1974 South Carolina gubernatorial election
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The 1974 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Initially considered a longshot candidate,[1] Republican James B. Edwards defeated Democrat W. J. Bryan Dorn with a narrow majority of the vote.
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Edwards' victory made him the first Republican since Daniel Henry Chamberlain in 1874 to win a gubernatorial election in South Carolina. It was also the closest gubernatorial election in South Carolina since the disputed election of 1876.