1948 United States Senate election in Texas
The 1948 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 2, 1948. Democratic U.S. representative and future president of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson was elected in an open race to succeed retiring Democratic incumbent W. Lee O'Daniel. Johnson won the Democratic primary over Texas governor Coke R. Stevenson in one of the narrowest and most controversial elections in United States history. The Democratic primary was held on July 24. Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, Johnson and Stevenson advanced to a run-off election on August 28 to determine the winner. In an era in which the Democratic nomination was considered tantamount to election, the run-off was sharply contested between the liberal Johnson and the more conservative Stevenson. Johnson was officially declared the winner by 87 votes; after a series of legal challenges by the Stevenson campaign and recount efforts, the Texas Democratic Party state committee confirmed Johnson's nomination by a margin...
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