South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1934
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The 1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Olin D. Johnston won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 98th governor of South Carolina.
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[edit] Democratic Primary
The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1934 and it attracted many politicians because of the change in 1926 to the South Carolina constitution providing for a four year term. Johnston emerged victorious from the runoff against former Governor Cole Blease and effectively became the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election.
| Democratic Primary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Olin D. Johnston | 104,799 | 35.2 |
| Coleman Livingston Blease | 85,795 | 28.9 |
| Wyndham Meredith Manning | 55,767 | 18.8 |
| Pearce | 36,328 | 12.2 |
| Democratic Primary Runoff | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Olin D. Johnston | 157,673 | 56.2 | +21.0 |
| Coleman Livingston Blease | 122,876 | 43.8 | +14.9 |
[edit] General Election
The general election was held on November 6, 1934 and Olin D. Johnston was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much lower than the Democratic primary election.
| South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1934 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Olin D. Johnston | 23,177 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 23,177 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 23,177 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
[edit] See also
- Governor of South Carolina
- List of Governors of South Carolina
- South Carolina gubernatorial elections
[edit] External links
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