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Election 1990 Results

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1990 US Senate election in South Carolina

Strom Thurmond (Republican) beat Bob Cunningham (Democrat) in South Carolina in 1990, 64.2% to 32.5%, a margin of 31.7 points and 237,920 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1984, when Strom Thurmond also won.

Republicans led in 42 of the 46 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Greenville, cast 80,000 votes and went to the Republican by 43.3 points. The closest was Fairfield, where 1 vote 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Strom Thurmond won Republican 482,032 64.2%
Bob Cunningham Democratic 244,112 32.5%
All other candidates 24,572 3.3%
Total750,716

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 21,405 26.8% 56,021 70.0% 2,574 80,000 R+43.3
Richland 23,236 36.7% 37,890 59.8% 2,207 63,333 R+23.1
Charleston 19,661 33.0% 38,227 64.2% 1,684 59,572 R+31.2
Spartanburg 11,502 26.6% 30,223 69.9% 1,509 43,234 R+43.3
Lexington 8,179 19.5% 31,765 75.9% 1,933 41,877 R+56.3
Anderson 9,358 29.8% 20,903 66.7% 1,101 31,362 R+36.8
Horry 8,907 29.8% 19,851 66.5% 1,083 29,841 R+36.7
Aiken 8,038 29.2% 17,885 65.1% 1,571 27,494 R+35.8
York 7,627 32.1% 15,467 65.1% 666 23,760 R+33.0
Orangeburg 10,960 46.4% 12,216 51.8% 422 23,598 R+5.3
Florence 8,230 34.9% 14,778 62.7% 580 23,588 R+27.8
Berkeley 6,635 29.7% 14,840 66.5% 832 22,307 R+36.8
Beaufort 6,971 36.3% 11,467 59.6% 787 19,225 R+23.4
Pickens 4,283 23.8% 13,017 72.2% 730 18,030 R+48.4
Sumter 6,194 36.9% 10,205 60.8% 392 16,791 R+23.9
Dorchester 4,847 29.8% 10,869 66.7% 571 16,287 R+37.0
Kershaw 3,228 25.8% 8,868 70.8% 431 12,527 R+45.0
Oconee 3,636 30.3% 7,846 65.4% 522 12,004 R+35.1
Darlington 4,090 36.2% 6,844 60.5% 371 11,305 R+24.4
Lancaster 3,406 30.5% 7,555 67.7% 206 11,167 R+37.2
Greenwood 3,582 32.1% 7,121 63.8% 461 11,164 R+31.7
Laurens 3,273 31.7% 6,853 66.3% 207 10,333 R+34.6
Williamsburg 4,995 50.0% 4,916 49.2% 85 9,996 D+0.8
Cherokee 2,871 29.6% 6,537 67.4% 285 9,693 R+37.8
Georgetown 4,136 42.7% 5,326 55.0% 224 9,686 R+12.3
Newberry 2,073 26.1% 5,233 65.8% 642 7,948 R+39.8
Union 2,425 31.2% 5,230 67.4% 107 7,762 R+36.1
Colleton 2,957 38.2% 4,593 59.4% 183 7,733 R+21.2
Chesterfield 2,636 35.8% 4,615 62.6% 117 7,368 R+26.9
Clarendon 3,179 45.8% 3,445 49.6% 323 6,947 R+3.8
Chester 2,636 38.4% 3,999 58.2% 236 6,871 R+19.8
Hampton 2,937 48.4% 3,016 49.7% 115 6,068 R+1.3
Marion 2,422 41.1% 3,304 56.1% 164 5,890 R+15.0
Dillon 2,332 40.6% 3,321 57.8% 91 5,744 R+17.2
Abbeville 2,160 39.3% 3,247 59.0% 96 5,503 R+19.8
Lee 2,488 45.4% 2,895 52.9% 92 5,475 R+7.4
Fairfield 2,386 48.5% 2,387 48.5% 148 4,921 level
Edgefield 1,896 40.0% 2,694 56.9% 147 4,737 R+16.8
Saluda 1,391 30.1% 3,068 66.4% 161 4,620 R+36.3
Barnwell 1,456 31.7% 3,041 66.1% 102 4,599 R+34.5
Jasper 2,496 57.3% 1,786 41.0% 74 4,356 D+16.3
Marlboro 1,770 41.4% 2,438 57.0% 67 4,275 R+15.6
Bamberg 1,724 43.0% 2,193 54.8% 88 4,005 R+11.7
Calhoun 1,242 36.5% 2,087 61.3% 74 3,403 R+24.8
Allendale 1,232 51.2% 1,118 46.5% 55 2,405 D+4.7
McCormick 1,024 53.6% 832 43.5% 56 1,912 D+10.0

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

YearWinnerMargin
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