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.

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1932 Democratic Senate primary election in Louisiana

← 1926 September 13, 1932 1938 →

Nominee John H. Overton Edwin S. Broussard Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 181,464 124,935 Percentage 59.23% 40.78%

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

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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.