Casey was elected to the United States House in 1958 in the newly created 22nd district. He defeated the Republican Thomas Everton Kennerly, Sr. (1903-2000) by 43,660 (61.7%) to 23,317 (33%). (Kennerly subsequently went on to be his party's gubernatorial nominee in 1966 against John B. Connally, Jr.)

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