U.S. Senate special election in Texas
1993 United States Senate special election in Texas![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/50px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png)
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| | | | Candidate | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Bob Krueger | Joe Barton | Party | Republican | Democratic | Republican | First round | 593,338 29.00% | 593,239 29.00% | 284,135 13.89% | Runoff | 1,188,716 67.34% | 576,538 32.66% | Eliminated | | | | | Candidate | Jack Fields | Richard W. Fisher | Party | Republican | Democratic | First round | 277,560 13.57% | 165,564 8.09% | Runoff | Eliminated | Eliminated | |
First round county results Runoff county resultsHutchison: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Krueger: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Barton: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% Fields: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% Gutierrez: 50–60% Tie: 20–30% 30–40% |
U.S. senator before election Bob Krueger Democratic | Elected U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican | |
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The 1993 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on June 6, 1993, to replace Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, who had resigned to become Secretary of the Treasury. Governor Ann Richards appointed Democrat Bob Krueger, a Texas Railroad Commissioner, to fill the seat. Krueger ran in the special election, but was defeated in a landslide by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.[1][2] The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on May 1, 1993.[3] Since no candidate received a majority in the primary, a runoff was held on June 6, 1993.[1]
Hutchison was the first Republican to win this seat since Reconstruction in 1875. It was the first time since then that Republicans held both of the state's Senate seats simultaneously. In 2010, Krueger's campaign was named by the Houston Chronicle as the worst in Texas' modern political history.[4] Hutchinson became the first woman to serve as a senator from Texas.
Candidates
Democratic
Republican
Libertarian
People's
Socialist Workers
Independents
- Louis C. Davis[3]
- Lou Bolling Hancock[3]
- Roger Henson[3]
- Don Richardson[3]
- Maco Stewart[3]
- Lou Zaeske[3]
Primary election
Results
Nonpartisan blanket primary results[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Kay Bailey Hutchison | 593,338 | 29.00% |
| Democratic | Bob Krueger (incumbent) | 593,239 | 29.00% |
| Republican | Joe Barton | 284,135 | 13.89% |
| Republican | Jack Fields | 277,560 | 13.57% |
| Democratic | Richard W. Fisher | 165,564 | 8.09% |
| Democratic | José Angel Gutierrez | 52,103 | 2.55% |
| Republican | Stephen Hopkins | 14,753 | 0.72% |
| Democratic | Gene Kelly | 11,331 | 0.55% |
| Democratic | C. "Sonny" Payne | 6,782 | 0.33% |
| Independent | Don Richardson | 6,209 | 0.30% |
| Libertarian | Rick Draheim | 5,677 | 0.28% |
| Republican | Clymer Wright | 5,111 | 0.25% |
| Republican | Herbert John Spiro | 4,459 | 0.22% |
| Republican | Charles Ben Howell | 3,866 | 0.19% |
| Independent | Roger Henson | 3,092 | 0.15% |
| Republican | Chuck Sibley | 2,406 | 0.12% |
| Socialist Workers | Rose "Jackie" Floyd | 2,301 | 0.11% |
| Republican | Thomas D. Spink | 2,281 | 0.11% |
| Independent | Lou Bolling Hancock | 2,242 | 0.11% |
| Independent | Lou Zaeske | 2,191 | 0.11% |
| Populist | Billy Brown | 2,187 | 0.11% |
| Republican | James Vallaster | 2,124 | 0.10% |
| Independent | Louis C. Davis | 1,548 | 0.08% |
| Independent | Maco Stewart | 1,260 | 0.06% |
Total votes | 2,045,759 | 100.0% |
General election
Results
United States Senate special election in Texas, 1993[5] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Kay Bailey Hutchison | 1,188,716 | 67.34% |
| Democratic | Bob Krueger (incumbent) | 576,538 | 32.66% |
Total votes | 1,765,254 | 100.0% |
| Republican gain from Democratic |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - Special Race - May 01, 1993".
- ^ Dunham, Richard (March 3, 2010). "Our list: The ten worst campaigns in modern Texas political history". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - Special Runoff Race - Jun 05, 1993".
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