1934 United States Senate election in Texas

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.

1934 United States Senate Democratic primary in Texas

← 1928 July 28, 1934 1940 →

Nominee Tom Connally Joseph W. Bailey Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 567,139 355,963 Percentage 58.80% 36.91%

County Results[1] Connally:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Bailey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Fisher:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Tom Connally Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Tom Connally Democratic

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr., U.S. Representative from Gainesville (representing Texas at-large) and son of former U.S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey
• Tom Connally, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1929
• Guy B. Fisher, attorney and sawmill operator from Bland Lake^[2]

Results

1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Connally (incumbent)	567,139	58.80%
	Democratic	Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr.	355,963	36.91%
	Democratic	Guy B. Fisher	41,421	4.29%
Total votes			964,523	100.00%

General election

General election results by county.

Connally

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

  >90%

Connally won every county in the state with over 64% of the vote.

Results

1934 United States Senate election in Texas^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tom Connally (incumbent)	439,375	96.69%	15.45
	Republican	Ulysses S. Goen	12,895	2.84%	15.80
	Socialist	William Burr Starr	1,828	0.40%	0.30
	Communist	L. C. Keel	310	0.07%	0.05
Total votes			454,408	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1934 United States Senate elections