1960 United States Senate election in Texas

none March 2026 September 2023 1960 United States Senate election in Texas Texas presidential no 1954 United States Senate election in Texas 1954 1961 United States Senate special election in Texas 1961 (special) November 8, 1960 125x136px File:Vice President LBJ (cropped).jpg Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 1,306,625 57.98% File:U.S. Senator John Tower of Texas (cropped 3x4).jpg John Tower Republican Party (United States) 926,653 41.12% U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Lyndon B. Johnson(did not take office) Democratic Party (United States) 310px County results 310px Congressional district results 1 Johnson: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90% Tower: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% The 1960 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, who was simultaneously running for Vice President of the United States, was re-elected to a third term in office. Johnson had Texas law changed to allow him to run for both offices at once.Caro Robert The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master Of The Senate Master of the Senate Alfred A. Knopf 2002 978-0394720951 1035 As of 2026, this is the last time the Democrats won the Class 2 Senate seat in Texas. Johnson spent much of the year focused on his other campaigns. First, his unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic nomination for President ended in defeat at the hands of John F. Kennedy at the July Democratic National Convention. At the convention, Kennedy chose Johnson as his running mate. General election Results 1960 United States Senate election in TexasClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1961 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1960election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Officehttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30396 Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 08, 1960 www.ourcampaigns.com Democratic Party (United States) Lyndon B. Johnson (incumbent) 1,306,625 57.98% 26.61 Republican Party (United States) John Tower 926,653 41.12% #E888FF Constitution Bard A. Logan 20,506 0.91% N/A 2,253,784 100.00% N/A Democratic Party (United States) Johnson carried his Senate seat quite easily,Texas State Historical Association 1961 Texas Almanac, 1961-1962 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117140/m1/464/ 2022-03-25 The Portal to Texas History The Dallas Morning News English although in the presidential race, the Kennedy-Johnson ticket won the state over the Republican Nixon-Lodge ticket by only two percentage points. Because the Kennedy-Johnson ticket was victorious in the presidential race, Johnson never took office for his third term. Instead, William Blakley was appointed to fill the vacancy and a special election was scheduled for May 1961. Johnson's opponent in this race, John Tower, went on to win the special election over Blakley. See also 1960 United States Senate elections References Texas 1960 Senate Senate