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Parents > United States > North Carolina > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline April 10, 1930 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 1930 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 1930 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1931 - 11:00am
Term End January 03, 1937 - 11:00am
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler March 16, 2013 06:58pm
Data SourcesNorth Carolina Manual 1931; Wake County archives for write-ins (Furnifold M. Simmons (D*) - 4 and Thomas Bost - 1).
Description Although Bailey won this race rather handily, in the months following the election, more and more instances of innovative vote counting techniques were reported throughout the State. Pritchard hired an attorney to review all the allegations, and he decided to contest the election. The 'regular' Republicans had control of the Senate, but the independent Republicans from the Plains states sometimes supported the Democrats and held the balance of power. As a result, the regular Republicans encouraged Pritchard to pursue the challenge. A special committee investigating the race ordered that all ballots be collected so it could perform a recount. This event eventually ended the challenge, since Bailey won by such a wide margin that even the Republicans realized that they would have to invalidate about one-third of all votes cast in order to win the race.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/1924
NameFurnifold M. Simmons Votes295,404 (61.57%)
Term03/04/1925 - 03/04/1931 Margin111,011 (+23.14%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1936
NameJ. William Bailey Votes564,088 (70.77%)
Term01/03/1937 - 01/03/1943 Margin331,088 (+41.54%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 07, 1930 NC US Senate - D Primary
J. William Bailey
D 332,709
Jun 07, 1930 NC US Senate - R Primary
George M. Pritchard
R 39,195

CANDIDATES
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Name J. William Bailey Rep. George M. Pritchard (W) Others  
PartyDemocratic Republican Other  
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Uncertified Votes 324,393 (60.62%) 210,761 (39.38%) 5 (0.00%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -113,632 (-21.23%) -324,388 (-60.62%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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