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The 1930 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 4, 1930, to select the
U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...
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

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Cole Blease Coleman Livingston Blease (October 8, 1868 – January 19, 1942) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 89th governor of South Carolina from 1911 to 1915, and as a United States senator from 1925 to 1931. Blease was ...
, incumbent Senator since 1925 * James F. Byrnes, former U.S. Representative from
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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 Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...
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 The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resul ...
. 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


Runoff


General election


Results

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See also

* List of United States senators from South Carolina *
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1930 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina The 1930 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 4, 1930 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. All seven incumbents were re-elected and the compositio ...
* 1930 South Carolina gubernatorial election


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, SC: 1931, p. 3. * {{South Carolina elections United States Senate
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South Carolina Single-candidate elections