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Margin Is Narrow in Texas Governor Runoff Hints
In final May 4 results Yarborough leads Smith by 40 335 votes with 472 823 to 382 335. The runoff June 1 pits Houston lawyer Yarborough against Lt. Gov. Smith as both parties seek liberal and conservative backing and waves of Briscoe and Locke supporters. Polls show liquor by the drink favored by both parties. Wallace's American party also campaigned. Final figures list Eggers winning GOP governor and multiple state offices amid heavy county splits.
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Don Yarborough
Preston Smith
Texas Election Bureau
Smith
Yarborough
Houston
Paul Eggers
Eggers
GOP
Robert L. Johnson
Election Bureau
Houston Lawyer
Dallas
Lubbock
Eugene Locke
Dallas County
Lubbock County
Locke
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
John Connally
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Texas
George Wallace
American Party
Wallace
Carr
Johnnie Mae Hackworthe
Brenham
John Hill
Pat O’daniel
al Veloz
Edward Whittenburg
House
Ben Barnes
Don Gladden
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Insurance
Gene Smith
Dallas Blanken
Wallace Sisk
John Trice
U.S. House
John Dowdy
Athens
Dempsie Henley
Liberty
Joe Pool
David Ivy
John Young
Hubert Letts
Corpus Christi
O. C. Fisher
San Angelo
Gordon Johnson
Odessa
Robert Casey
Clyde Doyal
Dist
Henry Pressler
D. C. Calloway
Beaumont