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Election 1994 Results

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1994 South Carolina governor election

David Beasley (Republican) beat Nick A. Theodore (Democrat) in South Carolina in 1994, 50.4% to 47.9%, a margin of 2.5 points and 23,754 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1990, when Carroll Campbell won.

Democrats led in 23 of the 46 counties and Republicans in 23. The largest, Greenville, cast 90,990 votes and went to the Republican by 8.7 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 17 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
David Beasley won Republican 470,756 50.4%
Nick A. Theodore Democratic 447,002 47.9%
All other candidates 16,092 1.7%
Total933,850

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 41,048 45.1% 49,003 53.9% 939 90,990 R+8.7
Richland 47,806 59.2% 31,459 39.0% 1,425 80,690 D+20.3
Charleston 36,995 49.3% 35,334 47.1% 2,763 75,092 D+2.2
Lexington 22,856 39.4% 34,219 58.9% 981 58,056 R+19.6
Spartanburg 24,563 47.4% 26,129 50.5% 1,099 51,791 R+3.0
Horry 19,449 46.9% 21,324 51.4% 701 41,474 R+4.5
Anderson 17,330 45.8% 20,096 53.1% 429 37,855 R+7.3
Aiken 11,983 35.9% 20,995 62.8% 443 33,421 R+27.0
Florence 13,212 41.6% 18,310 57.6% 271 31,793 R+16.0
York 12,710 40.0% 18,480 58.2% 561 31,751 R+18.2
Berkeley 12,885 47.1% 13,726 50.2% 756 27,367 R+3.1
Beaufort 12,104 48.7% 12,354 49.7% 400 24,858 R+1.0
Orangeburg 14,820 60.6% 9,381 38.3% 268 24,469 D+22.2
Pickens 8,425 37.1% 13,986 61.5% 328 22,739 R+24.5
Sumter 10,721 49.7% 10,576 49.0% 276 21,573 D+0.7
Dorchester 9,276 45.0% 10,873 52.8% 456 20,605 R+7.8
Oconee 7,064 42.1% 9,511 56.6% 218 16,793 R+14.6
Darlington 6,296 39.2% 9,620 59.9% 146 16,062 R+20.7
Lancaster 7,049 44.6% 8,494 53.8% 245 15,788 R+9.2
Kershaw 6,414 43.0% 8,211 55.1% 286 14,911 R+12.1
Greenwood 6,532 46.2% 7,261 51.4% 343 14,136 R+5.2
Laurens 6,860 50.2% 6,680 48.9% 119 13,659 D+1.3
Georgetown 6,819 53.3% 5,828 45.6% 135 12,782 D+7.8
Cherokee 5,780 49.9% 5,655 48.9% 139 11,574 D+1.1
Williamsburg 6,375 60.4% 4,058 38.4% 123 10,556 D+21.9
Chesterfield 4,205 44.2% 5,214 54.8% 91 9,510 R+10.6
Newberry 4,445 46.8% 4,882 51.3% 181 9,508 R+4.6
Clarendon 5,008 54.0% 4,136 44.6% 137 9,281 D+9.4
Colleton 4,724 54.8% 3,712 43.0% 192 8,628 D+11.7
Union 4,337 51.8% 3,941 47.1% 90 8,368 D+4.7
Marion 3,899 50.3% 3,723 48.0% 134 7,756 D+2.3
Chester 3,968 54.0% 3,246 44.2% 138 7,352 D+9.8
Hampton 5,039 69.2% 2,077 28.5% 163 7,279 D+40.7
Dillon 3,586 51.5% 3,280 47.1% 95 6,961 D+4.4
Fairfield 4,099 63.8% 2,177 33.9% 147 6,423 D+29.9
Abbeville 3,536 55.7% 2,779 43.8% 33 6,348 D+11.9
Lee 3,319 56.8% 2,468 42.2% 61 5,848 D+14.6
Barnwell 2,485 42.9% 3,187 55.0% 121 5,793 R+12.1
Marlboro 3,419 59.1% 2,319 40.1% 45 5,783 D+19.0
Edgefield 2,582 45.8% 2,933 52.0% 127 5,642 R+6.2
Saluda 2,294 45.9% 2,617 52.4% 84 4,995 R+6.5
Calhoun 2,086 49.2% 2,103 49.6% 48 4,237 R+0.4
Bamberg 2,620 62.7% 1,436 34.4% 120 4,176 D+28.4
Jasper 2,600 65.0% 1,278 31.9% 125 4,003 D+33.0
Allendale 1,766 67.5% 774 29.6% 77 2,617 D+37.9
McCormick 1,613 63.1% 911 35.6% 33 2,557 D+27.5

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)