South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1954

The 1954 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. George Bell Timmerman won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 105th governor of South Carolina.

Democratic Primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1954. George Bell Timmerman was the current Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and only faced nominal opposition in the Democratic primary.

General Election

The general election was held on November 2, 1954 and George Bell Timmerman was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout was much higher than the previous gubernatorial election because there was an extremely competitive Senate race on the ballot, featuring former governor Strom Thurmond.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = George Bell Timmerman
votes = 214,204
percentage = 100.0
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party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 8
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 214,196
percentage = 100.0
change = 0.0Election box turnout
votes = 214,212
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colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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frame|300px|none|1954 South Carolina gubernatorial election map, by percentile by county.

ee also

*Governor of South Carolina
*List of Governors of South Carolina
*South Carolina gubernatorial elections
*South Carolina United States Senate election, 1954

References

*cite book | last = Jordan | first = Frank E | title = The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 | pages = pp. 47-48
*"Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." "Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1955, p. 9.

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/timmerman.html SCIway Biography of Governor George Bell Timmerman]

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