TX-Sen 1994: Does Lloyd Bentsen win again?
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Sir Mohamed
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« on: September 03, 2018, 08:57:40 AM »
Lloyd Bentsen was the last Democrat to win a senate seat in TX. If Bill Clinton picked another Treasury Secretary and Bentsen had run for his seat again in 1994, does get elected one more time? It was a heavy GOP year and TX moved to the right. But he was a popular incumbent. Takes on this?
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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2018, 12:39:57 PM »
Depends who the senator challenger is
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2018, 11:52:39 PM »
Quote from: Sir Mohamed on September 03, 2018, 08:57:40 AM
Lloyd Bentsen was the last Democrat to win a senate seat in TX. If Bill Clinton picked another Treasury Secretary and Bentsen had run for his seat again in 1994, does get elected one more time? It was a heavy GOP year and TX moved to the right. But he was a popular incumbent. Takes on this?

Bentsen would probably win comfortably and would for sure be succeeded by a Republican in 2000.
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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2018, 02:25:53 PM »
Quote from: Calthrina950 on September 05, 2018, 11:52:39 PM
Quote from: Sir Mohamed on September 03, 2018, 08:57:40 AM
Lloyd Bentsen was the last Democrat to win a senate seat in TX. If Bill Clinton picked another Treasury Secretary and Bentsen had run for his seat again in 1994, does get elected one more time? It was a heavy GOP year and TX moved to the right. But he was a popular incumbent. Takes on this?

Bentsen would probably win comfortably and would for sure be succeeded by a Republican in 2000.
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« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2018, 12:13:18 AM »
After the blowout in Tennessee, I don't see why Bentsen would fare much better.

I'll guess Hutchison manages a narrow win after being underestimated.
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2018, 06:58:00 AM »
Quote from: L.D. Smith, Aggie! It's Real Expenses Again on September 10, 2018, 12:13:18 AM
After the blowout in Tennessee, I don't see why Bentsen would fare much better.

I'll guess Hutchison manages a narrow win after being underestimated.

Hutchinson would not have run if Bentsen was running for re-election.  A weaker Republican would have been nominated.  Bentsen had significant committee assignments that were important to the Texas Business Community, and Bentsen enjoyed significant business support in Texas.
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2018, 09:05:37 AM »
He'd have joined Mario Cuomo and Ann Richards as a high profile losing Democrat of 1994.
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