1926 United States Senate election in Louisiana

1926 Democratic Senate primary election in Louisiana

←  1920 September 14, 1926 1932  →

Nominee Edwin S. Broussard Jared Sanders Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 84,041 80,562 Percentage 51.06% 48.94%

U.S. senator before election Edwin S. Broussard Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Edwin S. Broussard Democratic

The 1926 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Democratic Senator Edwin Broussard was elected to a second term in office.

On September 14, Broussard won the Democratic primary against Rep. Jared Sanders with 51.06% 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. Broussard won the November general election without an opponent.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Edwin S. Broussard, incumbent Senator
• Jared Y. Sanders Sr., U.S. Representative from Franklin and former Governor of Louisiana

Results

1926 United States Senate Democratic primary ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin S. Broussard (incumbent)	84,041	51.06%
	Democratic	Jared Y. Sanders Sr.	80,562	48.94%
Total votes			306,399	100.00%

General election

1926 United States Senate election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edwin S. Broussard (incumbent)	54,180	100.00%
Total votes			54,180	100.00%

References

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