Grady Yarbrough

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Grady Yarbrough

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 6, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Texas College, 1959

Graduate

Prairie View A&M

Personal

Profession

Educator

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Grady Yarbrough (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of Texas. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 6, 2018.

Biography

Grady Yarbrough was born in Smith County, Texas. Yarbrough earned a bachelor's degree from Texas College in 1959, a master's degree in education from Prairie View A&M, and an administration certificate from East Texas State University. Yarbrough's career experience includes teaching social studies to students in Chicago, Tyler, and San Antonio.

Elections

2018

See also: Texas gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Texas

Incumbent Greg Abbott defeated Lupe Valdez and Mark Tippetts in the general election for Governor of Texas on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott (R)	55.8	4,656,196
		Lupe Valdez (D)	42.5	3,546,615
		Mark Tippetts (L)	1.7	140,632

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,343,443
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas

Lupe Valdez defeated Andrew White in the Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lupe Valdez	53.0	224,091
		Andrew White	47.0	198,407

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 422,498
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Texas

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Texas on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lupe Valdez	42.9	435,484
✔		Andrew White	27.4	278,333
		Cedric Davis	8.3	83,817
		Grady Yarbrough	5.4	54,372
	Submit photo	Jeffrey Payne	4.8	48,269
		Adrian Ocegueda	4.4	44,681
		Thomas Wakely	3.4	34,737
	Submit photo	James Clark	2.2	21,871
	Submit photo	Joe Mumbach	1.4	13,878

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,015,442
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Texas

Incumbent Greg Abbott defeated Barbara Krueger and Larry SECEDE Kilgore in the Republican primary for Governor of Texas on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott	90.4	1,389,562
	Submit photo	Barbara Krueger	8.3	127,134
		Larry SECEDE Kilgore	1.3	20,384

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,537,080
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2016

See also: Texas Railroad Commission election, 2016

Yarbrough filed to run as a Democratic candidate in the 2016 election for Texas Railroad Commission. He came in first in the primary election and, according to Texas law, proceeded to a runoff election as no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first primary. Yarbrough defeated Cody Garrett in the runoff election.

Wayne Christian defeated Grady Yarbrough, Mark Miller, and Martina Salinas in the Texas railroad commission election.

Texas Railroad Commission, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Wayne Christian	53.07%	4,648,841
	Democratic	Grady Yarbrough	38.38%	3,362,041
	Libertarian	Mark Miller	5.28%	462,251
	Green	Martina Salinas	3.28%	287,105
Total Votes				8,760,238
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Texas Railroad Commission, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Grady Yarbrough	39.9%	434,532
Cody Garrett	35.2%	383,121
Lon Burnam	24.8%	270,323
Total Votes		1,087,976
Election results via Texas Secretary of State.

Primary runoff election

Texas Railroad Commission, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Grady Yarbrough	53.8%	101,466
Cody Garrett	46.2%	87,126
Total Votes		188,592
Election results via Texas Secretary of State.

2012

See also: United States Senate elections in Texas, 2012

Yarbrough ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Texas. He and Paul Sadler defeated Sean Hubbard and Addie Dainell Allen in the May 29, 2012, Democratic primary and advanced to the July 31. 2012, primary runoff. He was defeated in the runoff by Sadler.

Sadler defeated Yarbrough in the Democratic primary runoff election on July 31, 2012.

U.S. Senate, Texas Runoff Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Paul Sadler	63%	148,940
Grady Yarbrough	37%	87,365
Total Votes		236,305

See also

• Governor of Texas
• Texas gubernatorial election, 2018

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