South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1970
- South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1970
The 1970 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. John Carl West, the Democratic nominee, won a close general election against Albert Watson, the Republican congressman from the 2nd congressional district.
Primaries
Both John Carl West and Albert Watson faced no opposition in their party's primaries which allowed both candidates to concentrate solely on the general election.
General Election
The general election was held on November 3, 1970 and John Carl West was elected as the next governor of South Carolina. Turnout was even higher than the previous gubernatorial election because of the recent enfranchisement of black voters and the controversial candidacy of Albert Watson.
Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = John Carl West
votes = 251,151
percentage = 52.1
change = -6.1 Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Albert Watson
votes = 221,236
percentage = 45.9
change = +4.1 Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = A.W. "Red" Bethea
votes = 9,758
percentage = 2.0
change = +2.0 Election box majority
votes = 29,915
percentage = 6.2
change = -10.2Election box turnout
votes = 482,145
percentage = 54.2
change = +4.7
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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frame|300px|none|1970 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
External links
* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/west.html SCIway Biography of Governor John Carl West]
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list=South Carolina gubernatorial elections
next=1974
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