1948 United States Senate election in Texas

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The 1948 United States Senate election in Texas was a fiercely contested and controversial Democratic primary race, most famous for Lyndon B. Johnson’s razor-thin and disputed victory that became a pivotal moment in his rise to national power.

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instanceOf United States Senate election ⓘ
election ⓘ
appealBodyInDispute United States Supreme Court ⓘ
campaignCharacteristic heavy use of radio and personal appearances by Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
intense statewide campaigning ⓘ
chamber United States Senate ⓘ
controversy allegations of voter fraud ⓘ
ballot stuffing allegations ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionLevel federal ⓘ
electionType primary election ⓘ
electionYear 1948 ⓘ
followedBy 1954 United States Senate election in Texas ⓘ
historicalReputation noted example of disputed vote counting in U.S. politics ⓘ
one of the most controversial elections in Texas history ⓘ
impactOnWinner secured Lyndon B. Johnson a seat in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection W. Lee O’Daniel ⓘ
legalChallenge challenge by Coke R. Stevenson to the election results ⓘ
locatedIn Texas ⓘ
loser Coke R. Stevenson ⓘ
mainCandidate Coke R. Stevenson ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
nickname Box 13 election ⓘ
notableEvent appearance of late-counted ballots from Jim Wells County Box 13 ⓘ
officeContested United States Senator from Texas ⓘ
oversightBodyInDispute Democratic State Executive Committee of Texas ⓘ
partyOfRunnerUp Democratic Party ⓘ
partyOfWinner Democratic Party ⓘ
partyPrimary Democratic Party ⓘ
politicalContext one-party Democratic dominance in Texas at the time ⓘ
politicalSignificance pivotal moment in Lyndon B. Johnson’s rise to national power ⓘ
precededBy 1942 United States Senate election in Texas ⓘ
primaryType Democratic primary ⓘ
resultType disputed result ⓘ
razor-thin margin ⓘ
runnerUpFullName Coke Robert Stevenson ⓘ
seatStatusBeforeElection held by Democrat ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
subsequentOfficeHeldByWinner Majority Leader of the United States Senate ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
votingIrregularitiesLocation Duval County, Texas ⓘ
Jim Wells County, Texas ⓘ
winner Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
winnerFullName Lyndon Baines Johnson ⓘ
linked to: Lyndon B. Johnson

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Means of Ascent → mainFocus → 1948 United States Senate election in Texas ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson's 1948 U.S. Senate campaign → subsequentElectionResult → Lyndon B. Johnson won the 1948 general election for U.S. Senate ⓘ
linked to: 1948 United States Senate election in Texas