On November 4, Georgetown, South Carolina, held an election for Mayor and City Council. The election was a partisan election. Forward Party nominee Jay Doyle was elected Mayor, defeating the incumbent Republican, Carol Jayroe. The vote was 1,246 for Doyle, and 972 for Jayroe. Here is Doyle’s campaign website.

Georgetown has a population of 9,163 and is the county seat of Georgetown County.

As far as is known, this is the first time any third party has ever won a partisan election in South Carolina since 1894, when some Independent Democrats were elected to the state legislature. Although Strom Thurmond, States Rights Democratic Party, carried South Carolina in 1948, he was the Democratic Party nominee. The South Carolina Democratic Party had refused to list Harry Truman as its presidential nominee.