1946 Texas gubernatorial election

1946 Texas gubernatorial election

← 1944 November 5, 1946 1948 →
 
Nominee Beauford H. Jester Eugene Nolte, Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 345,513 33,231
Percentage 91.23% 8.77%

County results[1]
Jester:      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No returns

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.

  1. ^ Heard, Alexander; Strong, Donald (1950). Southern Primaries and Elections 1920-1949. University of Alabama Press. pp. 162–165. ISBN 9780836955248.