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The 1946 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.
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Incumbent Democratic Governor Coke R. Stevenson did not seek re-election.
Democratic Governor nominee Beauford H. Jester defeated Republican nominee Eugene Nolte, Jr. with 91.23% of the vote.
To date, this was the last election in which a candidate for Governor of Texas won more than 90% of the vote.
The Democratic primary election was held on July 27, 1946, with the runoff held on August 24, 1946.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Beauford H. Jester | 448,304 | 38.15 | |
Democratic | Homer P. Rainey | 291,282 | 25.04 | |
Democratic | Grover Sellers | 162,431 | 13.96 | |
Democratic | Jerry Sadler | 103,120 | 8.87 | |
Democratic | John Lee Smith | 102,941 | 8.85 | |
Democratic | Caso March | 20,529 | 1.76 | |
Democratic | C. R. Shaw | 9,764 | 0.84 | |
Democratic | Reese Turner | 4,912 | 0.42 | |
Democratic | A. J. Burks | 4,881 | 0.42 | |
Democratic | Charles B. Hutchison | 4,616 | 0.40 | |
Democratic | Walter S. McNutt | 4,353 | 0.37 | |
Democratic | Floyd Brinkley | 4,249 | 0.37 | |
Democratic | William V. Brown | 3,902 | 0.34 | |
Democratic | W. J. Minton (withdrawn) | 2,398 | 0.21 | |
Total votes | 1,163,184 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Beauford H. Jester | 701,018 | 66.34 | |
Democratic | Homer P. Rainey | 355,654 | 33.68 | |
Total votes | 1,056,672 | 100.00 |
The Republican state convention was held on August 13, 1946 at Mineral Wells.[17][18][19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Eugene Nolte, Jr. | 178 | 54.27 | |
Republican | Alvin H. Lane | 150 | 45.73 | |
Total votes | 328 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Beauford H. Jester | 345,513 | 91.23% | ||
Republican | Eugene Nolte, Jr. | 33,231 | 8.77% | ||
Majority | 312,282 | 82.46% | |||
Turnout | 378,744 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |