1934 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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1934 Democratic Senate primary election in Mississippi
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  1928 September 18, 1934 1940  
  Theodore Bilbo (cropped).jpg Sen. Hubert D. Stephens, 1923 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Theodore Bilbo Hubert Stephens
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote101,70294,587
Percentage51.81%48.19%

1934 MS US Senate D Primary runoff.svg
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.

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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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1934 United States Senate Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Hubert Stephens (incumbent)64,03537.32%
Democratic Theodore Bilbo 63,75237.16%
Democratic Ross A. Collins 42,20924.60%
Democratic Frank H. Harper1,5860.92%
Total votes171,582 100.00%

Primary runoff

Results

1934 United States Senate Democratic runoff [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Theodore Bilbo 101,702 51.81%
Democratic Hubert Stephens (incumbent)94,58748.19%
Total votes196,289 100.00%

General election

1934 United States Senate election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Theodore Bilbo 51,609 100.00% Steady2.svg
Total votes51,609 100.00%

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