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1978 TEXAS STATEWIDE ELECTIONS: PRIMARY NIGHT
DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY BETWEEN HILL, BRISCOE HEADING TO RUNOFF ELECTION; CLEMENTS WINS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OVERWHELMINGLY
Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe (D) addressing supporters in Uvalde during Primary Night.
Texas State Attorney General John L. Hill (D) addressing supporters in Houston.
*Tuesday, May 6, 1978: In the hotly-contested battle for the Texas Governor's Mansion, the most intriguing race to watch was in the crowded Democratic Gubernatorial Primary where incumbent Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe (D) and his rival, Texas State Attorney General John Hill (D) advanced to a runoff election set for June 3rd. The returns coming in statewide showed Hill leading 792,627 votes (45.91%) to Briscoe's 503,773 votes (28.59%) while former Texas Governor Preston Smith only garnered 92,202 votes (5.19%) which resulted in a runoff between Hill and Briscoe.
CLEMENTS TROUNCES THE COMPETITION IN THE REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY; AWAITS WINNER OF BRISCOE-HILL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RUNOFF
Party time at Clements Campaign Headquarters in Dallas on Primary Night.
Meanwhile it was all quiet on the Republican Party side, because former US Defense Secretary William P. Clements, Jr., easily dispatched the competition in the Republican Party Gubernatorial Primary election defeating former State Rep. Ray Hutchison (R-Dallas) and Clarence Thompson (R): Clements garnered 115,345 votes (72.82%) to Hutchison's 38,268 votes (24.16%) and Thompson's 4.790 votes (3.02%).
Clements also gained the endorsement of US Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX), who withdrew from the gubernatorial race due to poor fundraising and poor polling numbers. Collins is considered as a potential contender for the United States Senate in 1982 as Republicans will be aggressively recruiting anyone to challenge United States Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) in four years from now.
DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY BETWEEN HILL, BRISCOE HEADING TO RUNOFF ELECTION; CLEMENTS WINS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OVERWHELMINGLY
Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe (D) addressing supporters in Uvalde during Primary Night.
Texas State Attorney General John L. Hill (D) addressing supporters in Houston.
*Tuesday, May 6, 1978: In the hotly-contested battle for the Texas Governor's Mansion, the most intriguing race to watch was in the crowded Democratic Gubernatorial Primary where incumbent Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe (D) and his rival, Texas State Attorney General John Hill (D) advanced to a runoff election set for June 3rd. The returns coming in statewide showed Hill leading 792,627 votes (45.91%) to Briscoe's 503,773 votes (28.59%) while former Texas Governor Preston Smith only garnered 92,202 votes (5.19%) which resulted in a runoff between Hill and Briscoe.
CLEMENTS TROUNCES THE COMPETITION IN THE REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY; AWAITS WINNER OF BRISCOE-HILL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RUNOFF
Party time at Clements Campaign Headquarters in Dallas on Primary Night.
Meanwhile it was all quiet on the Republican Party side, because former US Defense Secretary William P. Clements, Jr., easily dispatched the competition in the Republican Party Gubernatorial Primary election defeating former State Rep. Ray Hutchison (R-Dallas) and Clarence Thompson (R): Clements garnered 115,345 votes (72.82%) to Hutchison's 38,268 votes (24.16%) and Thompson's 4.790 votes (3.02%).
Clements also gained the endorsement of US Rep. James M. Collins (R-TX), who withdrew from the gubernatorial race due to poor fundraising and poor polling numbers. Collins is considered as a potential contender for the United States Senate in 1982 as Republicans will be aggressively recruiting anyone to challenge United States Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) in four years from now.