 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaRepublican veTexas vakawana rutsigiro rwakawedzerwa rwevavhoti mumakore akatevera. Porter akava nhengo yeRepublican National Committee uye akapa rutsigiro rwakakosha kuna Dwight Eisenhower panguva yekumirira kwaEisenhower semutungamiri wenyika muna 1952, izvo zvakamuita kuti awane zita reRepublicanpamusoro pomukwikwidzi wake mukuru, Robert A. Taft. Eisenhower akakunda Texas muna 1952 uye zvakare muna 1956. Muna 1960, muDemocrat John F. Kennedy akakunda nechisimba chete muTexas, pasinei nokuvapo kwaJohnson pakiti semutevedzeri wake wepurezidhendi. VaRepublican John Tower vakakunda musarudzo chaiyo ya1961 kuti vatsive Johnson muSeneti, chimwe chiratidzo chokuti kukwikwidza kwaPorter muna 1948 kwakanga kwaisa Texas Republicans munzira yekubudirira. 