Election Name: | 1932 Democratic Senate primary election in Louisiana |
Country: | Louisiana |
Flag Year: | 1912 |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1926 United States Senate election in Louisiana |
Previous Year: | 1926 |
Next Election: | 1938 United States Senate election in Louisiana |
Next Year: | 1938 |
Election Date: | September 13, 1932 |
Nominee1: | John H. Overton |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 181,464 |
Percentage1: | 59.23% |
Nominee2: | Edwin S. Broussard |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 124,935 |
Percentage2: | 40.78% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Edwin S. Broussard |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | John H. Overton |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1932 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic Senator Edwin Broussard ran for a third term in office, but was defeated in the primary by U.S. Representative John H. Overton.
On September 13, Overton won the Democratic primary with 61.64% 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. Overton won the November general election without an opponent.