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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY The South Carolina Democratic Party held their Primary for governor on August 28 and Martin Frederick Ansel emerged as the frontrunner. Ansel was vocal in his opposition to the Dispensary system set up by Ben Tillman and instead favored the local county option established by the Bryce law in 1904 . His chief rival, progressive reformer Richard Irvine Manning III , sought to maintain a statewide Dispensary and work to remove all the corrupt officials in it. The public sentiment at the time felt that nobody with even the best intentions could clean up the Dispensary and therefore Ansel won the Democratic Runoff on September 11 against Manning. He essentially became the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election. GENERAL ELECTION The general election was held on November 6 , 1906 and Martin Frederick Ansel was elected the next Governor Of South Carolina without opposition. Being a Non-presidential Election and few contested races, Turnout was much less than the Previous Gubernatorial Election .
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