article_snippet.sent: Lyndon Johnson later sent Lyndon Johnson to Bolivia and Lyndon Johnson stayed for a short time under Richard Nixon before returning to Arizona and making the first of two bids for governor.
article_snippet.sent: Lyndon Johnson statewide races were two of the closest gubernatorial elections in state history.
article_snippet.sent: Lyndon Johnson lost to Republican Jack Williams in 1970 by 1.5 percentage points.
article_snippet.sent: Lyndon Johnson fared better four years later as the Republican Party was embroiled in the Watergate corruption scandal.
article_snippet.sent: Raul Hector Castro defeated Republican Jack Williams Republican Jack Williams by less than one percentage point three months after Richard Nixon resigned in controversy.