Election Name: | 1934 United States Senate Democratic primary in Texas |
Country: | Texas |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1928 United States Senate election in Texas |
Previous Year: | 1928 |
Next Election: | 1940 United States Senate election in Texas |
Next Year: | 1940 |
Election Date: | July 28, 1934 |
Nominee1: | Tom Connally |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 567,139 |
Percentage1: | 58.80% |
Nominee2: | Joseph W. Bailey |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 355,963 |
Percentage2: | 36.91% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Tom Connally |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Tom Connally |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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.
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.
Connally won every county in the state with over 64% of the vote.