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1978 Texas U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 1978 Texas U.S. Senate Election?

John G. Tower won the 1978 Texas U.S. Senate Election. John G. Tower received 1,151,376 popular votes (49.79%). The main challenger was Robert Krueger (49.26%).

See the full head-to-head between Tower and Krueger

Tower +0.5 pts · won by 12,227 votes
John G. TowerRepublicanWINNER49.79%
1,151,376 votes
Robert KruegerDemocratic49.26%
1,139,149 votes
Luis A. Diaz de Loenla Raza Unida0.77%
17,869 votes
Miguel PendasSocialist Workers0.17%
4,018 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.