1906 Texas gubernatorial election

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.

1906 Texas gubernatorial election

November 8, 1906
 
Candidate Thomas Mitchell Campbell C. A. Gray
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 149,105 23,771
Percentage 77.6% 12.4%

Governor before election

S. W. T. Lanham
Democratic

Governor-elect

Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Democratic

This was the first election in which a party held a primary to determine its nominee. 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.

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