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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > South Carolina > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline March 30, 2004 - 12:00pm
Polls Open June 08, 2004 - 07:00am
Polls Close June 08, 2004 - 06:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2005 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorSC-Conservative
Last Modifiedgeoffreyvs August 18, 2017 03:42pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1998
NameErnest F. "Fritz" Hollings Votes562,791 (52.68%)
Term01/03/1999 - 01/03/2005 Margin74,659 (+6.99%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.6667003632 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
David Beasley
Safe 3
Strong 9
Lean 7
Slight 5
Jim DeMint
Safe 3
Strong 8
Lean 4
Slight 1
Charles M. "Charlie" Condon
Slight 1
Thomas Ravenel
Slight 2
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

04/29/2003 06/06/2004

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Gov. David Beasley Rep. Jim DeMint Thomas Ravenel Attorney General Charles M. "Charlie" Condon Mayor Mark McBride Orly Benny Davis
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes107,847 (36.60%) 77,567 (26.32%) 73,167 (24.83%) 27,694 (9.40%) 6,479 (2.20%) 1,915 (0.65%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -30,280 (-10.28%) -34,680 (-11.77%) -80,153 (-27.20%) -101,368 (-34.40%) -105,932 (-35.95%)
Predict Avg.40.06% 22.33% 20.00% 13.67% 4.28% 1.38%
Finances$1,050,000.00 $1,112,779.00 $648,870.00 $823,616.00 $31,634.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
06/04-06/06		 38.00% (-5.0) 20.00% (-1.0) 23.00% (+6.0) 12.00% (-4.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
05/22-05/24		 43.00% (+5.0) 21.00% (-6.0) 17.00% (+6.0) 16.00% (-3.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Richard Quinn and Associates 
05/11-05/11		 40.00% (+0.0) 18.00% (+0.0) 11.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
04/26-04/28		 38.00% (+0.0) 27.00% (+0.0) 11.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
02/17-02/17		 37.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Richard Quinn and Associates 
11/11-11/11		 24.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R W. Walter Wilkins
I Chase McFadden
  SC Association of Realtors
R Stanhope "Stan" Spears
  Club for Growth
  Myrtle Beach Sun News
R Hugh Leatherman Sr.
R David H. Wilkins
R André Bauer
R Arthur Ravenel, Jr.
PRB Mr. Techno
? Mark Brooks

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jun 08, 2004 12:00am News Beasley in Runoff for S.C. Senate Seat  Article None Entered 
May 24, 2004 12:00am Poll Margin of victory key in primary (SC)  Article Joshua L. 
May 24, 2004 12:00am News GOP Senate candidates (SC) hit church circuit to court voters  Article Joshua L. 
May 24, 2004 12:00am News Aiken voters uncertain  Article Joshua L. 
May 07, 2004 12:00am Op-Ed by Candidate America must hold China accountable in the war on terror  Article SC Moose 
May 04, 2004 12:00am News McBride goes wild at Spartanburg US Senate debate  Article SC-Conservative 

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