The 1972 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Tower won re-election to a third term.
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Ralph Webster Yarborough was an American politician and lawyer who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a leader of the progressive
1972 United States Senate election in Texas
…Hugh Wilson, candidate for Senate in 1957 and 1961 Ralph Yarborough, former U.S. Senator (1957–1971) Although he received over one million votes, Yarborough was 269 short of a majority. He and Sanders advanced to a…
Yarborough in 1957
Ralph Yarborough on the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination.