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Election 2002 Results

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2002 South Carolina governor election

Mark Sanford (Republican) beat Jim Hodges (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2002, 52.9% to 47.1%, a margin of 5.8 points and 64,282 votes.

South Carolina changed party: in 1998 it went Democratic, for James H. Hodges.

Democrats led in 23 of the 46 counties and Republicans in 23. The largest, Greenville, cast 110,264 votes and went to the Republican by 24.7 points. The closest was Barnwell, where 37 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
Mark Sanford won Republican 585,422 52.9%
Jim Hodges Democratic 521,140 47.1%
Total1,106,562

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 41,367 37.5% 68,657 62.3% 240 110,264 R+24.7
Richland 55,103 57.5% 40,484 42.2% 254 95,841 D+15.3
Charleston 41,352 44.3% 51,917 55.6% 31 93,300 R+11.3
Lexington 23,664 34.0% 45,835 65.9% 55 69,554 R+31.9
Spartanburg 24,980 41.2% 35,558 58.7% 68 60,606 R+17.5
Horry 24,519 45.8% 28,971 54.1% 19 53,509 R+8.3
Anderson 20,242 46.2% 23,582 53.8% 14 43,838 R+7.6
York 19,406 48.8% 20,375 51.2% 2 39,783 R+2.4
Aiken 13,938 35.1% 25,746 64.9% 3 39,687 R+29.8
Beaufort 15,381 40.9% 22,164 59.0% 24 37,569 R+18.1
Berkeley 14,624 42.2% 20,018 57.8% 11 34,653 R+15.6
Florence 15,396 48.1% 16,581 51.8% 44 32,021 R+3.7
Orangeburg 19,534 67.7% 9,280 32.2% 46 28,860 D+35.5
Dorchester 10,906 39.2% 16,933 60.8% 7 27,846 R+21.6
Pickens 9,220 34.2% 17,650 65.5% 79 26,949 R+31.3
Sumter 15,108 56.3% 11,729 43.7% 26,837 D+12.6
Oconee 7,480 38.8% 11,776 61.1% 2 19,258 R+22.3
Darlington 9,630 53.1% 8,509 46.9% 7 18,146 D+6.2
Laurens 8,818 49.1% 9,082 50.6% 53 17,953 R+1.5
Georgetown 8,130 48.6% 8,606 51.4% 9 16,745 R+2.8
Greenwood 7,525 45.2% 9,073 54.5% 36 16,634 R+9.3
Kershaw 7,139 45.3% 8,567 54.3% 68 15,774 R+9.1
Lancaster 8,372 61.7% 5,196 38.3% 10 13,578 D+23.4
Cherokee 6,270 48.6% 6,621 51.3% 8 12,899 R+2.7
Clarendon 6,626 62.3% 4,015 37.7% 10,641 D+24.5
Williamsburg 7,386 69.7% 3,207 30.2% 9 10,602 D+39.4
Colleton 5,218 51.1% 4,991 48.8% 9 10,218 D+2.2
Newberry 4,579 47.0% 5,145 52.8% 24 9,748 R+5.8
Marion 6,153 67.4% 2,971 32.6% 1 9,125 D+34.9
Chesterfield 5,522 61.6% 3,449 38.4% 8,971 D+23.1
Union 4,515 51.5% 4,244 48.5% 8,759 D+3.1
Chester 4,983 62.6% 2,963 37.2% 9 7,955 D+25.4
Abbeville 4,270 56.2% 3,327 43.8% 2 7,599 D+12.4
Fairfield 4,878 67.8% 2,313 32.2% 3 7,194 D+35.7
Edgefield 3,341 48.8% 3,506 51.2% 6,847 R+2.4
Hampton 4,652 71.2% 1,886 28.8% 6,538 D+42.3
Dillon 3,960 62.1% 2,419 37.9% 2 6,381 D+24.1
Barnwell 3,024 49.7% 3,061 50.3% 6,085 R+0.6
Lee 4,033 66.8% 2,008 33.2% 6,041 D+33.5
Marlboro 4,218 70.7% 1,747 29.3% 5 5,970 D+41.4
Saluda 2,701 46.1% 3,160 53.9% 5,861 R+7.8
Calhoun 2,884 53.6% 2,494 46.3% 4 5,382 D+7.2
Jasper 3,521 65.7% 1,832 34.2% 4 5,357 D+31.5
Bamberg 2,938 66.5% 1,481 33.5% 1 4,420 D+33.0
McCormick 1,884 53.4% 1,647 46.6% 3,531 D+6.7
Allendale 1,750 73.0% 646 27.0% 2,396 D+46.1

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)