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Election 1966 Results

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1966 US Senate election in South Carolina

Strom Thurmond (Republican) beat Bradley Morrah (Democrat) in South Carolina in 1966, 62.2% to 37.8%, a margin of 24.4 points and 106,342 votes.

Ernest F. Hollings (Democrat) beat Marshall Parker (Republican) in South Carolina in 1966, 51.3% to 48.7%, a margin of 2.7 points and 11,758 votes. (This was a special election.)

Strom Thurmond had won in 1960 as a Democratic.

Republicans led in 45 of the 46 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Charleston, cast 40,406 votes and went to the Republican by 27.1 points. The closest was McCormick, where 16 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Strom Thurmond won	Republican	271,297	62.2%
Bradley Morrah	Democratic	164,955	37.8%
Total		436,252

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ernest F. Hollings won	Democratic	223,790	51.3%
Marshall Parker	Republican	212,032	48.7%
Total		435,822

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Charleston	14,738 36.5%	25,668 63.5%	40,406	R+27.1
Richland	15,491 40.2%	23,016 59.8%	38,507	R+19.5
Greenville	10,249 30.2%	23,738 69.8%	33,987	R+39.7
Spartanburg	9,597 37.2%	16,229 62.8%	25,826	R+25.7
Aiken	5,276 28.5%	13,213 71.5%	18,489	R+42.9
Florence	6,853 40.8%	9,954 59.2%	16,807	R+18.5
Lexington	3,573 24.0%	11,300 76.0%	14,873	R+52.0
Anderson	6,331 43.6%	8,198 56.4%	14,529	R+12.9
Orangeburg	5,317 39.0%	8,320 61.0%	13,637	R+22.0
Sumter	4,886 41.2%	6,963 58.8%	11,849	R+17.5
York	4,999 45.1%	6,093 54.9%	11,092	R+9.9
Horry	3,481 35.2%	6,402 64.8%	9,883	R+29.6
Darlington	4,106 44.6%	5,106 55.4%	9,212	R+10.9
Kershaw	3,155 35.4%	5,745 64.6%	8,900	R+29.1
Williamsburg	3,712 42.5%	5,027 57.5%	8,739	R+15.0
Greenwood	3,145 36.3%	5,519 63.7%	8,664	R+27.4
Berkeley	3,656 43.3%	4,779 56.7%	8,435	R+13.3
Pickens	2,086 27.5%	5,513 72.5%	7,599	R+45.1
Laurens	2,525 33.8%	4,945 66.2%	7,470	R+32.4
Newberry	2,363 31.8%	5,064 68.2%	7,427	R+36.4
Lancaster	2,774 38.1%	4,509 61.9%	7,283	R+23.8
Georgetown	3,032 42.8%	4,053 57.2%	7,085	R+14.4
Cherokee	3,039 44.3%	3,827 55.7%	6,866	R+11.5
Dorchester	2,465 36.8%	4,231 63.2%	6,696	R+26.4
Colleton	1,954 30.0%	4,563 70.0%	6,517	R+40.0
Oconee	2,659 41.1%	3,809 58.9%	6,468	R+17.8
Clarendon	2,776 45.3%	3,346 54.7%	6,122	R+9.3
Chesterfield	2,991 50.3%	2,960 49.7%	5,951	D+0.5
Union	2,107 39.5%	3,226 60.5%	5,333	R+21.0
Beaufort	2,225 42.2%	3,048 57.8%	5,273	R+15.6
Chester	2,043 40.8%	2,968 59.2%	5,011	R+18.5
Dillon	2,029 43.4%	2,646 56.6%	4,675	R+13.2
Marion	2,038 44.2%	2,571 55.8%	4,609	R+11.6
Lee	1,950 43.9%	2,488 56.1%	4,438	R+12.1
Barnwell	1,237 30.2%	2,858 69.8%	4,095	R+39.6
Fairfield	1,749 48.3%	1,874 51.7%	3,623	R+3.5
Marlboro	1,555 43.3%	2,034 56.7%	3,589	R+13.3
Hampton	1,552 43.4%	2,025 56.6%	3,577	R+13.2
Saluda	1,188 34.5%	2,251 65.5%	3,439	R+30.9
Abbeville	1,626 47.3%	1,812 52.7%	3,438	R+5.4
Bamberg	1,309 39.2%	2,028 60.8%	3,337	R+21.5
Edgefield	707 23.5%	2,305 76.5%	3,012	R+53.1
Allendale	1,276 46.9%	1,447 53.1%	2,723	R+6.3
Jasper	1,242 48.3%	1,329 51.7%	2,571	R+3.4
Calhoun	1,076 42.4%	1,464 57.6%	2,540	R+15.3
McCormick	817 49.5%	833 50.5%	1,650	R+1.0

Counties as they stood in 1966; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Tim Scott (R)	R+25.9
2020	Lindsey Graham (R)	R+10.3
2016	Tim Scott (R)	R+23.6
2014	Lindsey Graham (R)	R+15.5
2010	Jim DeMint (R)	R+33.8
2008	Lindsey Graham (R)	R+15.3
2004	Jim Demint (R)	R+9.6
2002	Lindsey O. Graham (R)	R+10.2
1998	Ernest F. Hollings (D)	D+7.0
1996	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+9.4
1992	Ernest F. Hollings (D)	D+3.1
1990	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+31.7
1986	Ernest Fritz Hollings (D)	D+27.5
1984	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+35.0
1980	Ernest Fritz Hollings (D)	D+40.7
1978	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+11.4
1974	Ernest F. Hollings (D)	D+40.9
1972	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+26.6
1968	Ernest F. Hollings (D)	D+23.8
1966	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+24.4
1962	Olin D. Johnston (D)	D+14.3
1960	Strom Thurmond (D)	D+100.0
1956	Olin D. Johnston (D)	D+64.5
1954	Strom Thurmond (other)
1950	Olin D. Johnston (D)	D+99.9
1948	Burnet R. Maybank (D)	D+92.9
1944	Olin D. Johnston (D)	D+89.2
1942	Burnet R. Maybank (D)	D+100.0
1938	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+97.8
1936	James F. Byrnes (D)	D+97.7
1932	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+96.3
1930	James F. Byrnes (D)	D+100.0
1926	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+100.0
1924	Coleman L. Blease (D)	D+100.0
1920	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+100.0
1918	Nathaniel B. Dial (D)	D+100.0
1914	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+99.8