1990 Texas Attorney General election

The 1990 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 6, 1990, to elect the Texas Attorney General. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Jim Mattox chose not to seek re-election to a third term, instead choosing to run for governor. In the Democratic primary, Dan Morales, a state representative from San Antonio, narrowly defeated Houston lawyer Odam. In the Republican primary, J.E. "Buster" Brown, a state senator from Lack Jackson, defeated three other candidates, avoiding a runoff against state representative Patricia Hill by just 637 votes.

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1990 Texas Attorney General election

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Nominee Dan Morales J.E. "Buster" Brown Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,963,714 1,708,110 Percentage 51.90% 45.15%

County results Morales:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Brown:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Attorney General before election Jim Mattox Democratic Elected Attorney General Dan Morales Democratic

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In the general election, Morales narrowly defeated Brown by a margin of 6.8 percentage points.^[1]