1922 Texas gubernatorial election

The 1922 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922 in order to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Morris Neff won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican candidate William Hawley Atwell in a landslide.

Democratic primary

Governor Neff won in the Democratic party against three different challengers relatively comfortably, and narrowly avoided a runoff.

On election day, 7 November 1922, Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor Pat Morris Neff won the election by a margin of 260,872 votes against his opponent Republican nominee William Hawley Atwell, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of Governor. He was sworn in for his second term on January 20, 1923.