1947: LBJ decides to run for Senate in the 1948 election

He had been undecided for some time: he’d have to give up his Congressional seat, since he could not run for both offices, but Senator Pappy O’Daniel—remember Pappy?— had been steadily losing support. LBJ thinks he is beatable, and decides to throw his hat in the ring.

But Pappy decides not to run again.

Then, on January 1, 1948, popular ex-governor Coke Stevenson declares himself a candidate for Senate. It will be a far different campaign than the one LBJ had imagined.

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