South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1986

The 1986 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., a Republican representative of the 4th congressional district, narrowly defeated Democrat Michael R. Daniel to become the 112th governor of South Carolina and only the second Republican governor since Reconstruction.

Democratic Primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on June 10. Michael R. Daniel was declared the official candidate for the Democrats despite not obtaining 50% of the vote because second place finisher, Winthrop College president Phil Lader, declined a runoff election. [cite news |title= Runoff Rules It's Time To Change Them |work= The Charlotte Observer |date= 22 June 1986 |page= ED]

Republican Primary

Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. faced no opposition from South Carolina Republicans and avoided a primary election.

General Election

The general election was held on November 4, 1986 and Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. was elected as the next governor of South Carolina in the closest election percentage wise since the disputed election of 1876. Turnout was higher than the previous gubernatorial election because of the increasingly competitive nature of the race between the two parties.

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
votes = 384,565
percentage = 51.0
change = +20.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Michael R. Daniel
votes = 361,328
percentage = 47.9
change = -21.9 Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = William Griffin
votes = 4,211
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6Election box candidate
party = American
candidate = Millard Smith
votes = 3,304
percentage = 0.4
change = +0.4Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 341
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 23,237
percentage = 3.1
change = -36.5Election box turnout
votes = 753,749
percentage = 57.8
change = +3.2
colspan=5 |Republican gain from Democratic
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frame|300px|none|1986 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

References

External links

* [http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/campbell.html SCIway Biography of Governor Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr.]

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