1934 United States Senate election in Mississippi

The 1934 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Senator Hubert Stephens ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Governor Theodore Bilbo in a close run-off election.

1934 Democratic Senate primary election in Mississippi

← 1928 September 18, 1934 1940 →
 
Nominee Theodore Bilbo Hubert Stephens
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 101,702 94,587
Percentage 51.81% 48.19%

Results by county
Bilbo:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Stephens:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Hubert Stephens
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Theodore Bilbo
Democratic

On August 28, Stephens won the Democratic primary over Bilbo and Meridian Congressman Ross Collins in a close three-way race. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, the election proceeded to a run-off between Stephens and Bilbo. On September 18, Bilbo won the run-off by just 7,115 votes.

Bilbo won the November general election without an opponent.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1934 United States Senate Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hubert Stephens (incumbent) 64,035 37.32%
Democratic Theodore Bilbo 63,752 37.16%
Democratic Ross A. Collins 42,209 24.60%
Democratic Frank H. Harper 1,586 0.92%
Total votes 171,582 100.00%

Primary runoff

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Results

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1934 United States Senate Democratic runoff[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Theodore Bilbo 101,702 51.81%
Democratic Hubert Stephens (incumbent) 94,587 48.19%
Total votes 196,289 100.00%

General election

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1934 United States Senate election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Theodore Bilbo 51,609 100.00%  
Total votes 51,609 100.00%

References

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  1. ^ "MS US Senate – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "MS US Senate – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "MS US Senate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 24, 2020.