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I walked over to Elm Street to see the Kennedy delegation. . . . President Kennedy and [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jackie]] made a handsome couple. She was resplendent in her pink dress and pink pillbox hat. The crowds on the sidewalks applauded, and waved as they drove by. . . . I entered the hotel . . . The room was almost filled, and people were seated at the individual tables. ... We had the invocation, and many guests began to eat their lunch. Suddenly we heard sirens screaming and someone from outside ran up to the head table and excitedly said, 'The President, Vice President, and Governor Connally have all been shot.' I stood and announced the news. There was stunned silence in the room. Someone then produced a radio, and the news confirmed that the President (and Connally) had been shot.<ref>Jack Crichton, ''The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns in Texas in 1964,'' self-published, 2004, pp. 7-8, ISBN 1-4184-2574-5 (paperback).</ref>​</blockquote>

I walked over to Elm Street to see the Kennedy delegation. . . . President Kennedy and [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jackie]] made a handsome couple. She was resplendent in her pink dress and pink pillbox hat. The crowds on the sidewalks applauded, and waved as they drove by. . . . I entered the hotel . . . The room was almost filled, and people were seated at the individual tables. ... We had the invocation, and many guests began to eat their lunch. Suddenly we heard sirens screaming and someone from outside ran up to the head table and excitedly said, 'The President, Vice President, and Governor Connally have all been shot.' I stood and announced the news. There was stunned silence in the room. Someone then produced a radio, and the news confirmed that the President (and Connally) had been shot.<ref>Jack Crichton, ''The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns in Texas in 1964,'' self-published, 2004, pp. 7-8, ISBN 1-4184-2574-5 (paperback).</ref>​</blockquote>

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==Gubernatorial race==

==Gubernatorial race==

Crichton also traveled to Junction in Kimble County to meet with former Democratic Governor Coke Robert Stevenson (1888-1975), the official loser by eighty-seven disputed votes in the 1948 runoff primary for the U.S. Senate against Lyndon Johnson. Stevenson had supported [[John Tower]] in Tower's unsuccessful 1960 senatorial general election against Johnson and was backing Goldwater in 1964 as well in the presidential contest. Stevenson told Crichton that the 1948 election "is an important part of American history, for it got Lyndon to the Senate, which he later controlled, and was a stepping stone to his becoming President. As for me, I was depressed for quite a while, but in retrospect it has allowed me to enjoy my ranch and my young daughter. With that, we had another bourbon and branch water, and I thanked him and departed."<ref>Crichton, pp. 35-37.</ref>​

Crichton also traveled to Junction in Kimble County to meet with former Democratic Governor Coke Robert Stevenson (1888-1975), the official loser by eighty-seven disputed votes in the 1948 runoff primary for the U.S. Senate against Lyndon Johnson. Stevenson had supported [[John Tower]] in Tower's unsuccessful 1960 senatorial general election against Johnson and was backing Goldwater in 1964 as well in the presidential contest. Stevenson told Crichton that the 1948 election "is an important part of American history, for it got Lyndon to the Senate, which he later controlled, and was a stepping stone to his becoming President. As for me, I was depressed for quite a while, but in retrospect it has allowed me to enjoy my ranch and my young daughter. With that, we had another bourbon and branch water, and I thanked him and departed."<ref>Crichton, pp. 35-37.</ref>​

===Crichton and Bush===

===Crichton, Goldwater, and Bush===

While Crichton ran for governor, [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], a Massachusetts native, sought the [[U.S. Senate]] seat held by the [[liberal]] Democrat [[Ralph Yarborough]] of [[Austin]]. Crichton was unopposed for his nomination, but Bush faced a primary fight with the 1962 Republican gubernatorial nominee, Jack M. Cox (1921-1990) of Houston. Crichton and Bush spoke from some of the same podiums that year. Crichton traveled 55,000 miles in the campaign, addressed audiences in 85 cities and towns, and made 275 speeches. At the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [California]], he was elected chairman of the Permanent Organization Committee and gave the report of that panel from the convention floor.<ref>Crichton, pp. 53-55.</ref>​

While Crichton ran for governor, [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], a Massachusetts native, sought the [[U.S. Senate]] seat held by the [[liberal]] Democrat [[Ralph Yarborough]] of [[Austin]]. Crichton was unopposed for his nomination, but Bush faced a primary fight with the 1962 Republican gubernatorial nominee, Jack M. Cox (1921-1990) of Houston. Crichton and Bush spoke from some of the same podiums that year. Crichton traveled 55,000 miles in the campaign, addressed audiences in 85 cities and towns, and made 275 speeches. At the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [California]], he was elected chairman of the Permanent Organization Committee and gave the report of that panel from the convention floor.<ref>Crichton, pp. 53-55.</ref>​