The 1960 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1960, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Price Daniel was easily reelected to a third term, winning 73% of the vote to Republican William Steger's 27%.

Primaries

Democratic

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel (Inc.) 908,992 59.46%
Democratic Jack Cox 619,834 40.54%
Total votes 1,528,834 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel (incumbent) 1,627,698 72.75%
Republican William Steger 609,808 27.25%
Total votes 2,237,506 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Texas_gubernatorial_election