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Parents > United States > South Carolina > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1996 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 05, 1996 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 1996 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 1997 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH April 03, 2022 01:24pm
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/1990
NameJ. Strom Thurmond Votes482,032 (64.21%)
Term01/03/1991 - 01/03/1997 Margin237,920 (+31.69%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameLindsey Graham Votes600,010 (54.40%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin112,651 (+10.21%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 04, 1996 SC US Senate - D Primary
Elliott Close
D 165,736
Jun 11, 1996 SC US Senate - R Primary
J. Strom Thurmond
R 217,996

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) President Pro Tempore J. Strom Thurmond Elliott Close Richard T. Quillian Peter J. Ashy Annette C. Estes (W) Write-In  
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Reform Natural Law Nonpartisan  
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Certified Votes 620,326 (53.38%) 511,226 (43.99%) 12,994 (1.12%) 9,741 (0.84%) 7,697 (0.66%) 141 (0.01%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -109,100 (-9.39%) -607,332 (-52.26%) -610,585 (-52.54%) -612,629 (-52.72%) -620,185 (-53.37%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D T. Eston Marchant, Jr.
R Marion H. "Son" Kinon
D Patrick B. "Pat" Harris
D John Drummond
R J. Verne Smith
D Cecil J Williams
D Robert Evander McNair
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