1996 United States presidential election in Texas

Democratic primary Bill Clinton easily won the Democratic Primary in Texas. Republican primary The Texas Republican presidential primary held on March 12, 1996, in the U.S. state of Texas, as part of the Republican Party's statewide nomination process for the 1996 U.S. presidential election. Senator Bob Dole won the contest by 55.62% of the vote. ==Results==

Results by county Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican • Angelina • Briscoe • Clay • Coleman • Concho • Crockett • Franklin • Freestone • Hardin • Hays • Henderson • Hill • Houston • Jack • Lamar • Liberty • Madison • McCulloch • Mills • Montague • Polk • San Jacinto • Throckmorton • Upshur Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican • Grayson • Irion • Loving • Somervell Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic • Atascosa • Karnes • Pecos • Ward By congressional district Despite losing the state, Clinton won 16 of 30 congressional districts, including three which elected Republicans, while Dole won the other 14, including four which elected Democrats. ==Analysis==

, this is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the following counties: Hudspeth, Pecos, Terrell, Ward, Swisher, Hall, Cottle, Hardeman, Foard, Baylor, Knox, Haskell, Stonewall, Kent, Dickens, Crosby, Jones, Fisher, Nolan, Mitchell, Menard, Comanche, Palo Pinto, Bastrop, Caldwell, Nueces, San Patricio, Refugio, Bee, Karnes, Atascosa, Burleson, Milam, Falls, Limestone, Navarro, Waller, Grimes, Galveston, Trinity, Orange, Jasper, Tyler, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Panola, Harrison, Marion, Cass, Bowie, Camp, Titus, Red River, Rains, Hopkins, Delta, and Fannin. The 58 counties who have not voted for a Democrat since 1996 are the most from one state in this election -- an election already defined by being the end of white rural Southern support for the Democrats writ large -- and the most from one state since 1976 (also Texas, with 73). This would also be the last election until 2016 in which the margin of victory for a Republican in Texas would be in the single digits, the most recent one when the Republican candidate's vote percentage was held to only a plurality, and the most recent where the margin of victory was less than 5 points. This is also the last time a Democrat won a county in the Texas Panhandle. Clinton became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Angelina, Briscoe County, Texas, Clay, Concho, Franklin, Freestone, Hardin, Hays, Henderson, Hill, Houston, Liberty, McCulloch, Montague, Polk, Throckmorton, or Upshur Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Madison County since James Buchanan in 1856, the first to do so without carrying San Jacinto County since Grover Cleveland in 1892, and the first to do so without carrying Coleman, Crockett, Jack, or Mills Counties since John F. Kennedy in 1960. This was the first election that a Democrat was elected twice without ever carrying the state. ==See also==