Elections in South Carolina are held to fill various local, state and federal seats.

Special elections A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time. In a 2020 study, South Carolina was ranked as the 7th hardest state for citizens to vote in.

Recent elections

1996 elections

* United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1996 *

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1996 The 1996 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 5, 1996 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, won re-election against Democratic challenge ...

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1996 The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 5, 1996, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Re ...

1998 elections

* United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1998 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1998 *

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1998 The 1998 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Jim Hodges, the Democratic nominee, handily defeated Republican Governor David Beasley to become the 114th govern ...

2000 elections

* United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2000 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2000

2002 elections

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2002 The 2002 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 5, 2002. Longtime Republican incumbent Strom Thurmond decided to retire at the age of 100, becoming the first centenarian to ever serve in Congress. At that time, Thur ...

* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2002 *

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2002 The 2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Mark Sanford, the Republican nominee, defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Hodges to become the 115th gover ...

2004 elections

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2004 The 2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 2, 2004, as part of the 2004 United States presidential election which took place throughout all 50 states and Washington, D.C., D.C. Voters chose eight repre ...

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2004 The 2004 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 2, 2004. Longtime incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings retired, and Republican U.S. Representative Jim DeMint won the open seat. DeMint was the first Repu ...

* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2004

2006 elections

* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2006 *

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2006 The 2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Mark Sanford won re-election against Democratic State Senator Tommy Moore, becoming only the third Republican governor in South Carolin ...

* 2006 state elections

2008 elections

2008 South Carolina elections In addition to federal elections for President, Senate, and the House of Representatives, South Carolina held state elections on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters elected state senators, state representatives, solicitors and local officers, and ...

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the United States Electoral College, ...

*** 2008 Democratic primary *** 2008 Republican primary **

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2008 The 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 4, 2008 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham won election to a se ...

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2008 The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The primary elections were held on June 10 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 24. The composition of t ...

2010 elections

2010 South Carolina elections Elections were held in South Carolina on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on June 8, 2010, and a run-off election for certain contests was held on June 22, 2010. Federal United States Senate Republican incumbent Jim DeMin ...

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2010 The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The primary elections were held on June 8. The composition of the state delegation before the election was four Republicans and ...

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2010 The 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim DeMint won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Alvin Greene. However, DeMint did not serve out th ...

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2010 The 2010 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Republican Governor Mark Sanford was term limited and unable to seek re-election. Primary elections took place on June 8, 2010, and a runoff election, as was ...

2012 elections

2012 South Carolina elections In addition to federal elections for President and the House of Representatives, South Carolina held state elections on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Voters elected state senators, state representatives, solicitors and local officers, and voted i ...

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2012 The 2012 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. South Carolina voters chose ...

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2012 Republican primary Voters of the Republican Party elected state delegations to the 2012 Republican National Convention in presidential primaries. The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidentia ...

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2012 The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the seven United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representatives from the state of South Carolina, an increase ...

2014 elections

2014 South Carolina elections A general election was held in the U.S. state of South Carolina on November 4, 2014. All of South Carolina's executive officers were up for election as well as both United States Senate seats, and all of South Carolina's seven seats in the United ...

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2014 The 2014 United States Senate election in South Carolina took place on November 4, 2014, concurrently with a special election for South Carolina's other Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and ele ...

** United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2014 ** South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2014

2016 elections

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2016 The 2016 United States presidential election was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. South Carolina voters chose electors to represent them in the E ...

2016 Democratic primary Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 4,051 delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention held July 25–28 and determine the nominee for president in the 2016 United States presidential ...

2016 Republican primary Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place within all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories between February 1 and June 7, 2016. These elections selected the 2,472 delegates that were se ...

* United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2016 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2016

2017 elections

* 2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election

2018 elections

* 2018 South Carolina elections ** United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2018 **

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2018 The 2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Governor Henry McMaster, who took office after Nikki Haley resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the Unite ...

2020 elections

* 2020 South Carolina elections **

2020 United States presidential election in South Carolina The 2020 United States presidential election in South Carolina was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. South Carolina vo ...

** United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2020 **

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of South Carolina, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The ...

2022 elections

* 2022 South Carolina elections ** United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2022 **

2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election The 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Governor Henry McMaster ran for re-election for a second full term in office and secured the Republica ...

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of South Carolina, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The ...

Presidential elections through history

References

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