1930 United States Senate election in South Carolina
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1930 Democratic Senate primary runoff in South Carolina
| country = South Carolina
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1924
| previous_year = 1924
| next_election = United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1936
| next_year = 1936
| election_date = September 9, 1930
| image_size = 160x180px
| image1 = Senator James F Byrnes.jpg
| image1_size = x150px
| nominee1 = James F. Byrnes
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 120,755
| percentage1 = 50.95%
| image2 = Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg
| image2_size = x150px
| nominee2 = Cole Blease
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 116,264
| percentage2 = 49.05%
| map_image = 1930 United States Senate Primary election in South Carolina results map by county.svg
| map_size = 250px
| map_caption = County results
Byrnes: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}}
Blease: {{legend0|#51c2c2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#2aacac|60–70%}}
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Coleman Livingston Blease
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = James F. Byrnes
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
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The 1930 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 4, 1930, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Coleman Livingston Blease was defeated in the Democratic primary by James F. Byrnes. He was unopposed in the general election to win a six-year term.
Democratic primary
=Candidates=
- Cole Blease, incumbent Senator since 1925
- James F. Byrnes, former U.S. Representative from Charleston and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1924
- Leon W. Harris
=Campaign=
Senator Coleman Livingston Blease was opposed in the Democratic primary by former Representative James F. Byrnes. Blease was the leader in the first primary election on August 26, but in previous primary elections he had been the leader in the first primary and unable to increase his support in the runoff election. This election was no different and Byrnes won the runoff on September 9. There was no opposition to the Democratic candidate in the general election so Byrnes was elected to a six-year term in the Senate.
=Results=
| class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="3" | Democratic Primary |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 111,989 | align="right" | 46.0 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 92,242 | align="right" | 37.8 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Leon W. Harris | align="right" | 39,512 | align="right" | 16.2 |
=Runoff=
| class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="4" | Democratic Primary Runoff |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|±% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 120,755 | align="right" | 50.9 | align="right" | +13.1 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 116,264 | align="right" | 49.1 | align="right" | +3.1 |
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General election
=Results=
{{Election box begin | title=1930 U.S. Senate election in South Carolina}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = James F. Byrnes
|votes = 16,211
|percentage = 100.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,211
|percentage = 100.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,211
|percentage =
|change =
}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
|-
{{Election box end}}
{{legend|#00f|65+% won by Byrnes}}
See also
References
- {{cite book | last = Jordan | first = Frank E | title = The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 | pages = 71–72}}
- "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1931, p. 3.
- {{cite magazine | title=Makings of the 72nd (Cont.) | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,740250,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715110348/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,740250,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 15, 2010 | magazine=Time | date=September 8, 1930 | access-date=March 14, 2008}}
{{1930 United States elections}}
{{South Carolina elections}}