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Parents > United States > South Carolina > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline February 03, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorJ.R.
Last ModifiedAshley June 16, 2010 04:04pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameLindsey Graham Votes600,010 (54.40%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin112,651 (+10.21%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2014
NameLindsey Graham Votes672,941 (54.27%)
Term01/03/2015 - 01/03/2021 Margin192,108 (+15.49%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 10, 2008 SC US Senate - D Primary
Bob Conley
D 147,287
Jun 10, 2008 SC US Senate - R Primary
Lindsey Graham
R 280,861
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
11/10/2006 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Lindsey Graham 2 6 17 27
Leaning Call: Lindsey Graham (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Lindsey Graham (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

07/09/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Sen. Lindsey Graham Bob Conley (W) Write-In  
PartyRepublican Democratic Nonpartisan  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,076,534 (57.53%) 790,621 (42.25%) 4,276 (0.23%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -285,913 (-15.28%) -1,072,258 (-57.30%)  
Predict Avg.56.29% 43.29% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008  
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MATCHUP POLLS (5 from 5 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg51.61%-- 35.59%-- 0.00%--  
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 47.00% -- 31.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/28/08-10/29/08		 58.00% -- 39.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
09/22/08-09/24/08		 51.00% -- 42.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/18/08-09/18/08		 50.00% -- 41.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
07/09/08-07/11/08		 54.00% -- 32.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Chad McGowan 🔗
  The State
D Ex-New Jerseyan
D Ashley
  Greenville News
  Aiken Standard
  Spartanburg Herald-Journal
FWP CBlock941
  Myrtle Beach Sun News
  Esquire
R SC Moose
D Some say...
I NCModerate
IND Monsieur
LBT Smart
Grasshopper
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
R Moving to Miami
D Dodge Landesman
R CincinnatiReds1990
IAP Chuck Baldwin 🔗
I McCord 2014
R TurnerforCongress
G BR_Green
BTP Maditude
MFL The Oncoming Storm
D Jason
 


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 20, 2008 02:00am News McBride abandons bid for U.S. Senate  Article TX DEM 
Jun 20, 2008 01:00pm Blog Entry South Carolina Democrats Appear to Have Nominated a Republican for U.S. Senate  Article RBH 
Jul 03, 2007 12:00pm News DeMint makes 2008 tougher for Graham  Article The Sunset Provision 

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