1944 United States Senate election in Louisiana

1944 Democratic Senate primary election in Louisiana

September 12, 1944

Nominee John H. Overton E.A. Stephens Griffin Hawkins Party Democratic Democratic Democratic Popular vote 151,886 68,408 19,067 Percentage 61.64% 27.76% 7.74%

U.S. senator before election John H. Overton Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John H. Overton Democratic

The 1944 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democrat Senator John H. Overton was elected to a third term in office.

On September 12, 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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Charles S. Gerth
• Griffin T. Hawkins
• John H. Overton, incumbent Senator
• E.A. Stephens

Results

1944 United States Senate Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Overton	151,886	61.64%
	Democratic	E.A. Stephens	68,408	24.76%
	Democratic	Griffin T. Hawkins	19,067	7.74%
	Democratic	Charles S. Gerth	7,069	2.87%
Total votes			246,430	100.00%

General election

1944 United States Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John H. Overton	287,365	100.00%	0.16
Total votes			287,365	100.00%