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Election 2004 Results

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2004 US Senate election in South Carolina

Jim Demint (Republican) beat Inez Tenenbaum (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2004, 53.7% to 44.1%, a margin of 9.6 points and 152,783 votes.

South Carolina changed party: in 1998 it went Democratic, for Ernest F. Hollings.

Republicans led in 25 of the 46 counties and Democrats in 21. The largest, Greenville, cast 167,262 votes and went to the Republican by 28.4 points. The closest was Barnwell, where 102 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
Jim Demint won Republican 857,167 53.7%
Inez Tenenbaum Democratic 704,384 44.1%
All other candidates 35,670 2.2%
Total1,597,221

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 57,886 34.6% 105,471 63.1% 3,905 167,262 R+28.4
Charleston 65,197 48.8% 65,088 48.7% 3,241 133,526 D+0.1
Richland 80,688 60.4% 49,729 37.3% 3,076 133,493 D+23.2
Spartanburg 36,550 38.3% 56,006 58.7% 2,837 95,393 R+20.4
Lexington 30,885 33.4% 59,467 64.3% 2,202 92,554 R+30.9
Horry 31,478 39.7% 45,819 57.8% 1,963 79,260 R+18.1
York 26,451 38.6% 40,777 59.5% 1,339 68,567 R+20.9
Anderson 22,890 35.8% 39,554 61.9% 1,489 63,933 R+26.1
Aiken 20,674 35.6% 36,446 62.7% 987 58,107 R+27.1
Beaufort 20,884 38.6% 31,724 58.7% 1,440 54,048 R+20.1
Berkeley 21,248 40.7% 29,759 57.0% 1,220 52,227 R+16.3
Florence 22,236 45.5% 25,917 53.1% 667 48,820 R+7.5
Dorchester 15,517 38.5% 23,818 59.0% 1,006 40,341 R+20.6
Pickens 11,545 28.9% 27,465 68.7% 965 39,975 R+39.8
Orangeburg 25,663 67.4% 11,812 31.0% 612 38,087 D+36.4
Sumter 20,643 54.4% 16,744 44.1% 576 37,963 D+10.3
Oconee 9,330 34.5% 17,185 63.5% 549 27,064 R+29.0
Darlington 12,531 49.8% 12,191 48.4% 457 25,179 D+1.4
Georgetown 11,500 48.7% 11,718 49.6% 419 23,637 R+0.9
Laurens 10,124 42.9% 12,951 54.9% 514 23,589 R+12.0
Greenwood 9,632 42.0% 12,859 56.0% 468 22,959 R+14.1
Kershaw 9,354 41.7% 12,634 56.3% 440 22,428 R+14.6
Lancaster 8,986 43.5% 11,106 53.7% 585 20,677 R+10.3
Cherokee 7,167 39.1% 10,658 58.1% 510 18,335 R+19.0
Williamsburg 9,400 66.3% 4,560 32.2% 212 14,172 D+34.2
Chesterfield 7,674 54.2% 6,195 43.7% 302 14,171 D+10.4
Colleton 6,905 50.5% 6,531 47.8% 227 13,663 D+2.7
Clarendon 7,768 57.5% 5,575 41.3% 171 13,514 D+16.2
Marion 7,734 59.8% 4,935 38.1% 270 12,939 D+21.6
Newberry 5,224 42.0% 6,894 55.4% 330 12,448 R+13.4
Union 5,481 47.8% 5,704 49.7% 288 11,473 R+1.9
Chester 5,977 53.5% 4,944 44.3% 241 11,162 D+9.3
Abbeville 4,592 47.1% 4,954 50.8% 197 9,743 R+3.7
Edgefield 4,355 45.1% 5,145 53.3% 152 9,652 R+8.2
Dillon 5,075 53.6% 4,174 44.0% 227 9,476 D+9.5
Fairfield 5,998 64.8% 3,072 33.2% 190 9,260 D+31.6
Barnwell 4,131 48.5% 4,233 49.7% 158 8,522 R+1.2
Marlboro 5,055 60.7% 2,900 34.8% 368 8,323 D+25.9
Lee 5,345 66.3% 2,619 32.5% 94 8,058 D+33.8
Hampton 4,855 62.9% 2,659 34.5% 200 7,714 D+28.5
Saluda 3,288 43.3% 4,177 55.0% 136 7,601 R+11.7
Calhoun 3,562 52.3% 3,118 45.8% 126 6,806 D+6.5
Jasper 3,763 57.1% 2,738 41.5% 90 6,591 D+15.6
Bamberg 3,973 66.8% 1,883 31.7% 88 5,944 D+35.2
McCormick 2,782 53.7% 2,338 45.1% 63 5,183 D+8.6
Allendale 2,388 70.6% 921 27.2% 73 3,382 D+43.4

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