The 1930 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina.

Ibra Charles Blackwood Ibra Charles Blackwood (November 21, 1878February 12, 1936) was the 97th Governor of South Carolina from 1931 to 1935. Biography Born in rural Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Blackwood studied at Furman University preparatory school and o ...

won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 97th governor of South Carolina.

Democratic primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their

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for governor in the summer of 1930 and it attracted many

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because of the change in 1926 to the South Carolina constitution providing for a four-year term. Blackwood emerged victorious from the closely contested

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against

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and effectively became the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election.

General election

The general election was held on November 4, 1930, and Ibra Charles Blackwood was elected the next

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without opposition on account of South Carolina's effective status as a one-party state. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was the second lowest ever for a gubernatorial election in South Carolina. , - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , -

References

* *"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, South Carolina: 1931, p. 10.

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Gubernatorial November 1930 events

Democratic primary

General election

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References

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