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.
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 County Results[1]
Connally: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||
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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
editCandidates
edit- Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr., U.S. Representative from Gainesville (representing Texas at-large) and son of former U.S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey
- Tom Connally, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1929
- Guy B. Fisher, attorney and sawmill operator from Bland Lake[2]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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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Connally won every county in the state with over 64% of the vote.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Tom Connally (incumbent) | 439,375 | 96.69% |  15.45
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| Republican | Ulysses S. Goen | 12,895 | 2.84% |  15.80
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| Socialist | William Burr Starr | 1,828 | 0.40% | 0.30
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| Communist | L. C. Keel | 310 | 0.07% | 0.05
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| Total votes | 454,408 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Heard, Alexander; Strong, Donald (1950). Southern Primaries and Elections 1920-1949. University of Alabama Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 9780836955248.
- ^ "Three Candidates for U.S. Senator from Texas Discussed in Sketches". The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 22, 1934. p. 7.
- ^ "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate – D Primary Race – July 28, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Our Campaigns – TX US Senate Race – Nov 04, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
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