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===United States Senate===
===United States Senate===
:''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.
[[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>