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South Carolina Attorney General Election

Primary Date: June 10, 2014

General Election Date: November 4, 2014

November 4 Election Winner: Alan Wilson

Incumbent prior to election: Alan Wilson

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TheSouth Carolina Attorney General election took place onNovember 4, 2014. IncumbentAlan Wilson (R) was first elected in 2010 and ran for a second term in 2014. Hewon re-election againstDemocratic candidateParnell Diggs.

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Candidates

General election

Alan Wilson -Incumbent
Parnell Diggs - Attorney^[2]

Results

General election

Attorney General of South Carolina, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Alan WilsonIncumbent	60.3%	738,434
	Democratic	Parnell Diggs	39.7%	486,058
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.1%	879
Total Votes				1,225,371
Election results viaSouth Carolina State Election Commission

Campaign themes

The following table displays the stances taken by both candidates on topics in South Carolina:

Past elections

2010

On November 2, 2010, Alan Wilson won election to the office of South Carolina Attorney General. He defeatedMatthew Richardson (D) and Leslie Minerd (G) in the general election.

South Carolina Attorney General, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Alan Wilson	53.7%	716,193
	Democratic	Matthew Richardson	44.2%	589,135
	Green	Leslie Minerd	2%	27,008
	Write-In	Various	0%	470
Total Votes				1,332,806
Election results viaSouth Carolina State Election Commission.

2006

On November 7, 2006, Henry McMaster won re-election to the office of South Carolina Attorney General. He ran unopposed in the general election.

South Carolina Attorney General, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Henry McMasterIncumbent	99.2%	779,453
	Write-In	Various	0.8%	6,107
Total Votes				785,560
Election results viaSouth Carolina State Election Commission.

Campaign finance

Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of$894,509 during the election. This information was last updated on April 6, 2015.^[4]

Campaign Contribution Totals
Candidate	Office	Result	Contributions
Alan Wilson	South Carolina Attorney General		$874,676
Parnell Diggs	South Carolina Attorney General		$19,833
Grand Total Raised			$894,509

Key deadlines

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "South + Carolina + attorney + general + elections"

See also

• South Carolina Attorney General
• South Carolina state executive official elections, 2014
• State executive official elections, 2014

External links

Suggest a link

• Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina

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