1970 United States Senate election in Texas

1970 United States Senate election in Texas
November 3, 1970
 
Nominee Lloyd Bentsen George H. W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,194,069 1,035,794
Percentage 53.55% 46.45%
Bentsen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Bush:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Ralph Yarborough
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lloyd Bentsen
Democratic

The 1970 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough was defeated by former U.S. Representative Lloyd Bentsen in the Democratic primary. Bentsen then defeated Republican U.S. Representative and future president George H. W. Bush in the general election. When Bush ran for president eighteen years later, his Democratic opponent, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, selected Bentsen as his vice presidential running mate.

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