1946 Texas gubernatorial election

1946 Texas gubernatorial primary election

← 1944 November 5, 1946 1948 →
 
Nominee Beauford H. Jester Homer P. Rainey
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 701,018 355,654
Percentage 66.34% 33.66%

Governor before election

Coke R. Stevenson
Democratic

Elected Governor

Beauford H. Jester
Democratic

The 1946 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Coke R. Stevenson did not seek re-election.

Democratic Governor nominee Beauford H. Jester defeated Republican nominee Eugene Nolte, Jr. with 91.23% of the vote.

To date, this was the last election in which a candidate for Governor of Texas won more than 90% of the vote.


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