1938 United States Senate election in Georgia

The 1938 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Walter F. George was re-elected to a third term in office, holding off a primary challenge from Eugene Talmadge and Lawrence Camp.

1938 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Georgia
September 14, 1938
 
Nominee Walter F. George Eugene Talmadge Lawrence Camp
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Electoral vote 246 148 16
Popular vote 141,235 103,075 122,152
Percentage 43.96% 32.08% 19.69%
U.S. senator before election

Walter F. George
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Walter F. George
Democratic

Elections in Georgia

At this time, Georgia was a one-party state. George's victory in the September 14 primary was tantamount to election, and he had only nominal opposition in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
1938 Democratic U.S. Senate primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walter F. George (inc.) 141,235 43.96%
Democratic Eugene Talmadge 103,075 32.08%
Democratic Lawrence S. Camp 76,778 23.90%
Democratic W. G. McRae 223 0.07%
Total votes 321,311 100.00%

At the time, Georgia Democrats used a modified primary system based on "county units." 400 county units were distributed among the counties of Georgia. In the county unit totals, George won 246 to Talmadge's 148. Camp took the remaining 16.

General election

Results
1938 United States Senate election in Georgia[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Walter F. George 66,987 95.11% 0.03
Independent Charles A. Jiles 3,442 4.89% N/A
Total votes 70,429 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References
  1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377215
  2. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=254000
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