1932 United States Senate election in Louisiana

The 1932 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic Senator Edwin Broussard ran for a third term in office, but was defeated in the primary by U.S. Representative John H. Overton.

1932 Democratic Senate primary election in Louisiana

← 1926 September 13, 1932 1938 →
 
Nominee John H. Overton Edwin S. Broussard
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 181,464 124,935
Percentage 59.23% 40.78%

U.S. senator before election

Edwin S. Broussard
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John H. Overton
Democratic

On September 13, Overton won the Democratic primary with 61.64% of the vote.

At this time, Louisiana was a one-party state (no other party had run a candidate for Senate since the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment), and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory. Overton won the November general election without an opponent.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1932 United States Senate Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Overton 181,464 59.23%
Democratic Edwin S. Broussard (incumbent) 124,935 40.78%
Total votes 306,399 100.00%

General election

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1932 United States Senate election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Overton 249,189 100.00%  
Total votes 249,189 100.00%

References

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