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All of the additional voter names essential to Johnson's nomination were signed in the same blue ink and in the same handwriting. According to the presiding election judge, copies of the voter signatures needed for verification were stolen, amid allegations of fraud. Stevenson long attributed his failure to defeat Johnson for the Senate nomination as “the stuffed ballot box.” In subsequent years, Stevenson supported primarily Republican candidates for national and state office, including U.S. Senator [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]], who ran against President Johnson in 1964 and made an especially weak showing in Texas as well as nationwide.

All of the additional voter names essential to Johnson's nomination were signed in the same blue ink and in the same handwriting. According to the presiding election judge, copies of the voter signatures needed for verification were stolen, amid allegations of fraud. Stevenson long attributed his failure to defeat Johnson for the Senate nomination as “the stuffed ballot box.” In subsequent years, Stevenson supported primarily Republican candidates for national and state office, including U.S. Senator [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]], who ran against President Johnson in 1964 and made an especially weak showing in Texas as well as nationwide.

Parr blamed the Ballot Box 13 dispute on one of his closest friends, Ed Lloyd,<ref>"Stolen Election: Landslide Lyndon," Today in History, August 28, 1948.</ref> a lawyer in Alice in Jim Wells County who wrote in the additional voter names to the final tally reported to the state Democratic Party. Parr further claimed that Stevenson was himself responsible for his own loss in such a close contest where a few hundred additional votes could have changed the outcome. Parr said that Stevenson's tendency to avoid making appointments to vacant state positions; this policy hurt Stevenson with local voters. Parr and Judge Manuel “Black Hawk” Raymond recommended that Stevenson appoint, E. James “Jimmy” Kazen (1912-2003) of [[Laredo]], as the district attorney for Webb County. Raymond was related to Kazen. In 1944, Kazen was elected to a full term as DA and remained in that position until 1958.<ref>Anthony R. Carrozza, ''The Dukes of Duval County: The Parr Family and Texas Politics,'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma]], 2017), pp. 45-46.</ref> “That’s how come Lyndon Johnson got to be President,” quipped Parr in regard to the senatorial election, which in time provided the opportunity for Johnson to seek the nation’s highest elected office, first in 1960, when he instead became vice president under John F. Kennedy, and again in his only election as president in 1964.<ref>Evan Anders, ''Parr, George Bertram," ''The Handbook of Texas.''</ref>

Parr blamed the Ballot Box 13 dispute on one of his closest friends, Ed Lloyd,<ref>"Stolen Election: Landslide Lyndon," Today in History, August 28, 1948.</ref> a lawyer in Alice in Jim Wells County who wrote in the additional voter names to the final tally reported to the state Democratic Party. Parr further claimed that Stevenson was himself responsible for his own loss in such a close contest where a few hundred additional votes could have changed the outcome. Parr said that Stevenson's tendency to avoid making appointments to vacant state positions; this policy hurt Stevenson with local voters. Parr and Judge Manuel “Black Hawk” Raymond recommended that Stevenson appoint, E. James “Jimmy” Kazen (1912-2003) of [[Laredo]], as the district attorney for Webb County. Raymond was related to Kazen. In 1944, Kazen was elected to a full term as DA and remained in that position until 1958.<ref>Anthony R. Carrozza, ''The Dukes of Duval County: The Parr Family and Texas Politics,'' (Norman: University of Oklahoma]], 2017), pp. 45-46.</ref> “That’s how come Lyndon Johnson got to be President,” quipped Parr in regard to the senatorial election, which in time provided the opportunity for Johnson to seek the nation’s highest elected office, first in 1960, when he instead became vice president under John F. Kennedy, and again in his only election as president in 1964.<ref>Evan Anders, ''Parr, George Bertram," ''The Handbook of Texas.''</ref>