Texas — 1982 governor election
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Akashic1982 · GovernorTexas · GovernorMark WhiteD+7.3
Candidates
Texas 1982 governor — certified statewide results.
- Mark White✓Democratic1,697,87053.2%
- Bill ClementsRepublican1,465,93745.9%
- Other candidatesOther27,2840.9%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era. Non-major vote restored from this cycle's certified county returns (per_governor_county), which carry the full per-county other; the statewide compilation had stored Democratic + Republican only.
presidential baselinePresident 1980R+13.9Governor 1982D+7.3vs. baselineD+21.1
Texas's 1982 governor race ran 21.1 points more Democratic than its 1980 presidential margin.
Same ballot, 1982TX
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1982 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.