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Election 1996 Results

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1996 US Senate election in Texas

Phil Gramm (Republican) beat Victor M. Morales (Democrat) in Texas in 1996, 54.8% to 43.9%, a margin of 10.8 points and 598,904 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1990, when Phil Gramm also won.

Republicans led in 204 of the 254 counties and Democrats in 50. The largest, Harris, cast 821,342 votes and went to the Republican by 8.3 points. The closest was Hudspeth, where 2 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
Phil Gramm won Republican 3,027,680 54.8%
Victor M. Morales Democratic 2,428,776 43.9%
All other candidates 70,985 1.3%
Total5,527,441

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 371,937 45.3% 439,895 53.6% 9,510 821,342 R+8.3
Dallas 259,050 47.3% 281,797 51.5% 6,663 547,510 R+4.2
Tarrant 174,104 42.8% 227,519 56.0% 4,831 406,454 R+13.1
Bexar 183,426 50.9% 172,193 47.8% 4,613 360,232 D+3.1
Travis 135,246 55.3% 104,570 42.8% 4,682 244,498 D+12.5
El Paso 76,471 56.8% 56,284 41.8% 1,842 134,597 D+15.0
Collin 38,708 29.4% 91,256 69.2% 1,895 131,859 R+39.9
Denton 38,019 34.3% 71,393 64.4% 1,504 110,916 R+30.1
Nueces 48,688 52.6% 42,675 46.1% 1,205 92,568 D+6.5
Fort Bend 37,794 40.9% 53,601 58.1% 910 92,305 R+17.1
Jefferson 43,823 52.5% 38,640 46.3% 946 83,409 D+6.2
Hidalgo 54,317 66.0% 27,288 33.2% 654 82,259 D+32.9
Galveston 39,288 49.5% 38,991 49.1% 1,130 79,409 D+0.4
Montgomery 21,065 27.2% 55,129 71.3% 1,145 77,339 R+44.0
Lubbock 21,961 29.7% 50,861 68.9% 1,019 73,841 R+39.1
Williamson 25,585 38.7% 39,555 59.8% 977 66,117 R+21.1
Brazoria 24,738 37.7% 39,689 60.5% 1,135 65,562 R+22.8
McLennan 26,473 42.2% 35,392 56.5% 796 62,661 R+14.2
Bell 21,191 38.1% 33,728 60.7% 688 55,607 R+22.5
Cameron 32,562 60.3% 20,830 38.5% 649 54,041 D+21.7
Smith 17,911 33.3% 35,360 65.7% 521 53,792 R+32.4
Taylor 12,211 30.4% 27,457 68.3% 526 40,194 R+37.9
Wichita 14,530 36.3% 24,712 61.8% 736 39,978 R+25.5
Randall 8,564 21.8% 30,401 77.3% 383 39,348 R+55.5
Gregg 12,363 33.2% 24,498 65.9% 326 37,187 R+32.6
Midland 8,611 23.2% 28,064 75.5% 492 37,167 R+52.3
Brazos 12,969 35.3% 23,212 63.2% 573 36,754 R+27.9
Grayson 14,227 40.4% 20,559 58.4% 423 35,209 R+18.0
Tom Green 10,992 33.6% 21,208 64.9% 499 32,699 R+31.2
Ector 10,707 33.0% 21,156 65.3% 559 32,422 R+32.2
Johnson 13,299 41.1% 18,608 57.6% 415 32,322 R+16.4
Ellis 11,371 38.4% 17,876 60.4% 359 29,606 R+22.0
Orange 13,676 46.9% 15,057 51.6% 422 29,155 R+4.7
Bowie 12,481 43.1% 16,164 55.9% 293 28,938 R+12.7
Hays 12,631 46.6% 13,908 51.4% 540 27,079 R+4.7
Parker 10,244 38.3% 16,199 60.6% 304 26,747 R+22.3
Potter 8,693 33.4% 17,004 65.3% 353 26,050 R+31.9
Comal 7,303 28.2% 18,158 70.0% 471 25,932 R+41.9
Angelina 10,609 42.0% 14,293 56.6% 346 25,248 R+14.6
Webb 18,206 74.2% 6,190 25.2% 146 24,542 D+49.0
Guadalupe 7,892 32.6% 15,894 65.7% 410 24,196 R+33.1
Victoria 8,182 34.6% 15,164 64.1% 303 23,649 R+29.5
Henderson 10,360 45.7% 12,020 53.1% 277 22,657 R+7.3
Hunt 9,240 42.4% 12,272 56.4% 256 21,768 R+13.9
Harrison 8,927 41.7% 12,285 57.4% 192 21,404 R+15.7
Nacogdoches 7,314 37.9% 11,789 61.1% 191 19,294 R+23.2
Kaufman 7,979 44.0% 9,903 54.6% 245 18,127 R+10.6
Hardin 7,032 39.6% 10,457 58.9% 260 17,749 R+19.3
San Patricio 7,893 46.9% 8,721 51.8% 213 16,827 R+4.9
Kerr 4,425 26.5% 11,981 71.8% 272 16,678 R+45.3
Liberty 6,974 42.0% 9,342 56.3% 279 16,595 R+14.3
Rusk 5,333 34.9% 9,817 64.2% 140 15,290 R+29.3
Van Zandt 6,139 41.2% 8,581 57.6% 183 14,903 R+16.4
Hood 5,870 40.5% 8,440 58.2% 197 14,507 R+17.7
Bastrop 7,240 50.0% 6,976 48.2% 260 14,476 D+1.8
Walker 5,777 40.0% 8,503 58.9% 158 14,438 R+18.9
Polk 6,210 44.2% 7,641 54.4% 188 14,039 R+10.2
Coryell 5,044 36.4% 8,596 62.0% 221 13,861 R+25.6
Lamar 6,228 45.6% 7,298 53.4% 144 13,670 R+7.8
Anderson 5,773 43.4% 7,377 55.5% 147 13,297 R+12.1
Wise 5,508 42.7% 7,196 55.8% 198 12,902 R+13.1
Rockwall 3,436 27.0% 9,146 71.8% 154 12,736 R+44.8
Cherokee 4,977 39.5% 7,476 59.4% 135 12,588 R+19.9
Navarro 6,084 48.8% 6,263 50.2% 122 12,469 R+1.4
Matagorda 5,371 43.5% 6,824 55.2% 163 12,358 R+11.8
Cooke 4,008 32.8% 8,082 66.1% 143 12,233 R+33.3
Wharton 4,999 41.1% 7,072 58.1% 102 12,173 R+17.0
Wood 4,685 38.9% 7,199 59.7% 172 12,056 R+20.9
Brown 3,915 33.4% 7,655 65.3% 150 11,720 R+31.9
Upshur 4,821 42.9% 6,289 55.9% 134 11,244 R+13.1
Burnet 4,345 39.5% 6,509 59.1% 154 11,008 R+19.7
Cass 5,037 47.0% 5,573 52.0% 117 10,727 R+5.0
Jasper 5,039 47.7% 5,377 50.9% 152 10,568 R+3.2
Jim Wells 6,943 66.3% 3,445 32.9% 80 10,468 D+33.4
Val Verde 5,492 52.5% 4,872 46.6% 98 10,462 D+5.9
Medina 3,869 37.3% 6,367 61.4% 130 10,366 R+24.1
Washington 3,325 32.1% 6,946 67.1% 76 10,347 R+35.0
Hopkins 4,784 48.7% 4,921 50.1% 127 9,832 R+1.4
Hutchinson 2,424 24.7% 7,268 74.1% 118 9,810 R+49.4
Howard 3,653 37.5% 5,887 60.4% 201 9,741 R+22.9
Hale 2,993 31.1% 6,536 67.9% 104 9,633 R+36.8
Erath 3,976 41.6% 5,433 56.9% 145 9,554 R+15.3
Hill 4,120 43.8% 5,167 54.9% 118 9,405 R+11.1
Atascosa 4,739 51.2% 4,395 47.5% 114 9,248 D+3.7
Kleberg 5,211 58.0% 3,679 41.0% 91 8,981 D+17.1
Wilson 3,720 41.4% 5,131 57.1% 129 8,980 R+15.7
Panola 3,636 40.7% 5,205 58.2% 96 8,937 R+17.6
Gray 1,889 21.4% 6,856 77.6% 91 8,836 R+56.2
Fannin 4,380 50.2% 4,231 48.5% 118 8,729 D+1.7
Kendall 2,014 23.1% 6,544 75.0% 162 8,720 R+51.9
Bee 4,534 52.0% 4,062 46.6% 117 8,713 D+5.4
Palo Pinto 4,265 49.7% 4,208 49.0% 115 8,588 D+0.7
Waller 4,456 52.2% 3,975 46.5% 111 8,542 D+5.6
Gillespie 1,769 21.8% 6,198 76.4% 143 8,110 R+54.6
Fayette 3,261 40.6% 4,693 58.4% 84 8,038 R+17.8
Shelby 3,275 41.0% 4,589 57.4% 126 7,990 R+16.4
Austin 2,618 33.2% 5,182 65.7% 93 7,893 R+32.5
Titus 3,424 43.7% 4,323 55.2% 90 7,837 R+11.5
Llano 2,901 37.5% 4,752 61.4% 85 7,738 R+23.9
Chambers 2,804 36.3% 4,774 61.8% 148 7,726 R+25.5
Caldwell 4,028 52.6% 3,511 45.9% 113 7,652 D+6.8
Milam 3,848 51.2% 3,566 47.5% 99 7,513 D+3.8
Aransas 2,724 37.0% 4,485 61.0% 146 7,355 R+23.9
Houston 3,167 43.1% 4,090 55.7% 85 7,342 R+12.6
Uvalde 3,335 45.9% 3,850 52.9% 88 7,273 R+7.1
Starr 6,065 87.0% 871 12.5% 37 6,973 D+74.5
Hockley 1,969 28.6% 4,783 69.5% 129 6,881 R+40.9
Lavaca 2,753 40.7% 3,925 58.0% 88 6,766 R+17.3
Colorado 2,782 41.6% 3,855 57.6% 52 6,689 R+16.0
Limestone 3,199 48.4% 3,315 50.2% 91 6,605 R+1.8
Tyler 3,144 47.7% 3,393 51.5% 56 6,593 R+3.8
Young 2,258 34.3% 4,273 65.0% 44 6,575 R+30.6
Eastland 2,506 38.2% 3,936 60.1% 110 6,552 R+21.8
Montague 2,573 39.7% 3,820 58.9% 91 6,484 R+19.2
Maverick 5,078 79.7% 1,234 19.4% 57 6,369 D+60.4
San Jacinto 2,803 44.2% 3,446 54.3% 95 6,344 R+10.1
Calhoun 2,738 45.1% 3,236 53.3% 96 6,070 R+8.2
Freestone 2,665 44.0% 3,333 55.1% 56 6,054 R+11.0
Dewitt 2,064 34.3% 3,906 64.9% 50 6,020 R+30.6
Bosque 2,585 44.1% 3,229 55.0% 54 5,868 R+11.0
Scurry 2,014 34.6% 3,684 63.4% 116 5,814 R+28.7
Falls 2,965 52.0% 2,685 47.1% 56 5,706 D+4.9
Bandera 1,368 24.3% 4,154 73.8% 106 5,628 R+49.5
Grimes 2,433 44.2% 3,018 54.8% 55 5,506 R+10.6
Leon 2,082 38.0% 3,344 61.0% 57 5,483 R+23.0
Jones 2,248 42.0% 3,013 56.3% 94 5,355 R+14.3
Nolan 2,346 43.8% 2,902 54.2% 103 5,351 R+10.4
Lampasas 1,750 32.9% 3,481 65.5% 81 5,312 R+32.6
Willacy 3,534 67.2% 1,658 31.5% 67 5,259 D+35.7
Trinity 2,647 50.4% 2,538 48.3% 70 5,255 D+2.1
Robertson 2,878 56.3% 2,201 43.1% 32 5,111 D+13.2
Gonzales 2,026 39.7% 3,031 59.4% 42 5,099 R+19.7
Moore 1,272 25.1% 3,729 73.7% 60 5,061 R+48.5
Deaf Smith 1,568 31.3% 3,377 67.5% 58 5,003 R+36.2
Burleson 2,271 46.3% 2,563 52.2% 73 4,907 R+6.0
Morris 2,819 59.6% 1,864 39.4% 49 4,732 D+20.2
Comanche 2,115 45.2% 2,516 53.7% 51 4,682 R+8.6
Callahan 1,539 33.0% 3,055 65.6% 66 4,660 R+32.5
Lee 1,960 42.3% 2,636 56.9% 37 4,633 R+14.6
Duval 3,896 85.5% 636 14.0% 26 4,558 D+71.5
Jackson 1,724 37.9% 2,780 61.1% 43 4,547 R+23.2
Lamb 1,483 33.0% 2,973 66.2% 36 4,492 R+33.2
Red River 2,251 51.1% 2,105 47.8% 52 4,408 D+3.3
Newton 2,609 59.8% 1,696 38.8% 61 4,366 D+20.9
Karnes 2,072 48.3% 2,156 50.3% 59 4,287 R+2.0
Wilbarger 1,549 37.0% 2,591 62.0% 42 4,182 R+24.9
Dawson 1,482 36.7% 2,507 62.1% 51 4,040 R+25.4
Clay 1,484 36.8% 2,506 62.1% 48 4,038 R+25.3
Frio 2,591 64.8% 1,362 34.0% 48 4,001 D+30.7
Andrews 1,092 27.5% 2,825 71.1% 59 3,976 R+43.6
Pecos 1,706 43.7% 2,138 54.8% 57 3,901 R+11.1
Sabine 1,808 47.3% 1,974 51.6% 42 3,824 R+4.3
Runnels 1,249 33.8% 2,384 64.6% 59 3,692 R+30.7
Ward 1,491 40.5% 2,110 57.4% 78 3,679 R+16.8
Archer 1,168 32.5% 2,387 66.4% 41 3,596 R+33.9
Live Oak 1,342 37.6% 2,152 60.3% 74 3,568 R+22.7
Reeves 2,217 63.3% 1,247 35.6% 40 3,504 D+27.7
Terry 1,175 33.6% 2,266 64.9% 52 3,493 R+31.2
Marion 1,790 52.0% 1,622 47.1% 30 3,442 D+4.9
San Augustine 1,636 47.8% 1,709 49.9% 79 3,424 R+2.1
Brewster 1,640 48.8% 1,628 48.5% 90 3,358 D+0.4
Franklin 1,387 41.6% 1,896 56.9% 50 3,333 R+15.3
Brooks 2,794 83.9% 505 15.2% 32 3,331 D+68.7
Madison 1,318 39.7% 1,959 58.9% 47 3,324 R+19.3
Camp 1,616 48.7% 1,663 50.1% 38 3,317 R+1.4
Coleman 1,028 31.3% 2,214 67.3% 47 3,289 R+36.1
Blanco 1,092 33.5% 2,097 64.4% 66 3,255 R+30.9
Stephens 1,167 35.9% 2,050 63.1% 30 3,247 R+27.2
Refugio 1,567 48.9% 1,604 50.1% 33 3,204 R+1.2
Gaines 1,007 31.9% 2,089 66.2% 58 3,154 R+34.3
Zavala 2,567 83.5% 486 15.8% 23 3,076 D+67.7
Ochiltree 436 14.2% 2,603 85.0% 23 3,062 R+70.8
Hamilton 1,221 40.7% 1,746 58.2% 31 2,998 R+17.5
McCulloch 1,111 37.9% 1,778 60.6% 45 2,934 R+22.7
Dimmit 2,241 76.4% 678 23.1% 14 2,933 D+53.3
Parmer 685 23.4% 2,225 75.9% 23 2,933 R+52.5
Carson 750 27.7% 1,936 71.6% 19 2,705 R+43.8
Rains 1,272 47.8% 1,353 50.8% 37 2,662 R+3.0
Goliad 1,090 42.2% 1,459 56.5% 35 2,584 R+14.3
Swisher 1,156 45.2% 1,381 54.0% 19 2,556 R+8.8
Haskell 1,284 51.1% 1,204 47.9% 23 2,511 D+3.2
Floyd 786 31.6% 1,681 67.6% 21 2,488 R+36.0
Castro 1,010 41.2% 1,430 58.3% 11 2,451 R+17.1
Jack 1,017 41.6% 1,407 57.6% 19 2,443 R+16.0
Yoakum 729 30.0% 1,644 67.8% 53 2,426 R+37.7
Zapata 1,732 72.8% 623 26.2% 23 2,378 D+46.6
Mitchell 1,105 46.9% 1,211 51.4% 40 2,356 R+4.5
Somervell 1,061 45.5% 1,246 53.5% 24 2,331 R+7.9
Wheeler 661 29.4% 1,560 69.3% 29 2,250 R+40.0
Crosby 1,038 46.9% 1,131 51.2% 42 2,211 R+4.2
Lynn 810 37.6% 1,314 61.0% 29 2,153 R+23.4
La Salle 1,435 68.6% 630 30.1% 26 2,091 D+38.5
Winkler 746 35.7% 1,308 62.6% 35 2,089 R+26.9
Bailey 671 33.2% 1,334 65.9% 18 2,023 R+32.8
Mills 762 37.9% 1,210 60.3% 36 2,008 R+22.3
Baylor 815 41.7% 1,108 56.6% 33 1,956 R+15.0
Hansford 288 14.9% 1,639 84.7% 7 1,934 R+69.9
Childress 655 34.7% 1,220 64.6% 14 1,889 R+29.9
San Saba 706 38.5% 1,108 60.4% 20 1,834 R+21.9
Fisher 1,069 59.0% 725 40.0% 19 1,813 D+19.0
Jim Hogg 1,419 78.4% 375 20.7% 15 1,809 D+57.7
Hartley 422 23.5% 1,360 75.8% 13 1,795 R+52.3
Crane 568 32.1% 1,178 66.6% 23 1,769 R+34.5
Mason 611 35.8% 1,074 62.9% 23 1,708 R+27.1
Delta 837 49.5% 842 49.8% 13 1,692 R+0.3
Martin 555 32.9% 1,112 65.8% 22 1,689 R+33.0
Garza 615 36.6% 1,048 62.3% 19 1,682 R+25.7
Presidio 1,100 69.3% 479 30.2% 9 1,588 D+39.1
Dallam 424 26.8% 1,149 72.6% 9 1,582 R+45.8
Donley 450 28.8% 1,101 70.5% 11 1,562 R+41.7
Kimble 494 32.3% 1,026 67.1% 9 1,529 R+34.8
Coke 533 35.1% 963 63.5% 21 1,517 R+28.3
Crockett 669 44.2% 830 54.8% 15 1,514 R+10.6
Knox 756 50.1% 740 49.1% 12 1,508 D+1.1
Hardeman 645 44.1% 801 54.8% 16 1,462 R+10.7
Hemphill 361 25.2% 1,060 73.9% 14 1,435 R+48.7
Hall 691 48.2% 732 51.0% 11 1,434 R+2.9
Shackelford 453 31.6% 956 66.8% 23 1,432 R+35.1
Collingsworth 602 42.8% 796 56.7% 7 1,405 R+13.8
Real 399 29.3% 936 68.7% 28 1,363 R+39.4
Sutton 501 38.2% 796 60.8% 13 1,310 R+22.5
Lipscomb 308 23.6% 979 75.0% 18 1,305 R+51.4
Cochran 492 38.8% 751 59.2% 25 1,268 R+20.4
Kinney 474 39.4% 708 58.8% 22 1,204 R+19.4
Schleicher 466 40.0% 688 59.1% 11 1,165 R+19.1
Upton 356 30.6% 792 68.1% 15 1,163 R+37.5
Reagan 367 32.4% 746 65.9% 19 1,132 R+33.5
Sherman 228 20.4% 878 78.6% 11 1,117 R+58.2
Dickens 494 48.4% 506 49.6% 20 1,020 R+1.2
Culberson 583 57.4% 412 40.6% 21 1,016 D+16.8
Menard 447 44.1% 554 54.6% 13 1,014 R+10.6
Concho 398 39.6% 598 59.6% 8 1,004 R+19.9
Edwards 384 40.6% 552 58.4% 9 945 R+17.8
Oldham 242 26.3% 674 73.2% 5 921 R+46.9
Jeff Davis 354 38.7% 540 59.1% 20 914 R+20.4
Armstrong 235 25.8% 670 73.5% 6 911 R+47.7
Briscoe 374 43.2% 491 56.7% 1 866 R+13.5
Stonewall 448 52.1% 405 47.1% 7 860 D+5.0
Hudspeth 420 49.4% 422 49.6% 9 851 R+0.2
Cottle 384 49.4% 378 48.6% 15 777 D+0.8
Throckmorton 264 37.0% 437 61.3% 12 713 R+24.3
Irion 193 28.1% 482 70.1% 13 688 R+42.0
Sterling 152 23.7% 479 74.7% 10 641 R+51.0
Motley 164 27.6% 421 70.9% 9 594 R+43.3
Foard 330 57.2% 236 40.9% 11 577 D+16.3
Roberts 93 16.2% 474 82.4% 8 575 R+66.3
Kent 231 47.0% 243 49.4% 18 492 R+2.4
Terrell 274 55.7% 211 42.9% 7 492 D+12.8
Glasscock 70 14.7% 403 84.8% 2 475 R+70.1
McMullen 122 29.3% 287 68.8% 8 417 R+39.6
Borden 92 28.5% 224 69.3% 7 323 R+40.9
Kenedy 120 61.2% 74 37.8% 2 196 D+23.5
King 59 33.3% 115 65.0% 3 177 R+31.6
Loving 18 24.3% 54 73.0% 2 74 R+48.6

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