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U.S. Senate elections in South Carolina

40 elections · 1914–present · popular vote
● In officeTim ScottRepublican
2022 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Tim Scott R 1,066,274 · Krystle Matthews D 627,616
2020 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Lindsey O. Graham R 1,369,137 · Jaime Harrison D 1,110,828 · Bill Bledsoe C 32,845
2016 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Tim Scott R 1,241,609 · Thomas Dixon D 757,022 · Bill Bledsoe L 37,482 · Rebel Michael Scarborough A 11,923
2014 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Lindsey O. Graham R 672,941 · Brad Hutto W 480,933 · Thomas Ravenel P 47,588 · Victor Kocher L 33,839
2014 South Carolina U.S. Senate, Special
Tim Scott R 757,215 · Joyce Dickerson D 459,583 · Jill Bossi A 21,652
2010 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Jim Demint R 810,771 · Alvin M. Greene D 364,598 · Tom Clements G 121,472
2008 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Lindsey O. Graham R 1,076,534 · Bob Conley D 790,621
2004 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Jim Demint R 857,167 · Inez Tenenbaum D 704,384 · Patrick Tyndall C 13,464 · Rebekah E. Sutherland L 10,678 · +2 more
2002 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Lindsey O. Graham R 600,010 · Alex Sanders D 487,359 · Ted Adams C 8,228 · Victor Kocher L 6,648
1998 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ernest Fritz Hollings D 563,377 · Bob Inglis R 488,238 · Richard T. Quillian L 16,991
1996 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond R 619,859 · Elliot Springs Close D 510,951 · Richard T. Quillian L 12,988 · Peter J. Ashy Rf 9,740 · +1 more
1992 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ernest Fritz Hollings D 591,030 · Tommy Hartnett R 554,175 · Mark Johnson L 22,962 · Robert Barnwell Clarkson II A 11,568
1990 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond R 482,032 · Bob Cunningham D 244,112 · William H. Griffin L 13,805 · Marion C. Metts A 10,317
1986 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ernest Fritz Hollings D 465,500 · Henry D. McMaster R 262,886 · Steven B. Vandervelde L 4,789 · Ray Hillyard A 4,588
1984 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond R 644,815 · Melvin Purvis D 306,982 · Stephen Davis L 13,333
1980 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ernest Fritz Hollings D 612,554 · Marshall Mays R 257,946
1978 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond R 351,917 · Charles D. Ravenel D 280,146
1974 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ernest Fritz Hollings D 355,107 · Gwenyfred Bush R 146,649 · Harold Hough I 9,624
1972 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond R 415,806 · Eugene N. Zeigler D 241,056
1968 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ernest Fritz Hollings D 404,060 · Marshall Parker R 248,780
1966 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond R 271,297 · Bradley Morrah D 164,955
1966 South Carolina U.S. Senate, Special
Ernest Fritz Hollings D 223,790 · Marshall Parker R 212,032
1962 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Olin D. Johnston D 178,712 · William D. Workman R 133,930
1960 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond D 330,164
1956 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Olin D. Johnston D 230,150 · Leon P. Crawford R 49,695
1956 South Carolina U.S. Senate, Special
Strom Thurmond D 245,371
1954 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond I 143,444 · Edgar A. Brown D 83,525 · Marcus A. Stone D 240
1950 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Olin D. Johnston D 50,240
1948 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Burnet R. Mayback D 135,998 · J. Bates Gerald R 5,008
1944 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Olin D. Johnston D 94,556 · James B. Gaston D 3,807 · Osceola E. McKaine R 3,214 · B. L. Hendrix P 141
1942 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Burnet R. Maybank D 23,356
1938 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ellison D. Smith D 45,751 · J. D. Meyer R 508
1936 South Carolina U.S. Senate
James F. Byrnes D 113,696 · Joseph A. Tolbert R 961 · Marion W. Seabrook R 702
1932 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ellison D. Smith D 104,472 · Clara Harrigal R 1,976
1930 South Carolina U.S. Senate
James F. Byrnes D 16,213
1926 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ellison D. Smith D 14,560
1924 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Coleman L. Blease D 49,060
1920 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ellison D. Smith D 64,388
1918 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Nathaniel B. Dial D 25,792
1914 South Carolina U.S. Senate
Ellison D. Smith D 32,950 · J. H. Roberts S 89