Alabama gubernatorial election, 1930

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Alabama gubernatorial election, 1930
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  1926 November 4, 1930 1934  

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Nominee Benjamin M. Miller Hugh A. Locke
Party Democratic Independent
Popular vote155,03495,745
Percentage61.82%38.18%

Governor before election

Bibb Graves
Democratic

Elected Governor

Benjamin M. Miller
Democratic

The 1930 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1930, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Bibb Graves was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.

Bibb Graves American Democratic politician and the 38th Governor of Alabama

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Democratic primary

At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given you would win the general election.

Results

Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1930 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Benjamin M. Miller 77,06639.18
Democratic W. C. Davis70,96636.06
Democratic W. Finnell19,3209.82
Democratic Charles C. McCall19,0049.66
Democratic J. A. Carnley7,8343.98
Democratic Watt T. Brown2,5181.28
Total votes196,708100.00

Results

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1930 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Benjamin M. Miller 155,03461.82
Independent Hugh A. Locke95,74538.18
Total votes250,779100.00
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "AL Governor D Primary 1930" . Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. "AL Governor 1930" . Retrieved October 24, 2016.