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Election 2014 Results

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2014 US Senate election in South Carolina

Lindsey Graham (Republican) beat Brad Hutto (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2014, 54.3% to 38.8%, a margin of 15.5 points and 192,008 votes.

Tim Scott (Republican) beat Joyce Dickerson (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2014, 61.1% to 37.1%, a margin of 24.0 points and 297,632 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when Lindsey Graham also won.

Republicans led in 29 of the 46 counties and Democrats in 17. The largest, Greenville, cast 123,740 votes and went to the Republican by 32.8 points. The closest was Chester, where 114 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
Lindsey Graham won	Republican	672,941	54.3%
Brad Hutto	Democratic	480,933	38.8%
All other candidates		86,201	7.0%
Total		1,240,075

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tim Scott won	Republican	757,215	61.1%
Joyce Dickerson	Democratic	459,583	37.1%
All other candidates		22,184	1.8%
Total		1,238,982

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Greenville	34,060 27.5%	74,628 60.3%	15,052	123,740	R+32.8
Richland	66,231 59.8%	39,692 35.8%	4,888	110,811	D+23.9
Charleston	44,119 44.5%	48,265 48.6%	6,854	99,238	R+4.2
Lexington	19,866 26.2%	50,001 65.9%	5,973	75,840	R+39.7
Horry	19,457 28.4%	44,978 65.7%	4,037	68,472	R+37.3
Spartanburg	18,989 29.4%	38,016 58.8%	7,605	64,610	R+29.4
York	18,604 32.4%	34,585 60.2%	4,251	57,440	R+27.8
Beaufort	15,837 33.2%	29,732 62.3%	2,135	47,704	R+29.1
Aiken	14,254 31.4%	28,344 62.4%	2,854	45,452	R+31.0
Anderson	10,618 23.6%	30,056 66.7%	4,360	45,034	R+43.2
Berkeley	16,502 38.3%	23,133 53.7%	3,426	43,061	R+15.4
Florence	16,787 46.2%	17,727 48.7%	1,851	36,365	R+2.6
Dorchester	12,951 37.9%	18,437 53.9%	2,797	34,185	R+16.0
Sumter	16,307 54.5%	12,487 41.7%	1,152	29,946	D+12.8
Orangeburg	20,537 73.1%	7,116 25.3%	435	28,088	D+47.8
Pickens	5,079 18.6%	19,208 70.3%	3,021	27,308	R+51.7
Georgetown	8,332 40.7%	11,190 54.6%	970	20,492	R+13.9
Oconee	3,902 19.1%	14,909 73.2%	1,565	20,376	R+54.0
Lancaster	6,930 34.4%	12,272 60.9%	965	20,167	R+26.5
Kershaw	7,241 37.2%	11,200 57.5%	1,035	19,476	R+20.3
Darlington	9,217 49.5%	8,648 46.4%	753	18,618	D+3.1
Greenwood	6,156 34.7%	10,594 59.7%	1,005	17,755	R+25.0
Laurens	4,788 31.6%	8,684 57.4%	1,657	15,129	R+25.8
Cherokee	3,353 27.2%	7,803 63.3%	1,173	12,329	R+36.1
Newberry	3,792 34.5%	6,580 59.9%	619	10,991	R+25.4
Colleton	4,906 45.2%	5,358 49.4%	578	10,842	R+4.2
Williamsburg	7,123 66.3%	3,344 31.1%	283	10,750	D+35.2
Clarendon	5,564 54.0%	4,396 42.7%	336	10,296	D+11.3
Chesterfield	4,379 42.6%	5,447 53.0%	448	10,274	R+10.4
Marion	5,454 62.2%	3,054 34.9%	254	8,762	D+27.4
Fairfield	4,837 59.5%	2,943 36.2%	356	8,136	D+23.3
Chester	3,722 46.5%	3,836 47.9%	454	8,012	R+1.4
Union	3,040 38.6%	4,081 51.8%	756	7,877	R+13.2
Abbeville	2,623 36.5%	4,057 56.5%	505	7,185	R+20.0
Edgefield	2,773 39.7%	3,812 54.6%	400	6,985	R+14.9
Jasper	3,518 52.8%	2,893 43.4%	252	6,663	D+9.4
Dillon	3,196 49.8%	2,957 46.1%	265	6,418	D+3.7
Marlboro	3,673 58.9%	2,354 37.7%	212	6,239	D+21.1
Barnwell	3,162 51.2%	2,847 46.1%	162	6,171	D+5.1
Hampton	3,750 63.9%	1,952 33.2%	170	5,872	D+30.6
Lee	3,881 67.1%	1,750 30.3%	153	5,784	D+36.8
Saluda	1,902 33.6%	3,493 61.7%	270	5,665	R+28.1
Calhoun	2,842 54.4%	2,194 42.0%	187	5,223	D+12.4
Bamberg	3,338 67.8%	1,474 29.9%	110	4,922	D+37.9
McCormick	1,614 44.8%	1,881 52.3%	104	3,599	R+7.4
Allendale	1,727 74.9%	533 23.1%	45	2,305	D+51.8

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