1966 Texas Attorney General election

1966 Texas Attorney General election

November 8, 1966

Nominee Crawford Martin Robb Stewart Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 980,148 415,803 Percentage 69.6% 29.5%

Attorney General before election Waggoner Carr Democratic Elected Attorney General Crawford Martin Democratic

The 1966 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 8, 1966, to elect the Texas Attorney General. Democratic nominee Crawford Martin defeated Republican nominee Robb Stewart.

Democratic primary

The incumbent Attorney General Waggoner Carr chose to run for the United States Senate instead of seeking reelection.

Candidates

Nominee

• Crawford Martin, Texas Secretary of State, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1962, former state senator, former mayor of Hillsboro

Eliminated in primary

• Franklin Spears
• Galloway Calhoun, state senator

Results

Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Crawford Martin	540,280	45.7%
	Democratic	Franklin Spears	445,254	37.7%
	Democratic	Galloway Calhoun	195,424	16.5%
Total votes			1,180,958	100.0%

Democratic primary runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Crawford Martin	363,709	55.9%
	Democratic	Franklin Spears	286,482	44.1%
Total votes			650,191	100.0%

General election

Results

November 8, 1966 Texas Attorney General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Crawford Martin	980,148	69.6%
	Republican	Robb Stewart	415,803	29.5%
	Constitution	John Williams	11,793	0.8%
Total votes			1,407,744	100.00%
	Democratic hold