1957 Texas U.S. Senate Special

Texas · 3 candidates

Who won the 1957 Texas U.S. Senate Special?

Ralph W. Yarborough won the 1957 Texas U.S. Senate Special. Ralph W. Yarborough received 364,605 popular votes (38.09%). The main challenger was Martin Dies Jr. (30.38%).

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Yarborough +7.7 pts · won by 73,802 votes
364,605 votes
290,803 votes
219,591 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 8.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for this U.S. Senate election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.

Data last verified November 9, 2026.