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==Political career==

==Political career==

Yarborough won his Senate seat in 1957, after Senator Price Daniel, Sr. (1910–1988), left the Senate to be inaugurated as governor. He defeated a [[conservative]], William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley (1898–1976) in the [[special election]]. A few months earlier, Yarborough had  lost the 1956 gubernatorial [[primary]] runoff to Daniel. Then, he won the first of his two full terms in the upper legislative body in 1958, when he handily defeated the [[Republican]] publisher [[Roy Whittenburg]] of [[Amarillo]] in the [[general election]]. In 1964, Yarborough defeated conservative broadcaster Gordon McLendon in the [[primary]] that year and then topped [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] to claim his second full Senate term. Yarborough was close to [[U.S. President]]s [[John F. Kennedy]] and then [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. In 1970, however, Yarborough, who had become a critic of the [[Vietnam War]],  lost re-nomination to former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Lloyd Bentsen]] of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and, earlier, McAllen. Bentsen then topped Bush, making his second consecutive unsuccessful run for the Senate,  in the general election held mid-term in the administration of President [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Bentsen vacated the seat in 1993 to become [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] under President [[Bill Clinton]].

Yarborough won his Senate seat in 1957, after Senator Price Daniel, Sr. (1910–1988), left the Senate to be inaugurated as governor. He defeated a [[conservative]], William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley (1898–1976) in a Democrat primary.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278796 TX US Senate - D Primary RAce - Jul 26, 1958]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> A few months earlier, Yarborough had  lost the 1956 gubernatorial [[primary]] runoff to Daniel. Then, he won the first of his two full terms in the upper legislative body in 1958, when he handily defeated the [[Republican]] publisher [[Roy Whittenburg]] of [[Amarillo]] in the [[general election]]. In 1964, Yarborough defeated conservative broadcaster Gordon McLendon in the [[primary]] that year and then topped [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] to claim his second full Senate term. Yarborough was close to [[U.S. President]]s [[John F. Kennedy]] and then [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. In 1970, however, Yarborough, who had become a critic of the [[Vietnam War]],  lost re-nomination to former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Lloyd Bentsen]] of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and, earlier, McAllen. Bentsen then topped Bush, making his second consecutive unsuccessful run for the Senate,  in the general election held mid-term in the administration of President [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Bentsen vacated the seat in 1993 to become [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] under President [[Bill Clinton]].

Yarborough's fellow senator from 1961 to 1971 was the [[Moderate Republican]] [[John Tower]], initially elected as a strong conservative in the 1961 special Senate election. Coincidentally, Tower had defeated by some ten thousand votes William Blakely, the six-month interim senator who succeeded Lyndon Johnson, who then became [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. And it was Governor Price Daniel who appointed Blakely as interim senator in both 1957 and 1961.

Yarborough's fellow senator from 1961 to 1971 was the [[Moderate Republican]] [[John Tower]], initially elected as a strong conservative in the 1961 special Senate election. Coincidentally, Tower had defeated by some ten thousand votes William Blakely, the six-month interim senator who succeeded Lyndon Johnson, who then became [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. And it was Governor Price Daniel who appointed Blakely as interim senator in both 1957 and 1961.