Crow then died August 2, 1922, and Republican attorney David A. Reed was appointed, also to continue the term, pending a special election.

Senator Charles Culberson ran for re-election to a fifth term, but he lost the Democratic primary.

[5] Railroads Commissioner Earle Bradford Mayfield defeated former Governor Pa Ferguson in the primary runoff.

Mayfield won the runoff, but because of his support of the resurgent Ku Klux Klan, anti-Klan activists in the Democratic Party including George Peddy attempted to have him stripped of the nomination.

"[7] The Texas Republican Party also backed Peddy, but after a lengthy court battle, they were unable to have him included on the general election ballot as their official nominee.

[8] Peddy instead ran as a write-in candidate, but he lost the general election to Mayfield.