1942 Texas gubernatorial election

The 1942 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942.

1942 Texas gubernatorial election

← 1940 November 3, 1942 1944 →
 
Nominee Coke R. Stevenson Caswell K. McDowell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 280,735 9,204
Percentage 96.83% 3.17%

County results
Stevenson:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Governor before election

Coke R. Stevenson
Democratic

Elected Governor

Coke R. Stevenson
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor Coke R. Stevenson defeated Republican nominee Caswell K. McDowell with 96.83% of the vote.

Nominations

edit

Democratic primary

edit

The Democratic primary election was held on July 25, 1942. By winning over 50% of the vote, Stevenson avoided a run-off which would have been held on August 22, 1942.

Candidates

edit

Results

edit
Democratic primary results[6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Coke R. Stevenson (incumbent) 651,218 68.46
Democratic Hal H. Collins 272,469 28.64
Democratic Hope Wheeler 9,373 0.99
Democratic Alex M. Ferguson 8,370 0.88
Democratic Gene S. Porter 4,933 0.52
Democratic Charles L. Somerville 4,853 0.51
Total votes 951,216 100.00

Republican nomination

edit

The Republican state convention was held at San Angelo on August 10 and 11, 1942.[9][10] Caswell Kelliston "C.K." McDowell, a former county judge of Val Verde County[11] and longtime Republican activist in the state[12] was nominated for Governor.[13]

General election

edit

Candidates

edit

Results

edit
1942 Texas gubernatorial election[14][15][8][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Coke R. Stevenson (incumbent) 280,735 96.83%
Republican Caswell K. McDowell 9,204 3.17%
Majority 271,531 93.66%
Turnout 289,939 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

References

edit
  1. ^ "O'Daniel Is Leading Allred by 9,000 in Texas Senate Race". Evening star. Washington, D.C. July 26, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2 Men to Seek Senator Smith's Post If He Is Elected Lieutenant-Governor". The Nolan County News. Sweetwater, Tex. June 4, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Porter Opens 2d Week of Westex Drive for Votes". The Nolan County News. Sweetwater, Tex. July 2, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "Ex-Sweetwater Boy Candidate For Governor". The Nolan County News. Sweetwater, Tex. July 23, 1942. p. 12. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Primary". The Sunday Record. Mineola, Tex. June 14, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "TX Governor, 1942 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  7. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 145.
  8. ^ a b Texas Almanac & 1954-1955, p. 348.
  9. ^ "State GOP Names Fletcher for Attorney General". The Grand Saline Sun. Grand Saline, Tex. August 13, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "Republicans Name Nominees". The Daily News-Telegram. Sulphur Springs, Tex. August 12, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  11. ^ a b McDowell, Robert M. (May 19, 2011). "Remarks of Commissioner McDowell at the Telecommunications Industry Association". Dallas, Texas: Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 18, 2023. One of them, C.K. McDowell, my great grandfather, went from working as a ranch hand and cowboy living in a frontier dugout, to reading the law and becoming an attorney. After the turn of the century, somehow he was elected chief judge of Val Verde County.
  12. ^ Olien, Roger M. (1981). From Token to Triumph: The Texas Republicans Since 1920. Dallas, Texas: Southern Methodist University Press. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  13. ^ "Panhandle Republicans To Welcome Gubernatorial Candidate". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas. October 2, 1942. p. 12. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  14. ^ "TX Governor, 1942". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  15. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 82.
  16. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Forty-Eighth Legislature (PDF). Austin, Texas: The Capital Printing Company. 1943. p. 38.
  17. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1932-1952: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7864-7034-1.

Bibliography

edit