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RACES
Date Type Results [Show Primaries]
Nov 03, 2020 General Election
 Lindsey Graham(I)
1,369,137
54.44%
 Jaime Harrison
1,110,828
44.17%
 Bill Bledsoe
32,845
1.31%
  Write-In(W)
2,294
0.09%
 Keenan Wallace Dunham
0
0.00%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Lindsey Graham(I)
672,941
54.27%
 C. Bradley Hutto
480,833
38.78%
 Thomas Ravenel
47,588
3.84%
 Victor Kocher
33,839
2.73%
  Write-In(W)
4,774
0.39%
Nov 04, 2008 General Election
 Lindsey Graham(I)
1,076,534
57.52%
 Bob Conley
790,621
42.25%
  Write-In(W)
4,276
0.23%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Lindsey Graham
600,010
54.40%
 Alex Sanders
487,359
44.19%
 Ted Adams
8,228
0.75%
 Victor Kocher
6,684
0.61%
  Write-In(W)
667
0.06%
Nov 05, 1996 General Election
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)
620,326
53.38%
 Elliott Close
511,226
43.99%
 Richard T. Quillian
12,994
1.12%
 Peter J. Ashy
9,741
0.84%
 Annette C. Estes
7,697
0.66%
  Write-In(W)
141
0.01%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)
482,032
64.21%
 Robert "Bob" Cunningham
244,112
32.52%
 William H. Griffin
13,804
1.84%
 Marion C. Metts
10,317
1.37%
  Write-In(W)
464
0.06%
Nov 06, 1984 General Election
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)
644,815
66.79%
 Melvin Purvis
306,982
31.80%
 Stephen Davis
13,333
1.38%
  Write-In(W)
335
0.03%
 Jesse L. Jackson
0
0.00%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)
351,917
55.65%
 Charles D. Ravenel
280,146
44.30%
  Write-In(W)
163
0.03%
 W. M. Mims(W)
94
0.01%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)
428,145
63.47%
 Eugene "Nick" Zeigler
246,182
36.50%
  Others(W)
188
0.03%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)
271,297
62.19%
 Bradley Morrah, Jr.
164,955
37.81%
Sep 16, 1964 Party Switch
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)
330,167
99.97%
  Others(W)
102
0.03%
Nov 06, 1956 Special Election
 J. Strom Thurmond
245,371
100.00%
Apr 05, 1956 Appointment
 Thomas Albert Wofford
1
100.00%
Dec 24, 1954 Appointment
 J. Strom Thurmond
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 J. Strom Thurmond(I)(W)
143,444
63.13%
 Edgar A. Brown
83,525
36.76%
 Marcus A. Stone(W)
240
0.11%
Sep 06, 1954 Appointment
 Charles Ezra Daniel
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Burnet R. Maybank(I)
135,998
96.45%
 J. Bates Gerald
5,008
3.55%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Burnet R. Maybank(I)
22,556
100.00%
Sep 30, 1941 Special Election
 Burnet R. Maybank
13,264
100.00%
Aug 05, 1941 Appointment
 Roger C. Peace
1
100.00%
Jul 17, 1941 Appointment
 Alva M. Lumpkin
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 James F. Byrnes(I)
113,696
98.56%
 Joseph A. Tolbert
961
0.83%
 Marion W. Seabrook
702
0.61%
 H. J. Johnson(W)
1
0.00%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 James F. Byrnes
16,211
100.00%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Coleman L. Blease
50,751
100.00%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 Nathaniel B. Dial
25,792
100.00%
Nov 05, 1918 Special Election
 William P. Pollock
25,733
100.00%
Jul 05, 1918 Appointment
 Christie Benet
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1912 General Election
 Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman(I)
151
100.00%
Nov 03, 1906 General Election
 Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1900 General Election
 Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 11, 1894 General Election
 Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman
131
84.52%
 Matthew Calbraith Butler(I)
21
13.55%
 George W. Murray
2
1.29%
 William D. Crum
1
0.65%
Dec 11, 1888 General Election
 Matthew Calbraith Butler(I)
136
97.84%
 Thomas E. Miller
3
2.16%
Nov 03, 1882 General Election
 Matthew Calbraith Butler(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1876 General Election
 Matthew Calbraith Butler
1
100.00%
Dec 07, 1870 General Election
 Thomas James Robertson(I)
87
58.78%
 Matthew Calbraith Butler
30
20.27%
 F. J. Moses
23
15.54%
 F. L. Cardozo
8
5.41%
 M. R. Delaney
0
0.00%
 Daniel Henry Chamberlain
0
0.00%
 J. L. Neagle
0
0.00%
  Reuben Tomlinson
0
0.00%
 Alonzo Jacob Ransier
0
0.00%
 W. B. Nash
0
0.00%
 C. W. Montgomery
0
0.00%
 D. T. Corbin
0
0.00%
 C. P. Leslie
0
0.00%
Jul 14, 1868 Appointment
 Thomas James Robertson
1
100.00%
Oct 30, 1865 General Election
 Benjamin Franklin Perry
109
76.22%
 John Lawrence Manning
24
16.78%
 William Henry Trescot
4
2.80%
 Francis Wilkinson Pickens
3
2.10%
 William Waters Boyce
2
1.40%
 Robert W. Barnwell
1
0.70%
Dec 03, 1858 General Election
 James Chesnut, Jr.
113
76.35%
 William Whaley
18
12.16%
 J. H. Middleton
8
5.41%
  Blank/Scattering
3
2.03%
 Christopher G. Memminger
2
1.35%
 Benjamin Franklin Perry
2
1.35%
 George P. Elliott
2
1.35%
  John Hopkins Adams
0
0.00%
 John Lawrence Manning
0
0.00%
 John McQueen
0
0.00%
 Robert Barnwell Rhett Sr.
0
0.00%
 Laurence Massillon Keitt
0
0.00%
 James P. Carroll
0
0.00%
  Joseph A. Woodward
0
0.00%
 Thomas Jefferson Withers
0
0.00%
May 10, 1858 Appointment
 Arthur Peronneau Hayne
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1852 General Election
 Josiah James Evans
1
100.00%
May 09, 1852 Appointment
 William Ford De Saussure
1
100.00%
Dec 17, 1850 Appointment
 Robert Barnwell Rhett Sr.
1
100.00%
Jun 03, 1850 Appointment
 Robert W. Barnwell
1
100.00%
Apr 10, 1850 Appointment
 Franklin Harper Elmore
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1846 General Election
 John C. Calhoun(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 25, 1845 Appointment
 John C. Calhoun
135
100.00%
Dec 15, 1842 Appointment
 Daniel Elliott Huger
82
51.90%
 Robert Barnwell Rhett Sr.
71
44.94%
 Francis W. Davie
3
1.90%
 [FNU] McWillie
2
1.27%
 Francis Wilkinson Pickens
0
0.00%
  Scattering
0
0.00%
Nov 03, 1840 General Election
 John C. Calhoun(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1834 General Election
 John C. Calhoun(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 11, 1832 Appointment
 John C. Calhoun
121
88.97%
 James A. Black
5
3.68%
 William Campbell Preston
3
2.21%
 Z. P. Herndon
2
1.47%
 Philip E. Pearson
2
1.47%
 William Harper
1
0.74%
 J. Jones
1
0.74%
  James Hamilton, Jr.
1
0.74%
Nov 03, 1828 General Election
 Robert Young Hayne(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1822 General Election
 Robert Young Hayne
91
55.15%
 William Smith(I)
74
44.85%
Dec 06, 1816 General Election
 William Smith
101
66.45%
 James R. Pringle
51
33.55%
Nov 03, 1810 General Election
 John Taylor
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1804 General Election
 Thomas Sumter(I)
1
100.00%
Dec 14, 1801 Appointment
 Thomas Sumter
90
65.22%
 John Rutledge, Jr.
47
34.06%
 Thomas Evans
1
0.72%
Dec 06, 1798 General Election
 Charles Pinckney
79
55.63%
 Andrew Pickens
63
44.37%
Dec 07, 1796 Appointment
 John Hunter
72
52.17%
 John Chestnut
66
47.83%
Nov 03, 1792 General Election
 Pierce Butler(I)
118
88.06%
 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
8
5.97%
  Scattering
8
5.97%
May 10, 1789 General Election
 Pierce Butler
1
100.00%

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