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→Back-to-back Senate and gubernatorial races, 1961-1962
In the campaign, Wilson was particularly critical of a politician not on the ballot: Lyndon Johnson. Wilson declared that Johnson had engineered Connally's candidacy because the vice president feared a Republican victory in Texas in 1962. According to Wilson, Johnson was engaged in "a move ... to oust Price Daniel, oust me, oust Senator Ralph Yarborough and gain complete control of the state government."<ref name=cashman>''Connally: The Adventures of Big Bad John,'' New York: William Morrow, 1974, p. 98.</ref>
In the campaign, Wilson was particularly critical of a politician not on the ballot: Lyndon Johnson. Wilson declared that Johnson had engineered Connally's candidacy because the vice president feared a Republican victory in Texas in 1962. According to Wilson, Johnson was engaged in "a move ... to oust Price Daniel, oust me, oust Senator Ralph Yarborough and gain complete control of the state government."<ref name=cashman>''Connally: The Adventures of Big Bad John,'' New York: William Morrow, 1974, p. 98.</ref>
Ultimately, Connally narrowly won the nomination in a runoff election against Yarborough and then defeated the strongest Republican gubernatorial candidate in Texas since 1924, Jack M. Cox of Houston in the [[general election]]. Cox, who earlier had been a Democratic state representative, had lost the Democratic nomination to Governor Daniel in the 1960 party primary.<ref>Review of Texas gubernatorial election returns, ''Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report.''</ref> In 1964, Cox, a part of the [[conservative]] wing of his new party, lost the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate to [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], also of Houston, and the future vice president and U.S. President.
Ultimately, Connally narrowly won the nomination in a runoff election against Yarborough and then defeated the strongest Republican gubernatorial candidate in Texas since 1924, Jack M. Cox of Houston, in the [[general election]]. Cox, who earlier had been a Democratic state representative, had lost the Democratic nomination to Governor Daniel in the 1960 party primary.<ref>Review of Texas gubernatorial election returns, ''Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report.''</ref> In 1964, Cox, a part of the [[conservative]] wing of his new party, lost the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate to [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], also of Houston, and the future vice president and U.S. President.
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