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

September 13, 1932

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

Candidates

• Edwin S. Broussard, incumbent Senator
• John H. Overton, U.S. Representative from Marksville

Results

1932 United States Senate Democratic primary

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

1932 United States Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Overton	249,189	100.00%
Total votes			249,189	100.00%