Editing Lyndon B. Johnson (section)

===Re-election to U.S. Senate===
At the same time as his vice presidential run, Johnson also sought a third term in the U.S. Senate. According to Robert Caro: <blockquote>Johnson won an election for both the vice presidency of the United States, on the Kennedy–Johnson ticket, and for a third term as senator (he had Texas law changed to allow him to run for both offices). When he won the vice presidency, he made arrangements to resign from the Senate, as he was required to do under federal law, as soon as it convened on January 3, 1961.<ref>{{harvp|Caro|2002|p=1035}}</ref></blockquote> Johnson was re-elected senator with 1,306,605 votes (58&nbsp;percent) to Republican [[John Tower]]'s 927,653 (41.1&nbsp;percent). Fellow Democrat [[William A. Blakley]] was appointed to replace Johnson, but lost a [[1961 United States Senate special election in Texas|special election]] in May 1961 to Tower.