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1990 United States Senate election in Texas Texas presidential no 1984 United States Senate election in Texas 1984 1996 United States Senate election in Texas 1996 November 6, 1990 File:PhilGramm (1).jpg 150x150px Phil Gramm Republican Party (United States) 2,302,357 60.24% File:Hughparmer.png Hugh Parmer Democratic Party (United States) 1,429,986 37.41% 1990 United States Senate election in Texas results map by county.svg 310px County results
Gramm: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Parmer: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Tie: #CDAFDC 50% U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Republican Party (United States) Phil Gramm Republican Party (United States)
The 1990 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Phil Gramm won election to a second term.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Phil Gramm, incumbent U.S. Senator
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Hugh Parmer, State Senator and former Mayor of Fort Worth http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD8B64B1E2B069&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Archives | Austin American-Statesman | Statesman.com Nl.newsbank.com July 1, 1990 January 9, 2011 October 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024073810/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD8B64B1E2B069&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM dead
Eliminated in primary
Harley Schlanger, journalist and activist
Democratic primary resultshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth279642/m1/429/?q=primary Texas Almanac, 1992-1993 The Portal to Texas History April 2, 2026
Texas Democratic Party Hugh Parmer 766,284 72.58%
Texas Democratic Party Harley Schlanger 289,445 27.42%
1,055,729 100.00%
General election
Gramm, a popular incumbent who switched parties a few years prior, had over $5 million on hand. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D132D8D7420B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM dallasnews.com | Archives Nl.newsbank.com October 17, 1990 January 9, 2011 Gramm won 24% of the African American vote.February 2026 General election results http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3508 TX US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1990 Our Campaigns January 9, 2011
Republican Party (United States)
Phil Gramm (incumbent)
2,302,357
60.24%
Democratic Party (United States)
Hugh Parmer
1,429,986
37.41%
Libertarian Party (United States)
Gary Johnson
89,089
2.33%
Write In
Ira Calkins
725
0.02%
3,822,157
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
See also
1990 United States Senate elections
References
Texas
1990
Category:1990 Texas elections