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Yarborough handily won the match, 587,030 (74.6 percent) to Whittenburg's 185,926 (23.6 percent) at a time before the Republican Party of Texas became competitive at the congressional level.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Press's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' Vol. 2, 6th edition ([[Washington, D.C.]]: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010), p. 1465</ref> Whittenburg, as a Senate candidate, advocated a constitutional amendment to provide for the direct election of justices of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in accordance with the procedure employed for choosing members of the Texas Supreme Cour]; he believed the voters would choose [[conservative]] justices.<ref name=google>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|title=Big Feud at Cadillac Ranch|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121126155523/http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|archivedate=November 26, 2012|df=}}</ref>​

Yarborough handily won the match, 587,030 (74.6 percent) to Whittenburg's 185,926 (23.6 percent) at a time before the Republican Party of Texas became competitive at the congressional level.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Press's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' Vol. 2, 6th edition ([[Washington, D.C.]]: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010), p. 1465</ref> Whittenburg, as a Senate candidate, advocated a constitutional amendment to provide for the direct election of justices of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in accordance with the procedure employed for choosing members of the Texas Supreme Cour]; he believed the voters would choose [[conservative]] justices.<ref name=google>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|title=Big Feud at Cadillac Ranch|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121126155523/http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|archivedate=November 26, 2012|df=}}</ref>​

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In 1962, Whittenburg lost the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to Jack M. Cox, then an oilfield equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who was in turn defeated in the [[general election]] by the then Democrat [[John B. Connally, Jr.]] Whittenburg said that he wanted to be governor to check what he called the "dictatorial powers" of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=google/>​

In 1962, Whittenburg lost the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to Jack M. Cox, then an oilfield equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who was in turn defeated in the [[general election]] by the then Democrat [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] Whittenburg said that he wanted to be governor to check what he called the "dictatorial powers" of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=google/>​

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==Background==

==Background==

Whittenburg was born in the [[ghost town]] of Plemons in Hutchinson County in the [[Texas Panhandle]]. On February 14, 1937, he married the former Grace Evelyn McKee (1919–2005), a native of eastern [[New Mexico]] and the daughter of Louis Palma McKee and the former Jewel Porter.<ref name=graceobit>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/021705/obi_1283045.shtml|title=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg obituary|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> The couple had seven children: Grace Evelyn Coltrin (born 1939), Jewel Anne Johnston (born 1942), George Allen Whittenburg (born 1944), Louis Palma McKee "Mack" Whittenburg (born 1946), John Burkhart "Burk" Whittenburg (born 1948), Mary Lois Rowley (born 1955), and Roy Whittenburg, Jr. (born 1958).<ref name=graceobit/><ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/n/Kathy-Honeyman/GENE1-0024.html|title=Descendants of Alexander Archer|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref>​

Whittenburg was born in the [[ghost town]] of Plemons in Hutchinson County in the Texas [[Panhandle]]. On February 14, 1937, he married the former Grace Evelyn McKee (1919–2005), a native of eastern [[New Mexico]] and the daughter of Louis Palma McKee and the former Jewel Porter.<ref name=graceobit>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/021705/obi_1283045.shtml|title=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg obituary|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> The couple had seven children: Grace Evelyn Coltrin (born 1939), Jewel Anne Johnston (born 1942), George Allen Whittenburg (born 1944), Louis Palma McKee "Mack" Whittenburg (born 1946), John Burkhart "Burk" Whittenburg (born 1948), Mary Lois Rowley (born 1955), and Roy Whittenburg, Jr. (born 1958).<ref name=graceobit/><ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/n/Kathy-Honeyman/GENE1-0024.html|title=Descendants of Alexander Archer|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref>​

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==Publishing==​

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