That is what I thought, but it’s a common misconception that the veep balances the ticket, I think the mot successful was LBJ who absolutely delivered TX.
Stole is more the correct terminology, as credible outlets expected TX to remain in the GOP column for 1960. LBJ only lost one election (to Pappy O’Daniel in a 1941 Senate special) and that was because he didn’t cheat (although I find that hard to believe). JFK didn’t need TX to win, curiously. Had he held all his other state wins running with his preferred choice of Sen. Stuart Symington of MO, he still would’ve won (although there was enough chicanery in IL that still calls into question the outcome — he could not win the election without IL).