1934 United States Senate election in Mississippi

1934 Democratic Senate primary election in Mississippi

September 18, 1934

Nominee Theodore Bilbo Hubert Stephens Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 101,702 94,587 Percentage 51.81% 48.19%

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.

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

• Theodore Bilbo, former Governor of Mississippi
• Ross A. Collins, U.S. Representative from Meridian
• Frank H. Harper, Hattiesburg resident
• Hubert Stephens, incumbent Senator

Results

1934 United States Senate Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hubert Stephens (incumbent)	64,035	37.32%
	Democratic	Theodore Bilbo	63,752	37.16%
	Democratic	Ross A. Collins	42,209	24.60%
	Democratic	Frank H. Harper	1,586	0.92%
Total votes			171,582	100.00%

Primary runoff

Results

1934 United States Senate Democratic runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Theodore Bilbo	101,702	51.81%
	Democratic	Hubert Stephens (incumbent)	94,587	48.19%
Total votes			196,289	100.00%

General election

1934 United States Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Theodore Bilbo	51,609	100.00%
Total votes			51,609	100.00%