762 R+11.7
Robertson 1,980 72.0% 767 27.9% 3 2,750 D+44.1
Callahan 1,504 55.4% 1,212 44.6% 2,716 D+10.8
Swisher 1,892 70.3% 790 29.4% 9 2,691 D+41.0
Tyler 1,633 60.9% 1,049 39.1% 1 2,683 D+21.8
Pecos 1,495 55.8% 1,158 43.3% 24 2,677 D+12.6
Comanche 1,711 64.1% 954 35.7% 4 2,669 D+28.4
Freestone 1,522 57.0% 1,144 42.9% 2 2,668 D+14.2
Morris 1,491 55.9% 1,174 44.0% 1 2,666 D+11.9
Red River 1,634 61.8% 1,008 38.1% 2 2,644 D+23.7
Bandera 1,053 40.3% 1,558 59.6% 5 2,616 R+19.3
Gaines 1,266 50.0% 1,244 49.2% 20 2,530 D+0.9
Willacy 1,287 51.8% 1,163 46.8% 33 2,483 D+5.0
Castro 1,343 54.2% 1,093 44.1% 43 2,479 D+10.1
Lampasas 1,178 47.9% 1,277 51.9% 6 2,461 R+4.0
Chambers 1,351 55.3% 1,080 44.2% 11 2,442 D+11.1
Aransas 1,087 44.9% 1,316 54.4% 16 2,419 R+9.5
Burleson 1,696 71.3% 674 28.3% 9 2,379 D+43.0
Ward 1,147 48.5% 1,202 50.9% 14 2,363 R+2.3
Clay 1,509 64.2% 841 35.8% 2,350 D+28.4
Winkler 1,199 51.1% 1,129 48.1% 18 2,346 D+3.0
Haskell 1,404 60.0% 937 40.0% 2,341 D+19.9
Parmer 954 40.9% 1,376 59.0% 4 2,334 R+18.1
Coleman 1,157 49.6% 1,173 50.3% 2 2,332 R+0.7
Maverick 1,582 70.8% 603 27.0% 50 2,235 D+43.8
Floyd 1,244 55.7% 984 44.1% 4 2,232 D+11.6
Dimmit 1,316 60.0% 840 38.3% 38 2,194 D+21.7
Andrews 936 43.9% 1,190 55.8% 5 2,131 R+11.9
Crosby 1,256 59.0% 837 39.3% 35 2,128 D+19.7
McCulloch 1,182 56.6% 905 43.3% 3 2,090 D+13.3
Hamilton 1,074 52.2% 985 47.8% 2,059 D+4.3
Lynn 1,122 57.2% 824 42.0% 16 1,962 D+15.2
Stephens 913 47.4% 1,012 52.5% 2 1,927 R+5.1
Leon 1,186 61.6% 736 38.3% 2 1,924 D+23.4
Newton 1,401 73.7% 497 26.2% 2 1,900 D+47.6
La Salle 1,153 61.3% 658 35.0% 71 1,882 D+26.3
Trinity 1,240 66.0% 639 34.0% 1,879 D+32.0
Carson 964 53.1% 850 46.8% 2 1,816 D+6.3
Live Oak 797 44.1% 1,008 55.8% 3 1,808 R+11.7
Hardeman 1,112 61.5% 691 38.2% 4 1,807 D+23.3
Mitchell 1,142 63.8% 645 36.0% 3 1,790 D+27.8
Marion 1,033 57.8% 753 42.1% 2 1,788 D+15.7
Lee 976 54.9% 802 45.1% 1 1,779 D+9.8
Ochiltree 462 26.0% 1,316 74.0% 1 1,779 R+48.0
San Jacinto 1,011 59.0% 701 40.9% 2 1,714 D+18.1
Fisher 1,051 62.3% 629 37.3% 7 1,687 D+25.0
San Augustine 1,082 64.2% 601 35.7% 2 1,685 D+28.5
Brooks 1,230 74.0% 408 24.5% 24 1,662 D+49.5
Camp 1,018 61.3% 641 38.6% 2 1,661 D+22.7
Wheeler 837 50.9% 809 49.1% 1,646 D+1.7
Jim Hogg 995 60.6% 628 38.2% 19 1,642 D+22.4
Yoakum 721 45.0% 867 54.2% 13 1,601 R+9.1
Archer 985 61.8% 609 38.2% 1 1,595 D+23.6
Childress 881 56.6% 675 43.4% 1 1,557 D+13.2
Sabine 1,002 64.6% 544 35.1% 4 1,550 D+29.5
Bailey 624 40.9% 886 58.1% 16 1,526 R+17.2
Jack 859 56.3% 664 43.5% 2 1,525 D+12.8
San Saba 918 60.8% 586 38.8% 5 1,509 D+22.0
Madison 877 58.7% 608 40.7% 10 1,495 D+18.0
Blanco 698 47.3% 775 52.5% 3 1,476 R+5.2
Hansford 487 33.0% 989 67.0% 1,476 R+34.0
Brewster 743 50.5% 713 48.5% 14 1,470 D+2.0
Mason 629 47.4% 695 52.3% 4 1,328 R+5.0
Knox 826 63.8% 467 36.1% 2 1,295 D+27.7
Baylor 762 59.3% 523 40.7% 1,285 D+18.6
Collingsworth 707 57.4% 520 42.2% 5 1,232 D+15.2
Coke 777 63.7% 443 36.3% 1,220 D+27.4
Hartley 584 48.1% 627 51.7% 2 1,213 R+3.5
Hall 739 61.0% 471 38.9% 1 1,211 D+22.1
Mills 682 56.7% 518 43.1% 2 1,202 D+13.6
Cochran 597 49.8% 596 49.7% 7 1,200 D+0.1
Donley 603 50.9% 579 48.9% 2 1,184 D+2.0
Kimble 574 48.5% 604 51.1% 5 1,183 R+2.5
Zapata 747 64.0% 414 35.5% 6 1,167 D+28.5
Dallam 524 45.9% 614 53.8% 3 1,141 R+7.9
Goliad 548 49.1% 565 50.6% 4 1,117 R+1.5
Delta 751 69.5% 330 30.5% 1,081 D+38.9
Franklin 690 64.6% 378 35.4% 1,068 D+29.2
Somervell 700 65.6% 365 34.2% 2 1,067 D+31.4
Dickens 728 69.4% 314 29.9% 7 1,049 D+39.5
Martin 443 43.9% 560 55.4% 7 1,010 R+11.6
Crane 503 50.0% 503 50.0% 1 1,007 level
Upton 479 47.7% 522 52.0% 3 1,004 R+4.3
Shackelford 517 51.5% 486 48.5% 1,003 D+3.1
Rains 594 61.3% 375 38.7% 969 D+22.6
Garza 478 50.2% 471 49.4% 4 953 D+0.7
Sherman 451 47.4% 499 52.5% 1 951 R+5.0
Concho 594 63.2% 342 36.4% 4 940 D+26.8
Presidio 505 54.3% 388 41.7% 37 930 D+12.6
Sutton 455 49.0% 470 50.6% 4 929 R+1.6
Hemphill 379 41.0% 545 58.9% 1 925 R+17.9
Real 482 52.6% 414 45.1% 21 917 D+7.4
Lipscomb 309 34.4% 590 65.6% 899 R+31.3
Crockett 449 50.0% 440 49.0% 9 898 D+1.0
Cottle 508 61.0% 323 38.8% 2 833 D+22.2
Reagan 436 54.4% 363 45.3% 2 801 D+9.1
Foard 581 72.8% 216 27.1% 1 798 D+45.7
Schleicher 397 50.8% 380 48.7% 4 781 D+2.2
Menard 479 62.2% 290 37.7% 1 770 D+24.5
Briscoe 452 60.4% 295 39.4% 1 748 D+21.0
Culberson 315 44.7% 368 52.3% 21 704 R+7.5
Armstrong 341 48.6% 359 51.2% 1 701 R+2.6
Oldham 339 50.1% 337 49.9% 676 D+0.3
Stonewall 436 65.4% 230 34.5% 1 667 D+30.9
Motley 281 42.4% 379 57.3% 2 662 R+14.8
Throckmorton 397 64.7% 216 35.2% 1 614 D+29.5
Kinney 232 42.6% 311 57.2% 1 544 R+14.5
Edwards 236 43.6% 303 56.0% 2 541 R+12.4
Kent 307 62.8% 180 36.8% 2 489 D+26.0
Hudspeth 218 47.6% 231 50.4% 9 458 R+2.8
Jeff Davis 225 49.6% 226 49.8% 3 454 R+0.2
Terrell 182 43.3% 231 55.0% 7 420 R+11.7
Glasscock 166 39.9% 249 59.9% 1 416 R+20.0
Roberts 153 39.8% 231 60.2% 384 R+20.3
Irion 195 53.0% 172 46.7% 1 368 D+6.3
Sterling 191 54.0% 163 46.0% 354 D+7.9
McMullen 126 38.1% 204 61.6% 1 331 R+23.6
Borden 145 47.7% 158 52.0% 1 304 R+4.3
King 51 36.2% 90 63.8% 141 R+27.7
Kenedy 70 54.7% 58 45.3% 128 D+9.4
Loving 20 35.7% 36 64.3% 56 R+28.6

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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