1906 Texas gubernatorial election

1906 Texas gubernatorial election

← 1904 November 8, 1906 1908 →
 
Candidate Thomas Mitchell Campbell C. A. Gray
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 149,105 23,771
Percentage 77.6% 12.4%

County results
Campbell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90-100%
Gray:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      90–100%
No Data/Vote:      

Governor before election

S. W. T. Lanham
Democratic

Governor-elect

Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Democratic

The 1906 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Thomas Mitchell Campbell was elected to a two-year term in office.

This was the first election in which a party held a primary to determine its nominee.[1] Thomas Mitchell Campbell won the Democratic nomination over a four-man field including M. M. Brooks, Oscar Branch Colquitt and Charles K. Bell; his victory was tantamount to election with the Republican Party already weak in Texas and deeply divided at the time.

  1. ^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2023.