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Election 2010 Results

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2010 South Carolina governor election

Nikki R. Haley (Republican) beat Vincent A. Sheheen (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2010, 51.4% to 46.9%, a margin of 4.5 points and 59,991 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2006, when Mark Sanford won.

Democrats led in 25 of the 46 counties and Republicans in 21. The largest, Greenville, cast 133,039 votes and went to the Republican by 19.4 points. The closest was McCormick, where 62 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
Nikki R. Haley won Republican 690,525 51.4%
Vincent A. Sheheen Democratic 630,534 46.9%
All other candidates 23,139 1.7%
Total1,344,198

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 52,376 39.4% 78,235 58.8% 2,428 133,039 R+19.4
Richland 79,378 67.4% 36,899 31.3% 1,433 117,710 D+36.1
Charleston 51,917 50.6% 48,905 47.6% 1,850 102,672 D+2.9
Lexington 31,787 38.1% 50,167 60.2% 1,419 83,373 R+22.0
Spartanburg 31,074 42.0% 41,593 56.2% 1,293 73,960 R+14.2
Horry 23,778 33.9% 45,001 64.2% 1,329 70,108 R+30.3
York 25,855 37.8% 41,465 60.6% 1,068 68,388 R+22.8
Beaufort 20,229 39.6% 29,958 58.6% 894 51,081 R+19.0
Anderson 19,954 40.1% 28,682 57.6% 1,163 49,799 R+17.5
Aiken 17,874 36.5% 30,268 61.8% 846 48,988 R+25.3
Berkeley 17,979 41.7% 24,164 56.1% 927 43,070 R+14.4
Florence 20,594 51.0% 19,253 47.7% 531 40,378 D+3.3
Dorchester 14,395 40.1% 20,811 58.0% 700 35,906 R+17.9
Pickens 10,033 33.2% 19,435 64.3% 759 30,227 R+31.1
Sumter 16,769 56.7% 12,396 41.9% 393 29,558 D+14.8
Orangeburg 19,861 69.5% 8,352 29.2% 351 28,564 D+40.3
Lancaster 10,358 46.4% 11,650 52.1% 332 22,340 R+5.8
Kershaw 12,662 56.9% 9,393 42.2% 196 22,251 D+14.7
Darlington 11,284 52.8% 9,844 46.1% 227 21,355 D+6.7
Georgetown 9,661 45.5% 11,285 53.1% 290 21,236 R+7.6
Oconee 8,072 38.2% 12,361 58.4% 720 21,153 R+20.3
Greenwood 9,521 47.3% 10,221 50.8% 386 20,128 R+3.5
Laurens 7,872 45.1% 9,260 53.0% 337 17,469 R+7.9
Cherokee 5,931 41.5% 8,066 56.4% 305 14,302 R+14.9
Colleton 6,535 50.1% 6,227 47.7% 283 13,045 D+2.4
Newberry 5,705 47.1% 6,237 51.5% 164 12,106 R+4.4
Williamsburg 7,977 68.9% 3,393 29.3% 209 11,579 D+39.6
Clarendon 6,383 56.5% 4,733 41.9% 190 11,306 D+14.6
Chesterfield 6,232 55.9% 4,797 43.0% 117 11,146 D+12.9
Marion 6,822 66.0% 3,391 32.8% 129 10,342 D+33.2
Chester 5,231 55.5% 4,007 42.5% 185 9,423 D+13.0
Union 4,966 54.1% 4,014 43.7% 196 9,176 D+10.4
Fairfield 5,931 67.1% 2,754 31.2% 155 8,840 D+35.9
Edgefield 3,623 44.3% 4,447 54.4% 110 8,180 R+10.1
Dillon 4,621 58.9% 3,127 39.9% 95 7,843 D+19.0
Abbeville 3,807 52.0% 3,359 45.9% 155 7,321 D+6.1
Marlboro 4,833 67.1% 2,269 31.5% 101 7,203 D+35.6
Barnwell 3,469 50.0% 3,327 47.9% 143 6,939 D+2.0
Lee 4,532 68.6% 1,985 30.0% 90 6,607 D+38.6
Hampton 4,030 63.5% 2,195 34.6% 120 6,345 D+28.9
Saluda 2,909 46.3% 3,268 52.0% 104 6,281 R+5.7
Jasper 3,643 58.4% 2,469 39.6% 129 6,241 D+18.8
Calhoun 3,126 53.4% 2,642 45.1% 85 5,853 D+8.3
Bamberg 3,086 63.9% 1,661 34.4% 79 4,826 D+29.5
McCormick 1,933 48.4% 1,995 50.0% 62 3,990 R+1.6
Allendale 1,926 75.5% 564 22.1% 61 2,551 D+53.4

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)