1920 United States Senate election in Louisiana

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1920 Democratic Senate primary election in Louisiana

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September 14, 1920

1926 →


Nominee	Edwin Broussard	Jared Sanders	Donelson Caffery III
Party	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	49,718	43,425	15,563
Percentage	45.74%	39.95%	14.32%

U.S. senator before election

Edward J. Gay
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Edwin S. Broussard
Democratic

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The 1920 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Senator Edward J. Gay did not run for re-election.

On September 14, Edwin S. Broussard won the Democratic primary with 45.74% of the vote.

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Edwin S. Broussard, Progressive candidate for Lt. Governor in 1916 and brother of former Senator Robert F. Broussard
Donelson Caffery III, Populist candidate for Governor in 1900 and son of former Senator Donelson Caffery
Jared Y. Sanders Sr., U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district and former Governor of Louisiana

Results

1920 United States Senate Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin S. Broussard	49,718	45.74%
	Democratic	Jared Y. Sanders Sr.	43,425	39.95%
	Democratic	Donelson Caffery III	15,563	14.32%
Total votes			108,706	100.00%

General election

1920 United States Senate election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edwin S. Broussard (incumbent)	94,944	100.00%
Total votes			94,944	100.00%

References

^ "LA US Senate – D Primary". Ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 24 Jan 2020.
^ "LA US Senate". Ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 24 Jan 2020.

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