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South Carolina 2008 Election Coverage

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Offices up for Election in 2008

United States President & Vice President

United States Senate: 1 seat

United States House of Representatives: All seats

State Senate: All seats

State House of Representatives: All seats

Presidential Primary Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

United States President

John McCain (R)

Barack Obama (D)

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Special Primary Election - House District 92 Winner

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 92

Joe Daning (R)

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Special General Election - House District 92 Winner

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed

District 92

Joe Daning (R)^

 

Primary Election Winners*

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*Only those districts with contested races were on the primary ballot.

State Senate

State House

United States Senate

United State House of Representatives


State Senate      

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

     

District 2
Larry A Martin (R)*

District 4
Leonardo Ortiz (D)

District 6
Mike Fair (R)*

District 7
Ralph Anderson (D)*

District 10
Dee Compton (R) - Run-off winner

District 12
Lee Bright (R) - Run-off winner

District 13
Shane Martin (R) - Run-off winner

District 17
Mark Bennett (R)
Creighton B Coleman (D) - Run-off winner

District 18
Michael Ray Ellisor (D)

District 19
John L Scott Jr (D) - Won recount

District 21
Darrell Jackson (D)*

District 23
Jake Knotts (R)* - Run-off winner

District 24
Greg Ryberg (R)*

District 25
Greg Anderson (D)

District 30
Kent Williams (D)*

District 32
John Yancey McGill (D)*

District 33
Luke Rankin (R)*

District 35
Phil Leventis (D)*

District 38
Mike Rose (R)

District 42
Robert Ford (D)*

District 45
Clementa Pinckney (D)*

District 46
Tom Davis (R)

State House

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 2
Bill Sandifer (R)*

District 3
B R Skelton (R)*

District 8
Tom Dobbins (D)

District 16
Mark N Willis (R)

District 18
Tommy Stringer (R)

District 21
Bill Wylie (R)

District 22
Gloria Haskins (R)

District 23
Chandra Dillard (D)

District 31
Harold Mitchell Jr (D)*

District 32
Derham Cole Jr (R)

District 34
Mike Forrester (R)

District 35
Keith Kelly (R)*

District 37
Steve Parker (R)

District 38
Joey Millwood (R) - Won recount

District 39
Steve Cain (D)

District 41
Boyd Brown (D)

District 45
Deborah Long (R)
Fred Thomas (D)

District 48
Carl L Gullick (R)

District 49
John R King (D)

District 50
Grady Brown (D)*

District 54
Douglas Jennings Jr (D)*

District 55
Jackie E Hayes (D)*

District 60
Zackery Cooper (D)

District 62
Robert Q Williams (D)*

District 66
Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D)*

District 68
Thad Viers (R)*

District 70
Joe Neal (D)*

District 73
Chris Hart (D)*

District 77
Michael Koska (R)
Joe McEachern (D)

District 79
David Herndon (R) - Run-off winner

District 80
Jimmy C Bales (D)*

District 81
Tom Young (R) - Run-off winner

District 83
Don Smith (R)*

District 91
Lonnie Hosey (D)*

District 94
Jenny Horne (R)

District 96
Kit Spires (R)*

District 98
Annette D Young (R)*

District 101
Ken Kennedy (D)* - Run-off winner

District 105
George M Hearn (R) - Other three candidates withdrew, no run-off election was held

District 111
Wendell G Gilliard (D) - Run-off winner

District 112
Mike Sottile (R)

District 115
Anne Peterson Hutto (D)

District 117
Tim Scott (R)

District 122
Curtis Brantley (D)* - Run-off winner

District 123
Richard Chalk (R)*

United States Senate

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Lindsey Graham (R)*
Bob Conley (D)
- Won recount

United States House of Representatives

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

U.S. House District 1
Henry E Brown Jr (R)*
Linda Ketner (D)

U.S. House District 2
Joe Wilson (R)*
Rob Miller (D)

U.S. House District 4
Bob Inglis (R)*
Paul Corden (D) - Run-off winner

 

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State Election Calendar

January 19

Republican Presidential Primary

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January 26

Democratic Presidential Primary

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February 5

Special Primary Election

House District 92

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March 25

Special Election

House District 92

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June 10

Primary Election

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June 16

Recount for State Senate District 19, State House District 38 and one U.S. Senate Seat

Primary results updated to reflect recount winners

June 24

Primary Run-off Election

Primary results updated to reflect run-off winners

November 4

General Election

South Carolina Election
Resources

South Carolina State Elections Commission

The Greenville News

The (Charleston) Post and Courier

The (Columbia) State

 

 

 

 
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