Texas — 1986 governor election
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Akashic1986 · GovernorTexas · GovernorBill ClementsR+6.7
Candidates
Texas 1986 governor — certified statewide results.
- Bill Clements✓Republican1,813,77952.7%
- Mark WhiteDemocratic1,584,51546.0%
- Other candidatesOther43,1661.3%
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 1984R+27.5Governor 1986R+6.7vs. baselineD+20.8
Texas's 1986 governor race ran 20.8 points more Democratic than its 1984 presidential margin.
Same ballot, 1986TX
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1986 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.