The Crucible of Texas Politics: An Analysis of the United States Senatorial Primaries of 1941 and 1948.

Lyndon Johnson\u27s opponents used the outcome of his 1948 senatorial bid to demonstrate his dishonesty. This win by eighty-seven disputed votes gave him the derogatory title, Landslide Lyndon. Johnson\u27s initial senate campaigns in 1941 and 1948 are examined for Texas Politics as usual. Upon Senator Sheppard\u27s death in 1937, a special election precipitated with Martin Dies, Gerald Mann, Lyndon Johnson, and W. Lee O\u27Daniel as the candidates. Although this election has not received the notoriety of 1948, it exemplifies Texas Politics as usual where thousands of manipulated votes resulted in O\u27Daniel\u27s late victory. Johnson\u27s next race for the senate came in 1948. He ran against George Peddy and Coke Stevenson. This expensive campaign rested upon two hundred two invalid votes from Jim Wells County. In reality, tens of thousands of manipulated votes on both sides resulted in litigation making its way to the United States Supreme Court