1986 Texas Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1986 Texas Gubernatorial Election?
Bill Clements won the 1986 Texas Gubernatorial Election. Bill Clements received 1,813,779 popular votes (52.7%). The main challenger was Mark White (46.04%).
See the full head-to-head between Clements and White
Clements +6.7 pts · won by 229,264 votes
1,813,779 votes
1,584,515 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.3% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.