In the campaigns of 1962 and 1966 , Connally defeated weak Republican challenges offered by Jack Crichton , a Dallas oil industrialist , and Thomas Everton Kennerly , Sr. ( 1903 -- 2000 ) , of Houston , respectively .
In the campaigns of 1964 and 1966 , Connally defeated Republicans , Jack Crichton , a Dallas oil industrialist , and Thomas Everton Kennerly , Sr. ( 1903 -- 2000 ) , of Houston , respectively .