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Election 2006 Results

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2006 South Carolina governor election

Mark Sanford (Republican) beat Tommy Moore (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2006, 55.1% to 44.8%, a margin of 10.3 points and 112,792 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2002, when Mark Sanford also won.

Democrats led in 24 of the 46 counties and Republicans in 22. The largest, Greenville, cast 109,714 votes and went to the Republican by 31.1 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 119 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 601,868 55.1%
Tommy Moore Democratic 489,076 44.8%
All other candidates 1,008 0.1%
Total1,091,952

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 37,777 34.4% 71,854 65.5% 83 109,714 R+31.1
Charleston 39,388 42.9% 52,304 57.0% 128 91,820 R+14.1
Richland 53,363 59.6% 36,044 40.3% 97 89,504 D+19.3
Lexington 27,480 40.6% 40,016 59.1% 221 67,717 R+18.5
Spartanburg 24,681 39.4% 37,986 60.6% 39 62,706 R+21.2
Horry 20,253 36.9% 34,599 63.0% 59 54,911 R+26.1
York 20,196 39.1% 31,434 60.9% 26 51,656 R+21.8
Anderson 18,011 40.3% 26,629 59.6% 38 44,678 R+19.3
Aiken 18,827 46.1% 21,992 53.9% 16 40,835 R+7.8
Beaufort 15,374 38.9% 24,120 61.0% 28 39,522 R+22.1
Berkeley 13,025 38.9% 20,422 61.0% 27 33,474 R+22.1
Florence 13,930 44.2% 17,548 55.7% 22 31,500 R+11.5
Dorchester 9,863 34.6% 18,635 65.3% 19 28,517 R+30.8
Pickens 8,712 31.5% 18,922 68.4% 29 27,663 R+36.9
Orangeburg 15,553 66.0% 8,014 34.0% 12 23,579 D+32.0
Sumter 12,510 55.1% 10,196 44.9% 6 22,712 D+10.2
Oconee 7,607 38.8% 11,980 61.1% 7 19,594 R+22.3
Kershaw 7,983 45.2% 9,678 54.8% 11 17,672 R+9.6
Greenwood 7,616 45.3% 9,191 54.6% 20 16,827 R+9.4
Georgetown 7,359 44.5% 9,167 55.4% 7 16,533 R+10.9
Darlington 7,579 48.6% 7,990 51.3% 14 15,583 R+2.6
Lancaster 7,534 48.5% 8,012 51.5% 1 15,547 R+3.1
Laurens 6,752 44.5% 8,407 55.4% 13 15,172 R+10.9
Cherokee 5,587 41.3% 7,948 58.7% 5 13,540 R+17.4
Newberry 5,214 52.1% 4,789 47.8% 6 10,009 D+4.2
Colleton 4,700 47.8% 5,134 52.2% 7 9,841 R+4.4
Clarendon 5,176 58.6% 3,655 41.4% 1 8,832 D+17.2
Williamsburg 5,949 67.4% 2,869 32.5% 7 8,825 D+34.9
Chesterfield 4,708 55.3% 3,811 44.7% 2 8,521 D+10.5
Union 4,650 58.8% 3,249 41.1% 6 7,905 D+17.7
Chester 4,031 52.9% 3,591 47.1% 5 7,627 D+5.8
Marion 4,496 60.8% 2,902 39.2% 2 7,400 D+21.5
Edgefield 4,095 60.0% 2,723 39.9% 6 6,824 D+20.1
Abbeville 3,561 53.3% 3,112 46.6% 2 6,675 D+6.7
Fairfield 4,073 61.6% 2,529 38.3% 8 6,610 D+23.4
Dillon 3,515 57.3% 2,617 42.6% 4 6,136 D+14.6
Hampton 3,970 66.1% 2,028 33.8% 5 6,003 D+32.4
Barnwell 3,367 57.6% 2,474 42.3% 4 5,845 D+15.3
Saluda 2,902 52.2% 2,658 47.8% 1 5,561 D+4.4
Marlboro 3,405 63.0% 1,996 37.0% 5,401 D+26.1
Lee 3,069 64.4% 1,698 35.6% 2 4,769 D+28.7
Calhoun 2,275 51.3% 2,156 48.6% 5 4,436 D+2.7
Jasper 2,673 63.5% 1,531 36.4% 3 4,207 D+27.1
Bamberg 2,685 68.7% 1,221 31.2% 2 3,908 D+37.5
McCormick 1,876 56.7% 1,432 43.3% 3,308 D+13.4
Allendale 1,726 74.0% 605 25.9% 2 2,333 D+48.0

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)