1962 United States Senate election in Louisiana

1962 United States Senate election in Louisiana

← 1956 November 6, 1962 1968 →
 
Nominee Russell B. Long Taylor W. O'Hearn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 318,838 103,666
Percentage 75.46% 24.54%

Parish results
Long:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Maloney:      50-60%      60-70%

U.S. senator before election

Russell Long
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Russell Long
Democratic

The 1962 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic Senator Russell Long was elected to a fourth term in office.

On August 17, Long won the Democratic primary with 80.15% of the vote.

Long won the general election against Shreveport attorney Taylor W. O'Hearn, who staged a rare bid for statewide office on the Republican line. O'Hearn carried seven parishes in northern Louisiana, a sign of growing disenchantment by conservative Southern whites with the Kennedy administration, but Long still won an easy majority in a state that remained predominantly Democratic.