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Election 2002 Results

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2002 US Senate election in South Carolina

Lindsey O. Graham (Republican) beat Alex Sanders (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2002, 54.4% to 44.2%, a margin of 10.2 points and 112,651 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1996, when Strom Thurmond won.

Republicans led in 25 of the 46 counties and Democrats in 21. The largest, Greenville, cast 110,169 votes and went to the Republican by 29.2 points. The closest was McCormick, where 46 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lindsey O. Graham won Republican 600,010 54.4%
Alex Sanders Democratic 487,359 44.2%
All other candidates 15,543 1.4%
Total1,102,912

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 38,026 34.5% 70,149 63.7% 1,994 110,169 R+29.2
Richland 56,977 59.7% 37,413 39.2% 1,004 95,394 D+20.5
Charleston 41,955 45.6% 48,773 53.0% 1,221 91,949 R+7.4
Lexington 22,915 32.9% 45,671 65.6% 1,034 69,620 R+32.7
Spartanburg 22,937 38.2% 36,237 60.3% 922 60,096 R+22.1
Horry 22,460 42.7% 29,406 55.9% 772 52,638 R+13.2
Anderson 16,543 37.8% 26,455 60.4% 809 43,807 R+22.6
York 15,794 39.5% 23,513 58.8% 651 39,958 R+19.3
Aiken 12,583 31.7% 26,667 67.2% 430 39,680 R+35.5
Beaufort 14,086 37.8% 22,738 61.0% 480 37,304 R+23.2
Berkeley 13,607 39.7% 20,188 58.9% 457 34,252 R+19.2
Florence 14,614 45.6% 16,685 52.1% 738 32,037 R+6.5
Orangeburg 19,134 66.3% 9,583 33.2% 162 28,879 D+33.1
Dorchester 10,237 37.2% 16,942 61.5% 354 27,533 R+24.4
Pickens 7,334 27.2% 19,142 71.0% 480 26,956 R+43.8
Sumter 13,878 51.9% 12,563 47.0% 277 26,718 D+4.9
Oconee 5,613 29.2% 13,392 69.6% 232 19,237 R+40.4
Darlington 9,051 50.2% 8,774 48.7% 208 18,033 D+1.5
Laurens 7,852 43.7% 9,778 54.4% 340 17,970 R+10.7
Georgetown 8,246 48.8% 8,534 50.5% 125 16,905 R+1.7
Greenwood 6,935 41.5% 9,554 57.2% 217 16,706 R+15.7
Kershaw 6,872 43.8% 8,619 54.9% 207 15,698 R+11.1
Lancaster 6,818 49.9% 6,612 48.4% 239 13,669 D+1.5
Cherokee 5,488 42.8% 7,079 55.2% 261 12,828 R+12.4
Clarendon 6,353 59.7% 4,204 39.5% 81 10,638 D+20.2
Williamsburg 6,989 66.3% 3,453 32.8% 93 10,535 D+33.6
Colleton 5,010 48.8% 5,155 50.2% 97 10,262 R+1.4
Newberry 4,371 44.5% 5,247 53.4% 207 9,825 R+8.9
Chesterfield 5,099 56.8% 3,795 42.3% 82 8,976 D+14.5
Marion 5,711 63.8% 3,157 35.2% 89 8,957 D+28.5
Union 4,172 47.4% 4,503 51.2% 128 8,803 R+3.8
Chester 4,418 56.0% 3,330 42.2% 139 7,887 D+13.8
Abbeville 3,774 49.7% 3,687 48.5% 134 7,595 D+1.1
Fairfield 4,748 67.9% 2,170 31.0% 79 6,997 D+36.8
Edgefield 3,035 44.5% 3,730 54.7% 57 6,822 R+10.2
Dillon 3,711 58.3% 2,606 40.9% 47 6,364 D+17.4
Hampton 4,080 66.7% 1,961 32.0% 78 6,119 D+34.6
Barnwell 2,913 47.7% 3,123 51.2% 69 6,105 R+3.4
Lee 3,960 65.7% 2,018 33.5% 46 6,024 D+32.2
Marlboro 4,028 67.7% 1,825 30.7% 96 5,949 D+37.0
Saluda 2,508 42.6% 3,335 56.7% 41 5,884 R+14.1
Jasper 3,383 63.0% 1,927 35.9% 62 5,372 D+27.1
Calhoun 2,839 52.9% 2,481 46.2% 45 5,365 D+6.7
Bamberg 2,846 65.5% 1,463 33.6% 39 4,348 D+31.8
McCormick 1,770 47.5% 1,724 46.2% 235 3,729 D+1.2
Allendale 1,686 71.6% 649 27.5% 21 2,356 D+44.0

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