1952 United States Senate election in Texas

The 1952 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Connally did not run for re-election to a fifth term.

1952 United States Senate Democratic primary in Texas

July 26, 1952
 
Nominee Price Daniel Lindley Beckworth E.W. Napier
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 940,770 285,842 70,132
Percentage 72.55% 22.04% 5.41%

U.S. senator before election

Tom Connally
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Price Daniel
Democratic

Attorney General Price Daniel won the open race to succeed him, defeating U.S. Representative Lindley Beckworth in the Democratic primary on July 26. Daniel was unopposed in the general election, as the Texas Republican Party chose to endorse the Democratic ticket for all state offices to maximize votes for their presidential nominee Dwight Eisenhower.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1952 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel 940,770 72.55%
Democratic Lindley Beckworth 285,842 22.04%
Democratic E. W. Napier 70,132 5.41%
Total votes 1,296,744 100.00%

General election

Results

1952 United States Senate election in Texas[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Price Daniel 1,425,007 75.19% 13.32
Republican Price Daniel 469,594 24.78% 13.29
Independent Price Daniel 591 0.03% N/A
Total Price Daniel 1,895,192 100.00% N/A
Total votes 1,895,192 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

References


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