Dies:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Hutcheson:      30–40%      40–50%      60–70% William Blakley Democratic Ralph Yarborough Democratic The 1957 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on April 2, 1957, to complete the unexpired term of Senator Price Daniel, who resigned to become Governor of Texas.

[1] Outgoing Governor Allan Shivers appointed William Blakley to fill the seat until a successor could be elected.

At the time, Texas held its special elections in a nonpartisan fashion, where all candidates appeared on the ballot in alphabetical order regardless of party affiliation.

[9] Several East Texas county judges also opposed the bill due to the additional costs of holding a second election.

[10] Conservative Democrats argued that the bill was necessary to prevent a Republican takeover of the Senate, which had the potential to lead to the passage of civil rights legislation.

[11] These efforts failed, however, as the Texas Senate did not give the bill the supermajority vote required for it to go into effect prior to the election.

Republicans campaigned on President Eisenhower's inclusion of a natural gas bill in his budget for the year, while Democrats argued that they would be better at managing the industry, as both of their congressional leaders, Johnson and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, were from Texas.

The results mirrored several previous races Yarborough had participated in: conflicts between the liberal and conservative branches of the Democratic Party.