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==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
Bilbo unsuccessfully ran for the [[U.S. House of Representatives] in 1932,<ref name=msencyclopediabio/><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=483060 MS – District 07 Race – Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 16, 2023.</ref> though two years later sought a U.S. Senate seat and denied the renomination of the more conservative incumbent Democratic senator Hubert D. Stephens, proceeding to victory in the general election.<ref name=fleegler,pp.7-8>Fleegler, Robert L. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220310171829/https://www.mississippihistory.org/sites/default/files/bilbo.pdf Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938–1947], pp. 7–8. ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref> In the primary, Bilbo garnered his usual support from the economically poor "hills" as opposed to the pro-[[Bourbon Democrat|Bourbon]] Delta region. His virulent campaign rife with attacks against Wall Street were noticed and reported on by ''[[The New York Times]]'', and was compared to Louisiana demagogic [[Huey Long]].
Bilbo unsuccessfully ran for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in 1932,<ref name=msencyclopediabio/><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=483060 MS – District 07 Race – Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 16, 2023.</ref> though two years later sought a U.S. Senate seat and denied the renomination of the more conservative incumbent Democratic senator Hubert D. Stephens, proceeding to victory in the general election.<ref name=fleegler,pp.7-8>Fleegler, Robert L. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220310171829/https://www.mississippihistory.org/sites/default/files/bilbo.pdf Theodore G. Bilbo and the Decline of Public Racism, 1938–1947], pp. 7–8. ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref> In the primary, Bilbo garnered his usual support from the economically poor "hills" as opposed to the pro-[[Bourbon Democrat|Bourbon]] Delta region. His virulent campaign rife with attacks against Wall Street were noticed and reported on by ''[[The New York Times]]'', and was compared to Louisiana demagogic [[Huey Long]].
===1930s: hardline New Deal politics, diatribes against anti-lynching legislation===
===1930s: hardline New Deal politics, diatribes against anti-lynching legislation===