1970 Texas gubernatorial election
id:
1970-texas-gubernatorial-election-170-4265527
title:
1970 Texas gubernatorial election
text:
The 1970 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Preston Smith was reelected to a second term, winning 53% of the vote to Republican Paul Eggers' 47% in a rematch of the gubernatorial race of two years earlier. As of 2022, this is the last time Lubbock County voted for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Texas_gubernatorial_election
date created:
2015-08-05T22:35:17Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T21:22:58Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q21188876","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21188876"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/1970_Texas_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg","width":810,"height":769}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15