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Connally ran for Senate in 1928 and faced incumbent Democrat [[Klansman]] Earle B. Mayfield. He finished second in the primary with Mayfield garnering a plurality,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278791 TX US Senate - D Primary]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 1, 2021.</ref> and won the runoff by just over ten percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278804 TX US Senate - D Runoff]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 1, 2021.</ref>

Connally ran for Senate in 1928 and faced incumbent Democrat [[Klansman]] Earle B. Mayfield. He finished second in the primary with Mayfield garnering a plurality,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278791 TX US Senate - D Primary]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 1, 2021.</ref> and won the runoff by just over ten percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=278804 TX US Senate - D Runoff]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved May 1, 2021.</ref>

During the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Connally was a staunch supporter of New Deal programs.<ref name="Connally, Thomas Terry (1877–1963)">[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/connally-thomas-terry Connally, Thomas Terry (1877–1963)]. ''Texas State Historical Association''. Retrieved April 29, 2021.</ref> The only notable time he broke from Roosevelt was during the president's 1937 [[court packing]] attempt.

Connally opposed the policies of Republican president [[Herbert Hoover]], including efforts to raise the [[tariff]]. During the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Connally was a staunch supporter of New Deal programs.<ref name="Connally, Thomas Terry (1877–1963)">[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/connally-thomas-terry Connally, Thomas Terry (1877–1963)]. ''Texas State Historical Association''. Retrieved April 29, 2021.</ref> The only notable time he broke from Roosevelt was during the president's 1937 [[court packing]] attempt.

In 1938, Connally joined fellow Southern Democrat senators [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], [[Walter F. George|Walter Franklin George]], and [[Claude Pepper|Claude Densen Pepper]] in filibustering an anti-lynching bill.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.23959/ Filibuster against anti-lynching bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Members of the bloc of Southern Senators who have been filibusting against the anti-lynching bill for the last 20 days and are still going strong, left to right: Senator Tom Connaly, of Texas, Sen. Walter F. George, of Ga.; Sen. Richard Russell of Ga.; and Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida, 1/27/38 digital file from original negative]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved April 29, 2021.</ref><ref>Reeve, Elspeth (March 12, 2013). [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/obama-schmooze-advice/317479/ The Hypocrisy of Schmooze]. ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved April 29, 2021.</ref>

In 1938, Connally joined fellow Southern Democrat senators [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], [[Walter F. George|Walter Franklin George]], and [[Claude Pepper|Claude Densen Pepper]] in filibustering an anti-lynching bill.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.23959/ Filibuster against anti-lynching bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Members of the bloc of Southern Senators who have been filibusting against the anti-lynching bill for the last 20 days and are still going strong, left to right: Senator Tom Connaly, of Texas, Sen. Walter F. George, of Ga.; Sen. Richard Russell of Ga.; and Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida, 1/27/38 digital file from original negative]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved April 29, 2021.</ref><ref>Reeve, Elspeth (March 12, 2013). [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/obama-schmooze-advice/317479/ The Hypocrisy of Schmooze]. ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved April 29, 2021.</ref>