1982 Texas gubernatorial election
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The 1982 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982 to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Clements was running for re-election, but was defeated in the general election by Democrat Mark White, winning 46% of the vote to White's 53%. White was sworn in for his first and only term on January 18, 1983.
White carried 196 out of 254 counties.
Primaries
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Clements | 246,120 | 92.58% | |
Republican | Duke Embs | 19,731 | 7.42% | |
Total votes | 265,851 | 100.00 |
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark White | 592,658 | 44.94 | |
Democratic | Buddy Temple | 402,693 | 30.54 | |
Democratic | Bob Armstrong | 262,189 | 19.88 | |
Democratic | David Young | 25,386 | 1.93 | |
Democratic | Ray Allen Mayo II | 20,088 | 1.52 | |
Democratic | Donald R. Beagle | 15,649 | 1.19 | |
Total votes | 1,318,663 | 100.00 |
Temple refused to participate in the runoff, causing White to win by default.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark White | 1,697,870 | 53.20 | |
Republican | Bill Clements | 1,465,937 | 45.94 | |
Libertarian | David Hutzelman | 19,143 | 0.60 | |
Independent | Bob Poteet | 6,065 | 0.19 | |
Total votes | 3,191,091 | 100.00 |
Videos
(1) Gubernatorial Debate from September 24, 1982 in Amarillo [1]
(2) White Campaign commercials from October 7, 1982 [2]
(3) White Campaign commercials from October 28, 1982 [3]
(4) White Campaign commercial from September 29, 1982 [4]
(5) White Campaign commercial for the Democratic Primary on April 12, 1982 [5]
(6) White Campaign commercial for the Democratic Primary on March 6, 1982 [6]
(7) Revised commercial from March 6, 1982 [7]
(8) White Campaign commercial for the Democratic Primary on March 23, 1982 [8]
(9) Gubernatorial Debate from October 11, 1982 in Austin [9]