Election Name: | 1926 Democratic Senate primary election in Louisiana |
Country: | Louisiana |
Flag Year: | 1912 |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1920 United States Senate election in Louisiana |
Previous Year: | 1920 |
Next Election: | 1932 United States Senate election in Louisiana |
Next Year: | 1932 |
Election Date: | September 14, 1926 |
Nominee1: | Edwin S. Broussard |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 84,041 |
Percentage1: | 51.06% |
Nominee2: | Jared Sanders |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 80,562 |
Percentage2: | 48.94% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Edwin S. Broussard |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Edwin S. Broussard |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1926 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Democratic Senator Edwin Broussard was elected to a second term in office.
On September 14, Broussard won the Democratic primary against Rep. Jared Sanders with 51.06% of the vote.
At this time, Louisiana was a one-party state (no other party had run a candidate for Senate since the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment), and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory. Broussard won the November general election without an opponent.