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.

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1934 United States Senate Democratic primary in Texas

← 1928 July 28, 1934 1940 â†’

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

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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.