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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 a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the ...
from the state of
South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
. Incumbent Democratic Senator
Coleman Livingston 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 represented the state in the United States Senate from ...
was defeated in the Democratic primary by
James F. Byrnes James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch ...
. 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 James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch ...
, former U.S. Representative from Charleston and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1924 *Leon W. Harris


Campaign

Senator
Coleman Livingston 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 represented the state in the United States Senate from ...
was opposed in the Democratic primary by former Representative
James F. Byrnes James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch ...
. Blease was the leader in the first
primary election Primary elections or primaries are elections held to determine which candidates will run in an upcoming general election. In a partisan primary, a political party selects a candidate. Depending on the state and/or party, there may be an "open pr ...
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 or 2RS), sometimes called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality, is a single-winner electoral system which aims to elect a member who has support of the majority of voters. The two-round system involves one ...
. 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

, - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , -


See also

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List of United States senators from South Carolina South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23, 1788. Its United States Senate, Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 owing to its secession from the Union (American Civil War), Union. They were again filled from July 1 ...
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1930 United States Senate elections The 1930 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Republican Party (United States), Republican President Herbert Hoover's term. The 32 seats of Classes of United States senators, Class 2 were contested in regular elections, and s ...
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1930 South Carolina gubernatorial election 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 ...


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
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South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
Single-candidate elections