1970 Texas gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 January 2025 1970 Texas gubernatorial election Texas November 3, 1970 1968 Texas gubernatorial election 1968 1972 Texas gubernatorial election 1972 no presidential File:Smith-p01-1.jpg 150x150px Preston Smith Democratic Party (United States) 1,232,506 53.4% File:1970 Press Photo Laughing with friends - Paul Eggers, Texas politician (cropped).webp Paul Eggers Republican Party (United States) 1,073,831 46.6% Governor Preston Smith Democratic Party (United States) Preston Smith Democratic Party (United States) 1970 Texas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 310px County resultsSmith: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90%Eggers: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% The 1970 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Preston Smith was reelected to a second term, winning 53% of the vote to Republican Paul Eggers' 47% in a rematch of the gubernatorial race of two years earlier. As of 2022, this is the last time Lubbock County voted for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Primaries Republican Republican primary resultsTexas Almanac http://texasalmanac.com/topics/elections/elections-texas-governors-1845%E2%80%932010 2015-08-05 2015-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119092417/http://texasalmanac.com/topics/elections/elections-texas-governors-1845%E2%80%932010 dead Paul Eggers Republican Party (United States) 101,875 93.45% Roger Martin Republican Party (United States) 7,146 6.55% 109,021 100.00% Democratic Democratic primary results Preston Smith (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 1,011,300 100.00% 1,011,300 100.00% Results General election results Preston Smith (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 1,232,506 53.43% Paul Eggers Republican Party (United States) 1,073,831 46.55% none 428 0.02% 2,306,765 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References 1970 Texas Category:November 1970 elections in the United States Category:1970 Texas elections