United States Senate special election in Texas, 1993

United States Senate special election in Texas, 1993

June 5, 1993

Nominee Kay Bailey Hutchison Bob Krueger Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,188,716 576,538 Percentage 67.3% 32.7%

U.S. Senator before election Bob Krueger Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican

The United States Senate special election runoff in Texas, 1993 was held on June 6, 1993 to replace U.S. senator Lloyd Bentsen. Governor Ann Richards appointed Bob Krueger, who was defeated by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.^[1][2] In 2010, Krueger's campaign was named by the Houston Chronicle as the worst in Texas' modern political history.^[3]

Candidates

Democratic

• Bob Krueger, Incumbent U.S. Senator and former U.S. Congressman
• Richard W. Fisher, businessman

Republican

• Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas State Treasurer and former State Representative
• Joe Barton, U.S. Congressman
• Jack Fields, U.S. Congressman

Results

General election results[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Bailey Hutchison	1,188,716	67.3
	Democratic	Bob Krueger	576,538	32.6

References

1. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe
2. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000333
3. http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2010/03/our-list-the-ten-worst-campaign-in-modern-texas-political-history/
4. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36608