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1958 South Carolina governor election

Ernest F. Hollings (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1958 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when George Bell Timmerman won.

Democrats led in 46 of the 46 counties as they stood then. The largest, Greenville, cast 9,268 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Jasper, where 260 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ernest F. Hollings won Democratic 77,714 100.0%
All other candidates 26 0.0%
Total77,740

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 9,268 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,268 D+100.0
Charleston 8,005 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,005 D+100.0
Aiken 5,563 99.9% 0 0.0% 3 5,566 D+99.9
Spartanburg 4,867 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,867 D+100.0
Chesterfield 3,768 99.9% 0 0.0% 5 3,773 D+99.9
Horry 3,133 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,133 D+100.0
Oconee 2,579 99.9% 0 0.0% 2 2,581 D+99.9
Richland 2,519 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,519 D+100.0
Dillon 2,497 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,497 D+100.0
Laurens 2,391 99.8% 0 0.0% 4 2,395 D+99.8
Anderson 1,838 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,838 D+100.0
Florence 1,691 99.9% 0 0.0% 2 1,693 D+99.9
Lee 1,624 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 1,625 D+99.9
York 1,625 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,625 D+100.0
Orangeburg 1,549 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,549 D+100.0
Colleton 1,418 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,418 D+100.0
Lexington 1,358 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 1,359 D+99.9
Lancaster 1,284 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,284 D+100.0
Darlington 1,283 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,283 D+100.0
Newberry 1,216 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,216 D+100.0
Berkeley 1,181 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,181 D+100.0
Williamsburg 1,118 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,118 D+100.0
Greenwood 1,081 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,081 D+100.0
Kershaw 1,058 99.4% 0 0.0% 6 1,064 D+99.4
Union 1,023 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,023 D+100.0
Dorchester 853 100.0% 0 0.0% 853 D+100.0
Beaufort 770 100.0% 0 0.0% 770 D+100.0
Saluda 755 100.0% 0 0.0% 755 D+100.0
Bamberg 747 100.0% 0 0.0% 747 D+100.0
Sumter 743 99.9% 0 0.0% 1 744 D+99.9
Chester 742 100.0% 0 0.0% 742 D+100.0
Barnwell 735 100.0% 0 0.0% 735 D+100.0
Georgetown 731 100.0% 0 0.0% 731 D+100.0
Abbeville 673 100.0% 0 0.0% 673 D+100.0
Cherokee 666 100.0% 0 0.0% 666 D+100.0
Calhoun 610 100.0% 0 0.0% 610 D+100.0
Pickens 610 100.0% 0 0.0% 610 D+100.0
Fairfield 590 100.0% 0 0.0% 590 D+100.0
Edgefield 571 100.0% 0 0.0% 571 D+100.0
Hampton 551 100.0% 0 0.0% 551 D+100.0
Clarendon 524 100.0% 0 0.0% 524 D+100.0
Marion 522 100.0% 0 0.0% 522 D+100.0
Marlboro 431 100.0% 0 0.0% 431 D+100.0
McCormick 388 100.0% 0 0.0% 388 D+100.0
Allendale 304 100.0% 0 0.0% 304 D+100.0
Jasper 261 99.6% 0 0.0% 1 262 D+99.6

Counties as they stood in 1958; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Henry McMaster (R) R+17.4
2018 Henry McMaster (R) R+8.0
2014 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+14.5
2010 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+4.5
2006 Mark Sanford (R) R+10.3
2002 Mark Sanford (R) R+5.8
1998 James H. Hodges (D) D+8.0
1994 David Beasley (R) R+2.5
1990 Carroll Campbell (R) R+41.6
1986 Carroll Campbell (R) R+3.1
1982 Richard Riley (D) D+39.6
1978 Richard W. Riley (D) D+23.6
1974 James B. Edwards (R) R+3.3
1970 John C. West (D) D+5.9
1966 Robert Evander McNair (D) D+16.3
1962 Donald S. Russell (D) D+100.0
1958 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+100.0
1954 George Bell Timmerman (D) D+100.0
1950 James F. Byrnes (D) D+100.0
1946 James Strom Thurmond (D) D+100.0
1942 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1938 Burnet Rhett Maybank (D) D+98.9
1934 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1930 Ibra C. Blackwood (D) D+100.0
1926 John G. Richards (D) D+100.0
1924 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1922 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1920 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1918 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1916 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+97.9
1914 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+99.8
1912 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.5
1910 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.8
1908 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+100.0
1906 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+99.9
1904 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1902 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1900 Miles B. McSweeney (D) D+100.0
1898 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+100.0
1896 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+82.5
1894 John Gary Evans (D) D+69.6
1892 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+99.9
1890 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+79.8
1888 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1886 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1884 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+100.0
1882 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+79.0
1880 Johnson Hagood (D) D+96.4
1878 Wade Hampton (D) D+99.8
1876 Wade Hampton (D) D+0.6
1874 Daniel H. Chamberlain (R) R+53.9
1872 Franklin J. Moses Jr. (R) R+65.4
1870 Robert K. Scott (R) R+62.3
1868 Robert K. Scott (R) R+50.4
1865 James Lawrence Orr (other)