1962 Texas Attorney General election

none July 2026 July 2026 1962 Texas Attorney General election Texas Presidential no 1960 1964 November 6, 1962 Waggoner Carr.jpg Waggoner Carr Texas Democratic Party 1,031,118 66.3% T. e. kennerly.webp T.E. Kennerly Republican Party of Texas 523,116 33.7% Attorney General Will Wilson Texas Democratic Party Waggoner Carr Texas Democratic Party The 1962 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 6, 1962, to elect the Texas Attorney General. Democratic nominee Waggoner Carr defeated Republican nominee T. E. Kennerly. Democratic primary The incumbent Attorney General Will Wilson chose to run for governor instead of seeking reelection. Candidates Nominee Waggoner Carr, Speaker of the Texas House of RepresentativesSpeaker Waggoner Carr - Texas Legislative Reference Library https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/leadership/speakerPage.cfm?memberID=1007 2026-07-13 lrl.texas.gov Eliminated in primary Tom Reavley, former Texas Secretary of State, former Nacodoches County Attorney, former assistant district attorney of DallasReavley, Thomas Morrow Federal Judicial Center https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/reavley-thomas-morrow 2026-07-13 www.fjc.gov Tom James, state representativeMember profile for Tom James - Texas Legislative Reference Library https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=1080 2026-07-13 lrl.texas.gov Leslie "Les" Procter, Travis County AttorneyPaulsen Jim Hambleton James January 1986 The Official Texas Court Reports: Birth, Death and Resurrection https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/facscholar/article/1470/&path_info=PaulsenandHambleton_1986_TheOfficialTexasCourtReportsBirthDeatha.pdf WIlliam Thomas "W. T." McDonald, former state representativeMember profile for William Thomas McDonald - Texas Legislative Reference Library https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=1549 2026-07-13 lrl.texas.gov Bob Looney Results Democratic primary Democratic Party (US) Waggoner Carr 563,021 43.1% Democratic Party (US) Tom Reavley 285,696 21.9% Democratic Party (US) Tom James 173,270 13.3% Democratic Party (US) Les Procter 136,943 10.5% Democratic Party (US) W. T. McDonald 106,534 8.2% Democratic Party (US) Bob Looney 40,687 3.1% 1,180,958 100.0% Democratic primary runoff1962-11-06 Attorney General Election Results for Texas https://rightdatausa.com/election_results?y=1962&t=AG&r=N&s=TX&d=all&WhichMap=vs Right Data USA Democratic Party (US) Waggoner Carr 613,477 57.9% Democratic Party (US) Tom Reavley 445,771 42.1% 1,059,248 100.0% General election Results November 6, 1962 Texas Attorney General election1962-11-06 Attorney General Election Results for Texas https://rightdatausa.com/election_results?y=1962&t=AG&r=N&s=TX&d=all&WhichMap=vs Right Data USA Democratic Party (US) Waggoner Carr 1,031,118 69.6% Republican Party (US) T. E. Kennerly 523,116 33.7% 1,554,234 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) References Category:1962 Texas elections Category:Texas Attorney General elections Texas Attorney General election Category:November 1962 in the United States