Jim Hodges, Governor

Jim Hodges

Governor
Born
November 19, 1956
Current age
69
Home state
South Carolina
Party
Democratic
On the ballot
1998–2002

Photo: Harris & Ewing. Photo scanned by South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Career timeline
1-1
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Hodges1.1M
Opponents1.1M
2
Elections run

Between 1998 and 2002, Jim Hodges ran in 2 governor elections, winning 1 and losing 1. Hodges's biggest single-election total was 570,070 votes, in the 1998 governor election in South Carolina.

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How many votes has Jim Hodges received?

Jim Hodges has received 1,091,210 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–1.

Election history

Jim Hodges’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
2002GovernorSouth CarolinaLost521,14047.05%Mark Sanford
1998GovernorSouth CarolinaWon570,07053.2%David Beasley
Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q11670). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Jim Hodges: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/jim-hodges. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.