1930 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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1930 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff
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  1926 September 8, 1930 (1930-09-08) 1934  
  Ibra C. Blackwood, 1933.jpg Johnston Olin.jpg
Candidate Ibra Blackwood Olin Johnston
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote118,721117,752
Percentage50.21%49.80%

1930 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary.svg
County results
Blackwood:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%
Johnston:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Governor of South Carolina before election

John Gardiner Richards Jr.
Democratic

Elected Governor of South Carolina

Ibra Blackwood
Democratic

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

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Democratic primary

Candidates

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1930 and it attracted many politicians because of the change in 1926 to the South Carolina constitution providing for a four-year term. Blackwood emerged victorious from the closely contested runoff against Olin D. Johnston and effectively became the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election.

Democratic Primary
CandidateVotes%
Olin D. Johnston 58,65324.9
Ibra Charles Blackwood 43,859 18.6
Asbury Francis Lever 39,477 16.7
Ashton H. Williams 36,488 15.5
William H. Keith 28,780 12.2
R. Beverly Herbert 17,102 7.3
W.W. Smoak 10,193 4.3
John J. McMahan 1,113 0.5
Democratic Primary Runoff
CandidateVotes%±%
Ibra Charles Blackwood 118,72150.2+31.6
Olin D. Johnston 117,75249.8+24.9

General election

The general election was held on November 4, 1930, and Ibra Charles Blackwood was elected the next governor of South Carolina 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.

South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1930
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ibra Charles Blackwood 17,790 100.0 0.0
Majority17,790100.00.0
Turnout 17,790
Democratic hold
  65+% won by Blackwood

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Preceded by
1926
South Carolina gubernatorial elections Succeeded by
1934