The 1993 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on June 6, 1993, to replace Democratic U.S. Senator
Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ti ...
, who had resigned to become
Secretary of the Treasury
The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...
. Governor
Ann Richards appointed Democrat
Bob Krueger, a
Texas Railroad Commissioner, to fill the seat. Krueger ran in the special election, but was defeated in a landslide by Republican
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republi ...
.
Hutchison was the first Republican to win this seat since Reconstruction. In 2010, Krueger's campaign was named by the ''
Houston Chronicle
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'' as the worst in Texas' modern political history.
Background
The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on May 1, 1993.
[ Since no candidate received a majority in the primary, a runoff was held on June 6, 1993.][
]
Candidates
Democratic
* Bob Krueger, Incumbent U.S. Senator and former U.S. Congressman
* Richard W. Fisher
Richard W. Fisher (born 1949) is the former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, having served in that post from April 2005 to 2015. He is a Senior Advisor to Barclays Plc, a British bank holding company, a Director of Peps ...
, businessman
* José Angel Gutierrez[
* Gene Kelly][
* C. "Sonny" Payne][
]
Republican
* Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republi ...
, Texas State Treasurer
Texas State Treasurer was an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Texas, responsible for overseeing the financial operations of state government. The position was established in the Constitution of ...
and former State Representative
* Joe Barton
Joseph Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is an American politician who represented in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2019. The district included Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south ...
, U.S. Congressman
* Jack Fields
Jack Milton Fields Jr. (born February 3, 1952) is a Texas businessman and a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from a Houston-based district.
Early life
Fields was born in Humble, a northern suburb of Hous ...
, U.S. Congressman
* Charles Ben Howell[
* Chuck Sibley][
* Thomas D. Spink][
* ]Herbert John Spiro
Herbert John Spiro (September 7, 1924 – April 6, 2010) was an American political scientist and diplomat. Born in Hamburg, Germany, where he attended the Wilhelm-Gymnasium, he and his family emigrated to the United States in 1938, fleeing Nazi ...
[
* James Vallaster][
* ]Clymer Wright
Clymer Lewis Wright Jr. (July 24, 1932 – January 24, 2011) was a Texas conservative political activist and journalist. He brought term limits to Houston municipal government and encouraged Ronald Reagan to run for president.
Personal life
A v ...
[
]
Libertarian
* Rick Draheim[
]
People's
* Billy Brown[
]
Socialist Workers
* Rose "Jackie" Floyd[
]
Independents
* Louis C. Davis[
* Lou Bolling Hancock][
* Roger Henson][
* Don Richardson][
* Maco Stewart][
* Lou Zaeske][
]
Primary election
Results
General election
Results
See also
* 1992 United States Senate elections
The 1992 United States Senate elections, held November 3, 1992, were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with Bill Clinton's victory in the presidential election. Both parties swapped a pair of seats, resulting in no net change ...
References
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