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1982 Texas U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 1982 Texas U.S. Senate Election?

Lloyd Bentsen won the 1982 Texas U.S. Senate Election. Lloyd Bentsen received 1,818,223 popular votes (58.59%). The main challenger was Jim Collins (40.5%).

See the full head-to-head between Bentsen and Collins

Bentsen +18.1 pts · won by 561,464 votes
Lloyd BentsenDemocraticWINNER58.59%
1,818,223 votes
Jim CollinsRepublican40.5%
1,256,759 votes
John E. FordLibertarian0.76%
23,494 votes
Lineaus Hooper LoretteCitizens0.15%
4,564 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.