he was also running for re-election as lloyd bentsen the senator. now, unlike lbj, it turns out lloyd bentsen did need that little bit of insurance. he did need the lbj law more than lbj did because lloyd bentsen and michael dukakis did not win the vice presidency and the presidency but because he was able to be on the ballot for both races in texas lloyd bentsen did hold on to his senate seat that same night in that same election, and so he got to go back to washington anyway. and it wasn't just texas because it turns out those lbj laws other states started to realize that their politicians might want to do the same thing. after texas changed its law specifically for lbj in the 1960 election a lot of other states around the country made the same tweak to their laws because these were widespread state laws that banned people from running for two offices at once. so connecticut passed an lbj law. that's how joe lieberman was able to go back to washington as a senator from connecticut even though that re-election campaign for him was the same campaign