1934 United States Senate election in Texas

The 1934 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 1934. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Connally was re-elected to a second term. Connally fended off a competitive primary challenge from U.S. Representative Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. on July 28 before facing only nominal opposition in the general election.

1934 United States Senate Democratic primary in Texas

← 1928 July 28, 1934 1940 →
 
Nominee Tom Connally Joseph W. Bailey
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 567,139 355,963
Percentage 58.80% 36.91%

County Results[1]

Connally:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Bailey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Fisher:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Tom Connally
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Tom Connally
Democratic

The Republican Party, whose support had been devastated by the effects of the Great Depression, did field a candidate (El Paso attorney Ulysses S. Goen) but did not factor in the election.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Connally (incumbent) 567,139 58.80%
Democratic Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. 355,963 36.91%
Democratic Guy B. Fisher 41,421 4.29%
Total votes 964,523 100.00%

General election

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General election results by county.
Connally
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%
  >90%

Connally won every county in the state with over 64% of the vote.

Results

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1934 United States Senate election in Texas[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Connally (incumbent) 439,375 96.69%  15.45
Republican Ulysses S. Goen 12,895 2.84%  15.80
Socialist William Burr Starr 1,828 0.40%  0.30
Communist L. C. Keel 310 0.07%  0.05
Total votes 454,408 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Heard, Alexander; Strong, Donald (1950). Southern Primaries and Elections 1920-1949. University of Alabama Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 9780836955248.
  2. ^ "Three Candidates for U.S. Senator from Texas Discussed in Sketches". The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 22, 1934. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate – D Primary Race – July 28, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  4. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1935). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1934" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 04, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.