1990 Texas Attorney General election

none March 2026 March 2026 1990 Texas Attorney General election Texas Presidential no 1986 Texas Attorney General election 1986 1994 Texas Attorney General election 1994 November 6, 1990 125px Dan Morales Texas Democratic Party 1,963,714 51.90% 125px J.E. "Buster" Brown Republican Party of Texas 1,708,110 45.15% Attorney General Jim Mattox Texas Democratic Party Dan Morales Texas Democratic Party 1990 Texas Attorney General election results map by county.svg 310px County resultsMorales: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% #0d0596 >90%Brown: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% The 1990 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 6, 1990, to elect the Texas Attorney General. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Jim Mattox chose to run for governor instead of seeking re-election to a third term. In the Democratic primary, Dan Morales, a state representative from San Antonio, narrowly defeated Houston lawyer Odam. In the Republican primary, J.E. "Buster" Brown, a state senator from Lake Jackson, defeated three other candidates, avoiding a runoff against state representative Patricia Hill by just 637 votes. In the general election, Morales narrowly defeated Brown by a margin of 6.8 percentage points.1990 Attorney General General Election Results - Texas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=48&elect=0&off=9&year=1990 2026-03-19 uselectionatlas.org Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Dan Morales, state representative from the 124th districtMember profile for Dan Morales - Texas Legislative Reference Library https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=370&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=124~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee= 2026-07-06 lrl.texas.gov Eliminated in primary John Odam, Houston lawyerRep. Morales Beats Odam; Brown Leads March 14, 1990 https://books.google.com/books?id=sAVQAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=john+odam+general&article_id=6861,2904548&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-z4em0Z6TAxV-lIkEHXvRMQwQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=john%20odam%20general&f=false The Victoria Advocate Withdrew John Bryant, U.S. Representative from Texas's 5th congressional districtDallas Congressman To Seek State Post June 6, 1989 https://books.google.com/books?id=bTlSAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=bryant+attorney+general&article_id=7238,1257421&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwieyL3O0J6TAxUPhIkEHZi3PXcQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=bryant%20attorney%20general&f=false The Victoria AdvocateByrant Drops Bid For State AG Post December 14, 1989 https://books.google.com/books?id=Z78LAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=bryant+attorney+general&article_id=5818,2975626&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwieyL3O0J6TAxUPhIkEHZi3PXcQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=bryant%20attorney%20general&f=false The Victoria Advocate Results March 13, 1990 Democratic primaryTexas Almanac, 1992-1993 Page: 425 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth279642/m1/429/ The Portal to Texas History Democratic Party (US) Dan Morales 674,975 53.89% Democratic Party (US) John Odam 577,451 46.11% 1,252,426 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Nominee J.E. "Buster" Brown, State Senator from the 17th districtMember profile for J.E. 'Buster' Brown - Texas Legislative Reference Library https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=40&searchparams=chamber=S~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=17~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee= 2026-07-06 lrl.texas.gov Elimenated in primary Patricia Hill, state representative from the 102nd districtMember profile for Patricia Hill - Texas Legislative Reference Library https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=352&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=102~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee= 2026-07-06 lrl.texas.gov Tex Lezar, Dallas lawyer and former aide and speechwriter for former President Richard Nixon Bobby Steelhammer, Houston lawyer Results March 13, 1990 Republican primaryTexas Almanac, 1992-1993 Page: 424 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth279642/m1/428/ The Portal to Texas History Republican Party (US) J.E. "Buster" Brown 359,721 50.09% Republican Party (US) Patricia Hill 200,255 27.89% Republican Party (US) Tex Lezar 109,549 15.25% Republican Party (US) Bobby Steelhammer 48,643 6.77% 718,168 100.00% General election Results November 6, 1990 Texas Attorney General electionTexas Almanac, 1992-1993 Page: 426 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth279642/m1/430/ The Portal to Texas History Democratic Party (US) Dan Morales 1,963,714 51.90% Republican Party (US) J.E. "Buster" Brown 1,708,110 45.15% Libertarian Party of Texas Ray E. Dittmar 110,511 2.92% Other 971 0.03% 3,783,306 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) References Texas Attorney General Category:Texas Attorney General elections Category:November 1990 in the United States