Texas 1986 Governor Election

Name: Texas 1986 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Mark White vs. William P. Clements

William P. Clements won the Texas 1986 governor election with 1,813,779 votes (52.7%), a margin of R+6.7.

Statewide Results

46.0%

52.7%

1,584,515

Mark White (46.0%)

1,813,779

William P. Clements (52.7%)

Total Votes: 3,441,460|Margin: R+6.7

County Results

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County Results (254 counties)

County	Margin	1984 Pres	1988 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
DUVAL	D+57.4	D+51.4	D+64.2	4,063	R+15.4%
BROOKS	D+56.4	D+50.0	D+64.5	4,111	R+13.2%
STARR	D+56.0	D+50.5	D+69.9	4,820	R+13.7%
ZAVALA	D+55.6	D+52.0	D+68.2	2,951	R+5.7%
JIM HOGG	D+51.6	D+47.3	D+52.3	1,982	R+19.9%
WEBB	D+48.4	D+17.8	D+36.5	15,792	D+7.4%
MAVERICK	D+43.9	D+26.3	D+46.7	4,432	R+16.9%
KENEDY	D+42.9	D+6.8	D+21.9	198	R+13.8%
DIMMIT	D+42.9	D+31.0	D+50.3	2,978	R+5.9%
LA SALLE	D+41.7	D+19.8	D+40.7	2,232	D+2.9%
DICKENS	D+27.4	D+7.6	D+22.9	956	R+25.7%
ZAPATA	D+25.5	D+13.0	D+38.7	2,139	R+9.1%
MORRIS	D+23.4	D+2.6	D+25.2	3,643	R+14.9%
NEWTON	D+23.1	D+21.6	D+37.3	3,351	R+47.5%
SWISHER	D+23.1	D+1.0	D+19.6	2,384	R+21.9%
CROSBY	D+23.1	R+6.3	D+12.3	1,681	R+9.8%
JIM WELLS	D+21.8	D+13.8	D+32.3	8,582	R+19.2%
JEFFERSON	D+21.1	D+9.7	D+21.7	58,518	R+14.8%
HIDALGO	D+19.9	D+11.4	D+29.9	49,603	R+7.5%
ORANGE	D+19.9	D+4.4	D+19.6	17,229	R+26.3%
GALVESTON	D+19.2	R+5.4	D+5.0	47,018	R+12.0%
COTTLE	D+18.4	D+10.1	D+28.7	821	R+34.5%
KLEBERG	D+16.5	R+7.4	D+9.3	5,911	R+13.0%
EL PASO	D+16.2	R+12.0	D+5.9	65,583	D+8.1%
FRIO	D+15.6	D+14.0	D+33.3	3,713	R+12.1%
FOARD	D+15.2	R+2.6	D+25.2	626	R+33.3%
DELTA	D+14.3	R+2.5	D+18.8	1,331	R+44.2%
TRAVIS	D+14.0	R+14.0	D+9.3	153,304	R+3.5%
CULBERSON	D+13.1	R+11.1	D+14.3	845	R+11.4%
FISHER	D+12.6	D+17.8	D+35.5	1,555	R+42.6%
CAMP	D+12.0	R+7.7	D+5.3	2,686	R+15.8%
ROBERTSON	D+11.6	D+11.2	D+24.8	4,220	R+39.9%
NUECES	D+11.0	R+7.5	D+3.0	62,175	R+9.4%
MARION	D+10.8	R+5.0	D+9.6	2,461	R+14.0%
RED RIVER	D+10.2	R+8.4	D+12.2	3,356	R+33.7%
TITUS	D+10.0	R+16.5	D+1.3	6,017	R+18.9%
WILLACY	D+9.5	D+12.9	D+28.6	3,395	R+21.5%
REEVES	D+9.3	R+1.3	D+23.9	4,480	R+26.0%
CAMERON	D+7.8	R+5.6	D+12.1	36,246	R+10.7%
CASS	D+7.6	R+13.8	D+5.6	7,347	R+26.0%
SHELBY	D+7.4	R+14.7	D+3.2	5,595	R+17.0%
VAL VERDE	D+6.2	R+21.0	R+0.6	5,748	R+12.8%
HARRIS	D+5.8	R+23.1	R+14.9	510,142	D+3.9%
TERRELL	D+5.6	R+16.9	D+13.6	515	R+4.1%
BASTROP	D+4.3	R+15.1	D+14.3	9,332	R+27.0%
PRESIDIO	D+3.0	D+8.1	D+33.3	927	R+32.7%
BEE	D+2.8	R+19.0	R+0.0	6,641	R+13.1%
HARRISON	D+2.7	R+23.6	R+14.0	12,531	R+8.8%
HAYS	D+2.0	R+30.3	R+2.3	14,054	R+15.5%
NAVARRO	D+1.9	R+15.9	D+2.3	9,255	R+29.2%
CHAMBERS	D+1.5	R+24.2	R+9.7	4,838	R+32.5%
MILAM	D+1.4	R+8.0	D+16.1	6,004	R+40.0%
CALDWELL	D+1.3	R+11.8	D+13.3	6,605	R+29.0%
BOWIE	D+1.2	R+28.7	R+11.2	15,284	R+13.3%
HARDIN	D+0.9	R+10.5	D+8.9	8,738	R+41.4%
SAN AUGUSTINE	D+0.8	R+10.0	D+4.2	2,149	R+32.9%
BEXAR	D+0.8	R+19.5	R+5.2	199,778	R+1.0%
GRIMES	D+0.7	R+17.3	R+1.5	4,689	R+27.7%
BURLESON	D+0.2	R+8.8	D+15.8	3,550	R+44.8%
FRANKLIN	R+0.4	R+24.8	D+0.5	1,966	R+34.2%
HARDEMAN	R+1.3	R+14.3	D+14.4	1,404	R+36.4%
CALHOUN	R+1.3	R+26.3	D+2.0	5,645	R+26.0%
HALL	R+1.6	R+3.6	D+18.1	1,402	R+35.5%
WALLER	R+1.9	R+3.6	D+4.6	5,412	R+17.3%
FALLS	R+1.9	R+5.0	D+10.2	4,037	R+39.3%
FANNIN	R+2.0	R+3.2	D+12.4	5,986	R+52.7%
LIBERTY	R+2.3	R+25.0	R+1.1	11,813	R+35.5%
HOPKINS	R+2.5	R+21.8	R+1.5	6,703	R+36.9%
CASTRO	R+2.8	R+33.3	R+5.5	2,185	R+23.4%
PANOLA	R+3.1	R+28.1	R+5.9	5,916	R+19.8%
TYLER	R+3.6	R+7.6	D+15.5	4,405	R+44.0%
WICHITA	R+3.6	R+28.7	R+12.9	26,095	R+17.5%
SAN PATRICIO	R+3.6	R+11.2	D+3.9	12,161	R+23.6%
LAMAR	R+3.7	R+25.4	R+3.0	9,915	R+43.8%
CLAY	R+4.1	R+16.4	D+5.6	2,992	R+36.3%
HUDSPETH	R+4.1	R+21.1	D+0.1	608	R+15.3%
LIMESTONE	R+4.3	R+11.4	D+3.2	4,903	R+37.5%
WALKER	R+4.7	R+34.7	R+18.4	9,013	R+29.0%
MATAGORDA	R+4.7	R+23.7	R+8.8	8,745	R+20.9%
BREWSTER	R+5.1	R+17.0	R+4.2	2,419	R+16.2%
KNOX	R+5.2	R+5.4	D+13.9	1,320	R+43.5%
HOUSTON	R+5.2	R+16.2	R+0.5	5,408	R+46.3%
TRINITY	R+5.3	R+10.2	D+4.1	3,572	R+54.2%
JASPER	R+5.5	R+1.5	D+14.0	6,615	R+46.3%
COCHRAN	R+5.7	R+33.2	R+6.2	1,341	R+15.7%
BRISCOE	R+6.0	R+6.6	D+10.5	765	R+42.2%
LYNN	R+6.1	R+23.1	R+8.2	2,285	R+18.2%
RAINS	R+6.6	R+20.6	D+6.1	1,919	R+48.1%
BRAZORIA	R+7.4	R+35.4	R+17.9	39,002	R+20.9%
FORT BEND	R+7.5	R+37.6	R+25.8	39,435	D+3.2%
SABINE	R+7.8	R+2.6	D+3.2	2,763	R+43.0%
REFUGIO	R+7.9	R+21.6	R+1.4	3,099	R+27.9%
BRAZOS	R+8.3	R+47.4	R+32.4	25,064	R+9.8%
ANGELINA	R+8.5	R+23.6	R+7.9	14,316	R+36.7%
CONCHO	R+8.5	R+17.1	D+2.1	1,009	R+41.5%
UPSHUR	R+8.7	R+22.6	R+6.6	7,510	R+33.8%
WHARTON	R+9.0	R+25.2	R+8.0	9,199	R+30.2%
FREESTONE	R+9.5	R+18.5	R+4.0	4,694	R+34.7%
KAUFMAN	R+9.5	R+25.4	R+7.0	10,649	R+38.4%
HUNT	R+9.6	R+34.4	R+16.5	13,397	R+30.4%
SAN JACINTO	R+9.8	R+12.5	D+4.9	3,555	R+57.9%
POLK	R+10.0	R+21.1	D+0.9	7,813	R+49.9%
TARRANT	R+10.2	R+34.7	R+23.1	235,473	R+12.5%
WILLIAMSON	R+10.8	R+44.3	R+16.4	28,416	R+19.5%
SAN SABA	R+11.1	R+18.7	D+2.9	1,711	R+47.9%
MADISON	R+11.2	R+21.8	R+1.6	2,644	R+43.2%
COLLINGSWORTH	R+11.4	R+30.4	R+3.7	1,581	R+42.1%
COMANCHE	R+11.8	R+8.7	D+10.5	3,773	R+54.7%
ATASCOSA	R+12.0	R+19.6	R+1.3	6,610	R+24.2%
COLORADO	R+12.1	R+30.1	R+13.3	4,985	R+24.9%
KINNEY	R+12.2	R+22.8	R+7.0	935	R+29.9%
KENT	R+12.3	R+13.4	D+18.4	413	R+56.3%
DALLAS	R+12.4	R+33.1	R+17.5	368,099	R+3.2%
MCLENNAN	R+12.7	R+29.0	R+16.7	44,785	R+22.8%
WILBARGER	R+13.0	R+28.8	R+8.5	3,388	R+39.8%
WILSON	R+13.6	R+23.7	R+5.7	5,285	R+26.3%
ANDERSON	R+13.9	R+29.0	R+12.3	9,249	R+29.4%
HASKELL	R+14.4	R+8.5	D+17.9	2,158	R+56.9%
MCCULLOCH	R+14.5	R+17.9	D+1.4	2,409	R+44.1%
UVALDE	R+14.8	R+31.7	R+7.3	5,548	R+16.0%
ERATH	R+14.9	R+30.7	R+13.7	6,439	R+35.5%
MITCHELL	R+14.9	R+20.1	D+5.2	2,301	R+35.4%
HOCKLEY	R+15.2	R+45.3	R+20.9	5,022	R+23.7%
SOMERVELL	R+15.5	R+38.2	R+14.0	1,332	R+53.4%
GRAYSON	R+15.5	R+31.2	R+13.5	22,190	R+37.2%
HENDERSON	R+15.7	R+27.0	R+5.7	15,744	R+41.2%
TERRY	R+15.8	R+34.8	R+15.3	3,326	R+24.7%
HOWARD	R+16.0	R+29.1	R+15.0	8,546	R+29.1%
PALO PINTO	R+16.5	R+25.9	R+8.3	6,506	R+41.3%
BELL	R+16.5	R+39.8	R+24.5	28,460	R+19.7%
JOHNSON	R+16.6	R+33.1	R+16.6	19,125	R+39.2%
MONTAGUE	R+16.6	R+25.7	D+3.0	4,969	R+43.1%
BURNET	R+16.7	R+32.7	R+8.2	7,197	R+30.5%
CHEROKEE	R+16.8	R+29.1	R+14.6	8,881	R+44.8%
ELLIS	R+17.0	R+35.4	R+18.9	17,459	R+37.4%
LEE	R+17.0	R+28.2	D+0.3	3,579	R+44.4%
KARNES	R+17.4	R+25.9	D+3.0	3,659	R+30.7%
STONEWALL	R+17.4	D+3.5	D+26.4	1,050	R+54.6%
NOLAN	R+17.6	R+17.7	D+2.1	3,744	R+38.5%
NACOGDOCHES	R+17.9	R+39.2	R+25.8	10,487	R+24.6%
BAYLOR	R+17.9	R+12.6	D+11.5	1,715	R+43.1%
WASHINGTON	R+17.9	R+44.7	R+34.1	7,217	R+21.3%
VAN ZANDT	R+18.0	R+30.5	R+9.0	9,862	R+47.7%
MENARD	R+18.2	R+29.4	D+5.3	1,055	R+34.8%
HILL	R+18.3	R+21.9	R+4.5	6,489	R+44.1%
LUBBOCK	R+18.4	R+50.3	R+39.0	46,612	R+9.4%
LEON	R+18.5	R+27.5	R+9.0	3,784	R+51.5%
THROCKMORTON	R+18.8	R+20.2	D+7.9	781	R+46.5%
MEDINA	R+18.9	R+30.5	R+14.9	6,682	R+19.2%
COKE	R+19.2	R+33.0	R+12.3	1,265	R+41.6%
WISE	R+19.3	R+28.6	R+6.8	7,763	R+46.6%
PECOS	R+19.3	R+36.5	R+11.7	4,362	R+22.6%
JEFF DAVIS	R+19.9	R+26.0	R+22.9	564	R+16.7%
BLANCO	R+20.0	R+47.2	R+24.6	2,148	R+16.8%
CORYELL	R+20.2	R+48.7	R+29.5	7,227	R+28.1%
BOSQUE	R+20.5	R+31.4	R+12.8	4,753	R+34.4%
HAMILTON	R+20.5	R+30.3	R+11.8	2,623	R+40.7%
LAMPASAS	R+21.0	R+41.5	R+21.1	3,878	R+45.4%
FLOYD	R+21.2	R+34.1	R+11.2	2,247	R+27.5%
JONES	R+21.6	R+26.2	R+1.7	4,177	R+48.0%
MONTGOMERY	R+21.6	R+51.1	R+37.1	36,610	R+19.7%
JACKSON	R+21.9	R+33.9	R+15.9	4,377	R+35.4%
ARANSAS	R+22.2	R+43.8	R+25.1	4,343	R+19.9%
DENTON	R+22.3	R+51.7	R+37.1	43,414	R+13.5%
AUSTIN	R+22.3	R+42.9	R+27.0	5,379	R+26.4%
HOOD	R+22.3	R+37.8	R+26.8	6,879	R+36.3%
ARCHER	R+22.4	R+39.0	R+10.5	2,742	R+39.9%
PARKER	R+22.5	R+38.4	R+24.5	14,560	R+39.0%
DAWSON	R+23.1	R+34.7	R+18.8	3,867	R+30.2%
CHILDRESS	R+23.4	R+27.2	R+6.2	1,729	R+42.1%
LAMB	R+23.5	R+33.9	R+15.7	3,987	R+30.0%
WOOD	R+23.6	R+34.8	R+14.6	7,697	R+38.9%
TOM GREEN	R+23.9	R+45.2	R+27.0	21,280	R+22.9%
BAILEY	R+24.6	R+46.6	R+24.9	1,778	R+24.6%
LAVACA	R+25.0	R+34.4	R+10.6	5,822	R+43.7%
BROWN	R+25.1	R+34.9	R+17.6	8,199	R+52.2%
MOTLEY	R+25.4	R+30.6	R+24.1	678	R+32.1%
JACK	R+25.5	R+31.7	R+0.7	2,017	R+41.5%
GOLIAD	R+25.7	R+29.6	R+2.5	2,430	R+31.4%
CROCKETT	R+26.9	R+30.0	R+2.8	1,084	R+26.9%
LIVE OAK	R+27.4	R+32.5	R+18.1	3,480	R+26.2%
LLANO	R+28.1	R+36.1	R+14.8	5,092	R+35.8%
HALE	R+28.6	R+41.0	R+28.4	6,562	R+24.2%
VICTORIA	R+29.2	R+45.3	R+25.3	17,178	R+10.8%
POTTER	R+29.4	R+41.6	R+26.2	18,050	R+28.6%
MILLS	R+29.4	R+29.3	R+10.6	1,523	R+55.2%
COLEMAN	R+30.2	R+32.5	R+8.4	3,169	R+45.6%
KIMBLE	R+30.6	R+49.9	R+31.5	1,385	R+25.6%
GONZALES	R+30.7	R+28.6	R+1.5	4,146	R+43.1%
SCHLEICHER	R+30.9	R+44.5	R+13.7	846	R+36.8%
HARTLEY	R+31.3	R+59.5	R+41.4	1,270	R+27.2%
RUSK	R+31.5	R+41.2	R+27.8	9,835	R+27.9%
GREGG	R+31.6	R+46.7	R+35.5	25,961	R+19.4%
SMITH	R+31.6	R+45.5	R+29.7	37,867	R+24.4%
DEAF SMITH	R+32.1	R+52.2	R+31.7	4,076	R+25.7%
TAYLOR	R+32.3	R+56.1	R+36.9	28,095	R+22.3%
EASTLAND	R+32.3	R+31.4	R+10.0	5,423	R+53.4%
COOKE	R+32.6	R+43.1	R+26.0	8,290	R+30.6%
MASON	R+32.8	R+34.3	R+18.4	1,403	R+25.1%
FAYETTE	R+33.2	R+41.1	R+14.6	6,302	R+44.0%
OLDHAM	R+33.2	R+54.1	R+38.6	722	R+39.6%
CALLAHAN	R+33.3	R+45.9	R+17.7	3,442	R+46.3%
GUADALUPE	R+33.4	R+47.8	R+29.9	13,307	R+19.8%
COLLIN	R+33.6	R+63.5	R+49.2	47,403	R+7.1%
DALLAM	R+33.7	R+52.2	R+30.1	1,244	R+33.0%
GAINES	R+34.3	R+54.3	R+26.5	2,577	R+36.8%
YOUNG	R+34.8	R+41.0	R+16.0	5,207	R+39.5%
DONLEY	R+34.9	R+41.9	R+22.3	1,345	R+52.4%
LOVING	R+35.2	R+56.2	R+40.3	91	R+6.5%
RUNNELS	R+35.2	R+42.8	R+16.8	3,223	R+41.7%
CARSON	R+36.3	R+48.7	R+33.9	2,469	R+45.7%
KING	R+36.6	R+45.4	R+26.9	216	R+53.3%
IRION	R+36.6	R+51.1	R+24.6	787	R+37.1%
PARMER	R+36.6	R+63.1	R+45.7	2,189	R+19.2%
DE WITT	R+36.7	R+40.0	R+16.8	4,716	R+31.2%
WHEELER	R+36.7	R+47.2	R+22.9	2,336	R+46.4%
ROCKWALL	R+37.3	R+60.5	R+45.8	6,539	R+20.6%
WINKLER	R+37.4	R+49.1	R+27.2	2,115	R+45.3%
MARTIN	R+37.8	R+40.6	R+23.3	1,157	R+44.1%
SCURRY	R+38.2	R+52.3	R+27.7	4,938	R+29.2%
LIPSCOMB	R+38.4	R+71.4	R+49.0	1,540	R+24.0%
ARMSTRONG	R+38.6	R+53.5	R+39.0	892	R+35.4%
YOAKUM	R+39.2	R+65.5	R+41.3	2,217	R+31.5%
REAL	R+39.6	R+47.0	R+24.2	1,257	R+46.0%
MCMULLEN	R+39.7	R+69.3	R+52.3	350	R+23.4%
COMAL	R+40.5	R+52.4	R+41.4	12,678	R+15.2%
GARZA	R+41.8	R+39.9	R+8.9	1,114	R+51.7%
BANDERA	R+42.8	R+60.5	R+45.9	3,157	R+16.3%
ECTOR	R+43.0	R+55.3	R+36.1	25,218	R+28.5%
HEMPHILL	R+43.6	R+59.8	R+37.7	1,558	R+39.2%
SHERMAN	R+43.7	R+67.1	R+53.7	1,147	R+27.5%
STEPHENS	R+43.7	R+46.8	R+21.2	2,851	R+45.3%
HUTCHINSON	R+43.9	R+62.9	R+43.5	7,911	R+30.3%
WARD	R+44.2	R+48.7	R+18.5	3,380	R+47.2%
STERLING	R+44.7	R+63.1	R+42.1	626	R+45.8%
SHACKELFORD	R+45.3	R+47.8	R+11.8	1,222	R+51.2%
BORDEN	R+45.4	R+39.5	R+25.1	392	R+42.0%
RANDALL	R+46.5	R+66.5	R+53.2	24,544	R+17.8%
KERR	R+46.6	R+58.3	R+51.0	10,698	R+11.8%
MIDLAND	R+46.7	R+64.6	R+56.3	24,611	R+2.6%
REAGAN	R+47.7	R+63.1	R+38.2	1,005	R+49.1%
MOORE	R+49.2	R+60.7	R+41.1	4,031	R+40.7%
CRANE	R+49.3	R+57.7	R+34.3	1,727	R+56.9%
SUTTON	R+49.8	R+45.7	R+27.1	1,144	R+40.5%
GRAY	R+51.6	R+63.3	R+49.1	8,136	R+37.3%
KENDALL	R+52.8	R+65.7	R+53.6	4,215	R+7.3%
ROBERTS	R+55.4	R+67.1	R+52.7	621	R+37.3%
ANDREWS	R+55.5	R+65.2	R+46.1	3,420	R+41.3%
GLASSCOCK	R+56.7	R+51.3	R+45.6	443	R+37.4%
GILLESPIE	R+56.7	R+65.5	R+55.7	5,512	R+18.8%
HANSFORD	R+59.1	R+78.9	R+62.9	1,975	R+28.8%
EDWARDS	R+59.5	R+59.4	R+20.2	511	R+42.7%
UPTON	R+64.1	R+61.3	R+37.1	1,319	R+71.3%
OCHILTREE	R+65.2	R+78.5	R+66.8	2,943	R+32.2%

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