1934 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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

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.

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.


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