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Parents > United States > South Carolina > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifiedRBH April 03, 2022 01:30pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/1996
NameJ. Strom Thurmond Votes620,326 (53.38%)
Term01/03/1997 - 01/03/2003 Margin109,100 (+9.39%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2008
NameLindsey Graham Votes1,076,534 (57.52%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin285,913 (+15.28%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/09/2002 11/05/2002
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Lindsey Graham 7 12 6 1
Alex Sanders 7 ------
Ted Adams 1 ------
Leaning Call: Lindsey Graham (86.89%)
Weighted Call: Lindsey Graham (99.98%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

06/01/2002 11/03/2002

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Rep. Lindsey Graham Alex Sanders Ted Adams Victor Kocher (W) Write-In  
PartyRepublican Democratic Constitution Libertarian Nonpartisan  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 600,010 (54.40%) 487,359 (44.19%) 8,228 (0.75%) 6,684 (0.61%) 667 (0.06%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -112,651 (-10.21%) -591,782 (-53.65%) -593,326 (-53.79%) -599,343 (-54.34%)  
Predict Avg.52.17% 43.41% 0.21% 1.05% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date -- -- -- -- --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 5 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg49.32%-- 39.25%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Survey USA 
11/01/02-11/03/02		 49.00% -- 48.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/28/02-10/29/02		 53.00% 2.0 36.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/25/02-10/25/02		 49.00% 4.0 48.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/18/02-10/20/02		 53.00% 3.0 44.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/13/02-10/16/02		 51.00% -- 34.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/11/02-10/13/02		 50.00% -- 46.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/09/02-10/11/02		 47.00% -- 35.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Unknown 
09/26/02-09/26/02		 46.00% -- 38.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
09/13/02-09/15/02		 49.00% -- 47.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) 
06/25/02-06/26/02		 45.00% -- 33.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
06/01/02-06/03/02		 52.00% -- 36.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R CincinnatiReds1990
D PaGuy
R Weston Adams 🔗
D InspectorMorse
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