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Election 2014 Results

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2014 South Carolina governor election

Nikki R. Haley (Republican) beat Vincent Sheheen (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2014, 55.9% to 41.4%, a margin of 14.5 points and 180,479 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2010, when Nikki R. Haley also won.

Republicans led in 29 of the 46 counties and Democrats in 17. The largest, Greenville, cast 125,445 votes and went to the Republican by 36.2 points. The closest was Barnwell, where 174 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 696,645 55.9%
Vincent Sheheen Democratic 516,166 41.4%
All other candidates 33,490 2.7%
Total1,246,301

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 38,414 30.6% 83,784 66.8% 3,247 125,445 R+36.2
Richland 73,904 66.2% 34,902 31.2% 2,884 111,690 D+34.9
Charleston 48,447 48.5% 47,735 47.8% 3,640 99,822 D+0.7
Lexington 24,179 31.8% 48,453 63.7% 3,380 76,012 R+31.9
Horry 19,252 28.1% 47,302 69.0% 2,023 68,577 R+40.9
Spartanburg 20,906 32.1% 42,447 65.2% 1,700 65,053 R+33.1
York 19,433 33.7% 36,758 63.7% 1,500 57,691 R+30.0
Beaufort 16,849 35.2% 30,241 63.3% 715 47,805 R+28.0
Aiken 14,126 31.0% 30,491 67.0% 901 45,518 R+36.0
Anderson 12,051 26.6% 31,855 70.4% 1,334 45,240 R+43.8
Berkeley 17,008 39.4% 24,639 57.1% 1,536 43,183 R+17.7
Florence 17,538 48.1% 18,027 49.5% 881 36,446 R+1.3
Dorchester 13,193 38.3% 20,027 58.2% 1,193 34,413 R+19.9
Sumter 16,674 55.5% 12,822 42.7% 528 30,024 D+12.8
Orangeburg 20,111 71.7% 7,630 27.2% 327 28,068 D+44.5
Pickens 5,849 21.3% 20,822 76.0% 728 27,399 R+54.6
Georgetown 8,619 42.0% 11,445 55.7% 466 20,530 R+13.8
Oconee 4,999 24.5% 14,819 72.6% 606 20,424 R+48.1
Lancaster 7,695 38.2% 12,103 60.0% 360 20,158 R+21.9
Kershaw 9,430 48.2% 9,744 49.8% 403 19,577 R+1.6
Darlington 9,477 50.8% 8,772 47.0% 416 18,665 D+3.8
Greenwood 6,578 37.0% 10,852 61.0% 355 17,785 R+24.0
Laurens 5,169 34.1% 9,665 63.7% 342 15,176 R+29.6
Cherokee 3,603 29.2% 8,377 67.8% 368 12,348 R+38.7
Newberry 4,346 39.6% 6,247 57.0% 376 10,969 R+17.3
Colleton 5,044 46.7% 5,507 51.0% 251 10,802 R+4.3
Williamsburg 7,307 67.7% 3,278 30.4% 204 10,789 D+37.3
Clarendon 5,691 54.9% 4,526 43.7% 148 10,365 D+11.2
Chesterfield 4,942 48.0% 5,159 50.1% 204 10,305 R+2.1
Marion 5,589 63.9% 2,985 34.1% 168 8,742 D+29.8
Fairfield 5,057 61.7% 2,896 35.3% 243 8,196 D+26.4
Chester 3,695 46.0% 4,058 50.6% 271 8,024 R+4.5
Union 3,156 39.9% 4,506 57.0% 247 7,909 R+17.1
Abbeville 2,756 38.3% 4,256 59.1% 190 7,202 R+20.8
Edgefield 2,722 38.7% 4,190 59.6% 116 7,028 R+20.9
Jasper 3,519 52.5% 3,027 45.2% 156 6,702 D+7.3
Dillon 3,232 50.4% 3,001 46.8% 186 6,419 D+3.6
Marlboro 3,826 61.2% 2,244 35.9% 179 6,249 D+25.3
Barnwell 2,940 47.7% 3,114 50.5% 108 6,162 R+2.8
Hampton 3,657 62.0% 2,124 36.0% 113 5,894 D+26.0
Lee 4,008 69.1% 1,718 29.6% 71 5,797 D+39.5
Saluda 2,020 35.7% 3,496 61.9% 135 5,651 R+26.1
Calhoun 2,773 53.2% 2,335 44.8% 109 5,217 D+8.4
Bamberg 3,133 63.9% 1,700 34.7% 73 4,906 D+29.2
McCormick 1,578 43.6% 1,985 54.8% 56 3,619 R+11.2
Allendale 1,671 72.5% 581 25.2% 53 2,305 D+47.3

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)