1930 United States Senate election in Louisiana

1930 Democratic Senate primary election in Louisiana

September 9, 1930

Nominee Huey Long Joseph Ransdell Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 149,640 111,451 Percentage 57.31% 42.69%

Parish Results Long   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Ransdell   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

U.S. senator before election Joseph E. Ransdell Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Huey Long Democratic

The 1930 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 4, 1930.

On September 9, Governor of Louisiana Huey Long defeated incumbent Senator Joseph E. Ransdell in the Democratic primary with 57.31% of the vote.

At this time, Louisiana was a one-party state, and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory. Long won the November general election without an opponent.

Democratic primary

Campaign

The incumbent governor of Louisiana, Huey Long, decided to challenge the incumbent senator Ransdell as a referendum on his program in the state. Huey ran with the support of his own machine while the new regulars merged with the old regulars to support Ransdell.

Candidates

• Huey Long, Governor of Louisiana
• Joseph E. Ransdell, incumbent Senator

Results

1930 United States Senate Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Huey Long	149,640	57.31%
	Democratic	Joseph E. Ransdell (incumbent)	111,451	42.69%
Total votes			261,091	100.00%

General election

1930 United States Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Huey Long	130,536	99.98%	0.02
	Write-in	All others	24	0.02%	0.02
Total votes			130,560	100.00%