1934 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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.

1934 Democratic Senate primary election in Mississippi

← 1928 September 18, 1934 1940 →

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

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^[1]

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^[2]

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^[3]

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