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:''See also: [[Democrat election fraud]]
:''See also: [[Democrat election fraud]]
Bailey ran for Senate in 1930, defeating incumbent Democrat senator Furnifold Simmons for the nomination; facing Republican George Pritchard in the general election, he ultimately polled a victory margin of over 100,000 votes.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/115Pirchard_Bailey.htm The Election Case of George M. Pritchard v. Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina (1933)]. ''senate.gov''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref> However, Pritchard filed a lawsuit to challenge the "official results" on charges of [[election fraud]]; every voter registrar was beholden to the Democratic Party, poll judges barred Republicans from being able to clearly see ballot boxes, absentee ballots were subject to fraud, and ballots were destroyed.
Bailey ran for Senate in 1930, defeating incumbent Democrat senator Furnifold Simmons for the nomination; facing Republican George Pritchard in the general election, he ultimately polled a victory margin of over 100,000 votes.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/115Pirchard_Bailey.htm The Election Case of George M. Pritchard v. Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina (1933)]. ''senate.gov''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref> However, Pritchard filed a lawsuit to challenge the "official results" on charges of [[election fraud]]; every voter registrar was beholden to the Democratic Party, poll judges barred Republicans from being able to clearly see ballot boxes, absentee ballots were subject to fraud, and ballots were destroyed.
In 1935, Bailey participated in the Southern Democratic filibuster of the [[Costigan–Wagner Act]], an [[anti-lynching bill]] introduced by senators Edward P. Costigan of [[Colorado]] and Robert F. Wagner of [[New York]].<ref>Greenbaum, Fred (1967). [https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-human-relations_third-quarter-1967_15_3 "The Anti-Lynching Bill of 1935: The Irony of "Equal Justice—Under Law"]," p. 79–82. Internet Archive. Retrieved December 3, 2022.</ref> The Act ultimately failed when Democratic maneuvers to adjourn the chamber succeeded, stalling off the bill indefinitely.
[[File:Josiah Bailey speaking 1940.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Sen. Bailey speaking in March 1940.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016877290/ Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Democrat of N.C., 3-15-40]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>]]
[[File:Josiah Bailey speaking 1940.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Sen. Bailey speaking in March 1940.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016877290/ Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Democrat of N.C., 3-15-40]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>]]
Bailey missed a quarter of all roll call votes during his tenure in the Senate.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/josiah_bailey/401051 Sen. Josiah Bailey]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
Bailey missed a quarter of all roll call votes during his tenure in the Senate.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/josiah_bailey/401051 Sen. Josiah Bailey]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
While personally loyal to Roosevelt, Bailey was known for his opposition to many of the president's more [[left-wing]] policies in the [[New Deal]], being more pro-business. He opposed the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]], a part of which was later deemed unconstitutional by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].
While personally loyal to Roosevelt, Bailey was known for his opposition to many of the president's [[left-wing]] policies in the [[New Deal]] from a pro-business standpoint. He opposed the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]], a part of which was later deemed unconstitutional by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].
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