1964 United States Senate election in Texas

1964 United States Senate election in Texas

← 1958 November 3, 1964 1970 →
 
Nominee Ralph Yarborough George H. W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,463,958 1,134,337
Percentage 56.22% 43.56%

Yarborough:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     80–90%      >90%
Bush:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Ralph Yarborough
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ralph Yarborough
Democratic

The 1964 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic US senator Ralph Yarborough defeated future US President George H. W. Bush handily. This would prove to be Yarborough's final term as a senator. Bush later went on to win an election for the US House of Representatives in 1966 and was subsequently elected US Vice President in 1980, re-elected in 1984, and was elected president in 1988.


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