Election Name: | 1930 United States Senate election in Texas |
Country: | Texas |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1924 United States Senate election in Texas |
Previous Year: | 1924 |
Next Election: | 1936 United States Senate election in Texas |
Next Year: | 1936 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1930 |
Image1: | File:Senator Morris Sheppard (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Morris Sheppard |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 266,550 |
Percentage1: | 86.91% |
Nominee2: | Doran J. Haesly |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 39,047 |
Percentage2: | 12.73% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Morris Sheppard |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Morris Sheppard |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1930 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 1930.[1] Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Morris Sheppard was re-elected to a fourth term in office, easily dispatching his challengers.
Because of the Republican ticket's over performance in the 1928 governor's race, the party held its second primary in state history on July 26, 1930 for all statewide offices, including Senator.
Harris refused to participate in the runoff, causing Haesly to win by default.
Sixteen counties failed to report their results to the Texas Secretary of State in time to be canvassed, so their results are not included in the official vote totals.[2]