The 1993 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on June 6, 1993, to replace Democratic U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, who had resigned to become Secretary of the Treasury. Governor Ann Richards appointed Democrat Bob Krueger, a Texas Railroad Commissioner, to fill the seat. Krueger ran in the special election, but was defeated in a landslide by Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.^[1][2] The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on May 1, 1993.^[3] Since no candidate received a majority in the primary, a runoff was held on June 6, 1993.^[1]

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1993 United States Senate special election in Texas

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Candidate Kay Bailey Hutchison Bob Krueger Joe Barton Party Republican Democratic Republican First round 593,338 29.00% 593,239 29.00% 284,135 13.89% Runoff 1,188,716 67.34% 576,538 32.66% Eliminated   Candidate Jack Fields Richard W. Fisher Party Republican Democratic First round 277,560 13.57% 165,564 8.09% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

First round county results Runoff county results Hutchison:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Krueger:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Barton:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50% Fields:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50% Gutierrez:      50–60% Tie:      20–30%      30–40%

U.S. senator before election Bob Krueger Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican

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Hutchison was the first Republican to win this seat since Reconstruction in 1875. It was the first time since then that Republicans held both of the state's Senate seats simultaneously. In 2010, Krueger's campaign was named by the Houston Chronicle as the worst in Texas' modern political history.^[4] Hutchinson became the first woman to serve as a senator from Texas.

• 1992 United States Senate elections