1998 Texas Attorney General election

none February 2026 February 2026 1998 Texas Attorney General election Texas Presidential no 1994 Texas Attorney General election 1994 2002 Texas Attorney General election 2002 November 3, 1998 File:John Cornyn 113th Congress.jpg 150x150px John Cornyn Republican Party of Texas 2,002,794 54.26% File:Jim Mattox.jpg Jim Mattox Texas Democratic Party 1,631,045 44.18% 1998 Texas attorney general election results map by county.svg 310px County resultsCornyn: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Mattox: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% Attorney General Dan Morales Texas Democratic Party John Cornyn Republican Party of Texas The 1998 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 3, 1998, to elect the Texas Attorney General. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dan Morales chose not to seek re-election to a third term. Former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court John Cornyn beat Democratic nominee and former Attorney General Jim Mattox, 54% to 44%. Cornyn became the first Republican elected Attorney General since Reconstruction. Republican primary Candidates Nominee John Cornyn, former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. (1991–1997) Eliminated in runoff Barry Williamson, Railroad Commissioner of Texas. Eliminated in primary Tom Pauken, former chairman of the Texas Republican Party. (1994–1997) thumb|First round results map by county: #FF9955 Williamson #FFCCAA 30–40% #FFB380 40–50% #FF9955 50–60% #FF7F2A 60–70% #ff812e 70–80% #800000 >90% #E27F90 Cornyn #FFCCD0 30–40% #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #800000 >90% #47cc9d Pauken #b4ffe5 30–40% #7ee5c1 40–50% #47cc9d 50–60% #29b886 60–70% #199268 70–80% #004733 >90% Results Republican primary1998 Republican Primary https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist63_state.htm Texas Secretary of State Republican Party (United States) Barry Williamson 208,345 38.10% Republican Party (US) John Cornyn 176,269 32.24% Republican Party (US) Tom Pauken 162,180 29.66% 546,794 100.00% thumb|Runoff results map by county: #E27F90 Cornyn #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 >90% #FF9955 Williamson #FF9955 50–60% #FF7F2A 60–70% #ff812e 70–80% #ff6805 80–90% #800000 >90% Runoff Republican primary runoff1998 Republican Runoff Primary https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist70_state.htm Texas Secretary of State Republican Party (United States) John Cornyn 135,130 57.91% Republican Party (US) Barry Williamson 98,218 42.09% 233,348 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Jim Mattox, former Texas Attorney General. (1983–1991)Tejano Democrats endorse two for attorney general https://books.google.com/books?id=XvxHAAAAIBAJ&dq=overstreet+attorney+general&pg=PA2&article_id=1390,5518803 February 1, 1998 The Victoria Advocate Eliminated in primary Morris Overstreet, judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.Mauro will try to unseat Bush in November https://books.google.com/books?id=h1FIAAAAIBAJ&dq=mattox+primary&pg=PA1&article_id=3753,2047725 March 11, 1998 The Victoria Advocate Gene Kelley, perennial candidate. thumb|Runoff results map by county: #8da9e2 Mattox #A5B0FF 40–50%#7996E2 50–60%#6674DE 60–70%#584CDE 70–80%#3933E5 80–90% #FFFF99 Overstreet #FFDD55 40–50% #F1C92A 50–60% Results Democratic primaryTexas Almanac, 2000-2001 Page: 428 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth162509/m1/428/?q=overstreet%20mattox Portal to Texas History Democratic Party (United States) Jim Mattox 444,746 67.99% Democratic Party (US) Morris Overstreet 122,311 18.70% Democratic Party (US) Gene Kelley 87,097 13.31% 654,154 100.00% General election Results 1998 Texas Attorney General election1998 General Election https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist72_state.htm Texas Secretary of State Republican Party (United States) John Cornyn 2,002,794 54.26% Democratic Party (United States) Jim Mattox 1,631,045 44.18% Libertarian Party of Texas Mike Angwin 57,604 1.56% 3,691,443 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Category:Texas Attorney General elections Category:1998 Texas elections Texas Attorney General election Category:John Cornyn Category:November 1998 in the United States