The 1962 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962, to elect the

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. Incumbent Democratic Governor

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was running for reelection to a fourth term, but was defeated in the primary by

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. Although Connally was easily elected,

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's 46% of the vote was the highest received by any Republican candidate for governor since George C. Butte in

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Primaries

Republican

Democratic

Results

Campaigns

Democratic

Democratic incumbent Marion Price Daniel, Sr. was running for a fourth consecutive two-year term, but was in political trouble following the enactment of a two-cent state

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in 1961, which had soured many voters on his administration. Daniel had let the tax become law without his signature, but chose not to veto the measure.

announced two weeks before

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of 1961 that he was leaving the position of Secretary of the Navy to seek the Democratic nomination. Former

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Will Wilson also entered the campaign, accusing

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of engineering Connally's candidacy. Other primary candidates were highway commissioner

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of Plainview, another party conservative, and General Edwin A. Walker, who made

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the centerpiece of his campaign.

References

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