1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election

1934 South Carolina gubernatorial primary runoff

← 1930 September 11, 1934 1938 →
 
Nominee Olin Johnston Cole Blease
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 157,673 122,876
Percentage 56.20% 43.80%

County results
Johnston:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Blease:      50-60%      60-70%

Governor before election

Ibra Charles Blackwood
Democratic

Elected Governor

Olin D. Johnston
Democratic

The 1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Olin D. Johnston won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 98th governor of South Carolina.