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The 1906 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Thomas Mitchell Campbell was elected to a two-year term in office.
This was the first election in which a party held a primary to determine its nominee. [1] Thomas Mitchell Campbell won the Democratic nomination over a four-man field including M. M. Brooks, Oscar Branch Colquitt and Charles K. Bell; his victory was tantamount to election with the Republican Party already weak in Texas and deeply divided at the time.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 90,345 | 30.72% | |
Democratic | M. M. Brooks | 70,064 | 23.82% | |
Democratic | Oscar Branch Colquitt | 68,529 | 23.30% | |
Democratic | Charles K. Bell | 65,168 | 22.16% | |
Total votes | 294,106 | 100.00% |
Acheson was the candidate of the "black and tan" faction of the Republicans, while Gray was nominated by the "lily-white movement" which sought to exclude non-white men from the party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 149,105 | 77.59% | 4.02 | |
Republican | C. A. Gray | 23,771 | 12.37% | 7.92 | |
Independent Republican | Alex W. Atcheson | 5,395 | 2.81% | N/A | |
Socialist | George Clifton Edwards | 2,958 | 1.54% | 0.52 | |
Prohibition | J. W. Pearson | 2,215 | 1.15% | 0.46 | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur S. Dowler | 260 | 0.14% | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 183,704 | 100.00% |
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