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South Carolina gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

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General election

General election for Governor of South Carolina

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Henry McMaster (R)	54.0	921,342
	James Smith Jr. (D)	45.9	784,182
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,045

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,707,569
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Martin Barry (American Party)

Elections in South Carolina, 2018

General election: Nov. 6
Voter registration deadline: Oct. 17
Early voting: N/A
Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6

Online registration:Yes
Same-day registration: No
Voter ID: Photo ID required
Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

On the ballot:U.S. House • Governor • Attorney General • Secretary of State • State executive offices • State House • Special state legislative • Local judges • State ballot measures • School boards • Democratic primaries •Republican primaries

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
2022→ ←2014

Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline:March 30, 2018
Primary: June 12, 2018 Primary runoff: June 26, 2018 (if needed) General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent(s): Gov. Henry McMaster (Republican) Lt. Gov. Kevin Bryant (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in South Carolina
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Likely Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
Federal and state primary competitiveness State executive elections in 2018 Impact of term limits in 2018 State government trifectas State government triplexes Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
South Carolina executive elections
Governor Lieutenant governor Attorney general Secretary of state Treasurer Comptroller Agriculture commissioner Superintendent of education

South Carolina held elections forgovernor andlieutenant governor onNovember 6, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was March 30, 2018.

The winners of the primaries were incumbentHenry McMaster (R) andstate Rep.James Smith, Jr. (D). Their running mates werePamela Evette (R) andMandy Powers Norrell (D).

For more information about the Democratic primary,click here.
For more information about the Republican primary,click here.

For more information on gubernatorial elections in 2018,click here. For more information on lieutenant gubernatorial elections in 2018,click here.

SETTING THE STAGE
Heading into the 2018 election, the sittinggovernor wasHenry McMaster (R), who took office on January 25, 2017, following the resignation ofNikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. McMaster sought re-election in 2018.
At the time of the 2018 election,South Carolina was aRepublican trifecta. It first gained this status whenGov.Mark Sanford (R) took office in 2003. South Carolina was aRepublican triplex in 2018.
South Carolina had been won by theRepublican candidate in each of the five presidential elections leading up to the 2018 election. The widest margin of victory wasGeorge W. Bush's 17 percent margin in 2004 while the narrowest wasJohn McCain's 9 percent margin in 2008.

South Carolina was one of36 states that held an election forgovernor in 2018.Democrats gained seven previouslyRepublican-held seats, andRepublicans gained one previously independent-held seat. Heading into the 2018 elections, there were16Democratic governors,33Republican governors, and one independent governor. In 2018, 26 of the 33 states with aRepublican governor held a gubernatorial election, while nine out of the 16 states with aDemocratic governor held a gubernatorial election.Seventeen of the36 seats up for election were open seats (four Democratic, 12 Republican, and one independent), meaning that the sitting governor was not seeking re-election. Clickhere for more information on other 2018 gubernatorial elections.

Candidates and election results

See also:Statistics on gubernatorial candidates, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of South Carolina

IncumbentHenry McMaster defeatedJames Smith Jr. in the general election for Governor of South Carolina on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Henry McMaster (R)	54.0	921,342
	James Smith Jr. (D)	45.9	784,182
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,045

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,707,569
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Martin Barry (American Party)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Governor of South Carolina

IncumbentHenry McMaster defeatedJohn Warren in the Republican primary runoff for Governor of South Carolina on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Henry McMaster	53.6	184,286
	Submit photo	John Warren	46.4	159,349

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 343,635
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of South Carolina

James Smith Jr. defeatedMarguerite Willis andPhil Noble in the Democratic primary for Governor of South Carolina on June 12, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	James Smith Jr.	61.8	148,633
	Marguerite Willis	27.5	66,248
	Phil Noble	10.6	25,587

	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 240,468
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of South Carolina

IncumbentHenry McMaster andJohn Warren advanced to a runoff. They defeatedCatherine Templeton,Kevin Bryant, andJohn McGill in the Republican primary for Governor of South Carolina on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Henry McMaster	42.3	155,723
✔	Submit photo	John Warren	27.8	102,390
		Catherine Templeton	21.4	78,705
		Kevin Bryant	6.7	24,790
		John McGill	1.7	6,375

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 367,983
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Lieutenant gubernatorial election

General election candidates

Mandy Powers Norrell (Democratic Party)
Pamela Evette (Republican Party) ✔

Past elections

2014

See also:South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2014

Nikki Haley ran for a second term as governor in the2014 elections and won re-election.

Haley won theRepublican nomination, running unopposed in the primary on June 10. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.^[1]

Results

General election

Governor of South Carolina, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Nikki HaleyIncumbent	55.9%	696,645
	Democratic	Vincent Sheheen	41.4%	516,166
	Libertarian	Steve French	1.2%	15,438
	Independent	Tom Ervin	0.9%	11,496
	United Citizens	Morgan Reeves	0.5%	5,622
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.1%	934
Total Votes				1,246,301
Election results viaSouth Carolina State Election Commission

Context of the 2018 election

Race rating

Race ratings: South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2018
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2018	October 30, 2018	October 23, 2018	October 16, 2018
The Cook Political Report	Likely Republican	Likely Republican	Likely Republican	Likely Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every two weeks throughout the election season.

Wave election analysis

See also:Wave elections (1918-2016)

The termwave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makessignificant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?

Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from PresidentWoodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 toDonald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016.We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.

Applying this definition togubernatorial elections, we found that Republicans needed to loseseven seats for 2018 to qualify as awave election.

The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 gubernatorial waves from 1918 to 2016.Click here to read the full report.

Gubernatorial wave elections
Year	President	Party	Election type	Gubernatorial seats change	Elections analyzed^[2]
1970	Nixon	R	First midterm	-12	35
1922	Harding	R	First midterm	-11	33
1932	Hoover	R	Presidential	-10	35
1920	Wilson	D	Presidential	-10	36
1994	Clinton	D	First midterm	-10	36
1930	Hoover	R	First midterm	-9	33
1938	Roosevelt	D	Second midterm	-9	33
1966	Johnson	D	First midterm^[3]	-9	35
1954	Eisenhower	R	First midterm	-8	33
1982	Reagan	R	First midterm	-7	36
2010	Obama	D	First midterm	-7	33

Republican winning streak

See also:Winning streaks in 2018 gubernatorial elections

McMaster's victory in the general election was the fifth in a series beginning withMark Sanford's (R) victory in 2002, continuing a record-long Republican winning streak in South Carolina gubernatorial elections. The longest Democratic winning streak in state history was 37 elections, occurring between 1876 and 1970.

State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in South Carolina heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

Following the2016 elections, Republicans held both U.S. Senate seats in South Carolina.
Republicans held six of sevenU.S. House seats in South Carolina.

State executives

As of September 2018, Republicans held eight of 16state executive positions and the remaining eight positions were officially nonpartisan.
The governor of South Carolina was RepublicanHenry McMaster. The state held anelection forgovernor andlieutenant governor onNovember 6, 2018.

State legislature

Republicans controlled both chambers of theSouth Carolina State Legislature. They had a 80-44 majority in the state House and a 27-19 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

South Carolina was aRepublican trifecta, meaning that theRepublican Party controlled the state government.Henry McMaster (R) served as governor, while Republicans controlled the state legislature.

2018 elections

See also:South Carolina elections, 2018

South Carolina held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for South Carolina
	South Carolina	U.S.
Total population:	4,894,834	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	30,061	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	67.2%	73.6%
Black/African American:	27.5%	12.6%
Asian:	1.4%	5.1%
Native American:	0.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	5.3%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	85.6%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	25.8%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$45,483	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	22%	11.3%
Source:U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Clickhere for more information on the 2020 census andhere for more on its impact on the redistricting process in South Carolina. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.

As of July 2016, South Carolina's three largest cities were Charleston (pop. est. 135,000), Columbia (pop. est. 133,000), and North Charleston (pop. est. 111,000).^[4]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in South Carolina from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from theSouth Carolina Election Commission.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in South Carolina every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), South Carolina 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Donald Trump	54.9%	Hillary Clinton	40.7%	14.2%
2012	Mitt Romney	54.6%	Barack Obama	44.1%	10.5%
2008	John McCain	53.9%	Barack Obama	44.9%	9.0%
2004	George W. Bush	58.0%	John Kerry	40.9%	17.1%
2000	George W. Bush	56.8%	Al Gore	40.9%	15.9%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results ofU.S. Senate races in South Carolina from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), South Carolina 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Tim Scott	60.6%	Thomas Dixon	36.9%	23.7%
2014^[5]	Tim Scott	61.1%	Joyce Dickerson	37.1%	24.0%
2014	Lindsey Graham	54.3%	Brad Hutto	38.8%	15.5%
2010	Jim DeMint	61.5%	Alvin Greene	27.7%	33.8%
2008	Lindsey Graham	57.5%	Bob Conley	42.3%	15.2%
2004	Jim DeMint	53.7%	Inez Tenenbaum	44.1%	9.6%
2002	Lindsey Graham	54.4%	Alex Sanders	44.2%	10.2%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in South Carolina.

Election results (Governor), South Carolina 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	Nikki Haley	55.9%	Vincent Sheheen	41.4%	14.5%
2010	Nikki Haley	51.4%	Vincent Sheheen	46.9%	4.5%
2006	Mark Sanford	55.1%	Kerry Healey	44.8%	10.3%
2002	Mark Sanford	52.8%	Jim Hodges	47.0%	5.8%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent South Carolina in theU.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, South Carolina 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	R+5
2014	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	R+5
2012	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	R+5
2010	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	R+4
2008	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	R+2
2006	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	R+2
2004	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	R+2
2002	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	R+2
2000	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	R+2

Trifectas, 1992-2017

Astate government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

South Carolina Party Control: 1992-2025
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-three years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

Five of 46 South Carolina counties—10.9 percent—arePivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County	Trump margin of victory in 2016	Obama margin of victory in 2012	Obama margin of victory in 2008
Barnwell County, South Carolina	5.16%	5.33%	1.65%
Calhoun County, South Carolina	2.83%	4.31%	3.55%
Chester County, South Carolina	4.83%	10.58%	8.30%
Colleton County, South Carolina	8.49%	0.19%	0.53%
McCormick County, South Carolina	3.32%	3.60%	6.08%

In the 2016 presidential election,Donald Trump (R) won South Carolina with 54.9 percent of the vote.Hillary Clinton (D) received 40.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, South Carolina cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 53.3 percent of the time. In that same time frame, South Carolina supported Democratic candidates for president more often than Republican candidates, 53.3 to 43.3 percent. South Carolina favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in South Carolina. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns show the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns show the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.^[6]^[7]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 124 state House districts in South Carolina with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 38 out of 124 state House districts in South Carolina with an average margin of victory of 28.3 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 85 out of 124 state House districts in South Carolina with an average margin of victory of 28.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 86 out of 124 state House districts in South Carolina with an average margin of victory of 30.1 points. Trump won seven districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	23.28%	75.15%	R+51.9	18.61%	77.65%	R+59	R
2	31.79%	66.50%	R+34.7	28.17%	66.98%	R+38.8	R
3	35.60%	61.95%	R+26.4	33.39%	58.53%	R+25.1	R
4	17.87%	80.08%	R+62.2	12.86%	83.53%	R+70.7	R
5	23.85%	74.46%	R+50.6	20.85%	74.77%	R+53.9	R
6	30.99%	67.41%	R+36.4	27.78%	67.13%	R+39.3	R
7	32.32%	66.10%	R+33.8	23.98%	73.09%	R+49.1	R
8	33.75%	64.76%	R+31	28.69%	68.03%	R+39.3	R
9	35.55%	63.02%	R+27.5	32.29%	63.27%	R+31	R
10	22.06%	76.34%	R+54.3	20.11%	75.76%	R+55.6	R
11	41.13%	57.49%	R+16.4	32.52%	65.04%	R+32.5	R
12	59.39%	39.69%	D+19.7	53.79%	43.46%	D+10.3	D
13	32.85%	65.84%	R+33	30.28%	65.63%	R+35.3	R
14	36.82%	61.80%	R+25	29.74%	67.30%	R+37.6	R
15	48.83%	49.47%	R+0.6	45.11%	49.55%	R+4.4	R
16	41.69%	56.82%	R+15.1	36.19%	59.30%	R+23.1	R
17	21.18%	76.65%	R+55.5	18.81%	75.94%	R+57.1	R
18	25.25%	72.79%	R+47.5	23.48%	71.10%	R+47.6	R
19	35.02%	62.85%	R+27.8	34.74%	59.59%	R+24.9	R
20	27.09%	70.82%	R+43.7	28.31%	64.69%	R+36.4	R
21	25.57%	72.91%	R+47.3	29.67%	64.13%	R+34.5	R
22	32.91%	65.01%	R+32.1	35.65%	56.13%	R+20.5	R
23	64.77%	33.12%	D+31.6	60.89%	32.19%	D+28.7	D
24	35.96%	62.42%	R+26.5	39.48%	53.84%	R+14.4	R
25	71.10%	27.86%	D+43.2	65.40%	31.14%	D+34.3	D
26	35.32%	62.83%	R+27.5	36.60%	57.21%	R+20.6	R
27	36.38%	62.10%	R+25.7	35.80%	58.61%	R+22.8	R
28	34.06%	64.37%	R+30.3	32.48%	62.53%	R+30.1	R
29	33.75%	64.90%	R+31.2	26.63%	70.63%	R+44	R
30	34.61%	64.30%	R+29.7	27.30%	70.23%	R+42.9	R
31	79.20%	19.94%	D+59.3	72.36%	24.44%	D+47.9	D
32	35.50%	63.00%	R+27.5	32.93%	62.60%	R+29.7	R
33	30.03%	68.55%	R+38.5	25.34%	71.30%	R+46	R
34	42.65%	56.21%	R+13.6	41.00%	54.57%	R+13.6	R
35	27.40%	71.15%	R+43.8	27.02%	67.92%	R+40.9	R
36	38.11%	60.33%	R+22.2	31.58%	64.35%	R+32.8	R
37	33.05%	65.49%	R+32.4	29.64%	65.82%	R+36.2	R
38	23.88%	74.78%	R+50.9	18.90%	77.70%	R+58.8	R
39	32.81%	65.88%	R+33.1	27.32%	69.52%	R+42.2	R
40	42.28%	56.63%	R+14.4	36.99%	59.60%	R+22.6	R
41	63.72%	35.30%	D+28.4	61.23%	35.98%	D+25.3	D
42	44.12%	54.53%	R+10.4	37.44%	59.80%	R+22.4	D
43	44.83%	53.97%	R+9.1	35.08%	61.58%	R+26.5	R
44	46.57%	52.34%	R+5.8	38.98%	58.42%	R+19.4	D
45	35.40%	63.31%	R+27.9	34.76%	60.44%	R+25.7	R
46	41.87%	56.57%	R+14.7	40.05%	53.52%	R+13.5	R
47	31.57%	67.02%	R+35.4	26.48%	68.76%	R+42.3	R
48	35.74%	62.60%	R+26.9	35.12%	59.40%	R+24.3	R
49	66.67%	32.40%	D+34.3	61.82%	34.84%	D+27	D
50	63.30%	35.70%	D+27.6	58.24%	39.47%	D+18.8	D
51	73.57%	25.50%	D+48.1	71.54%	26.14%	D+45.4	D
52	41.47%	57.24%	R+15.8	37.04%	59.07%	R+22	D
53	47.26%	51.83%	R+4.6	39.48%	58.10%	R+18.6	R
54	58.26%	40.99%	D+17.3	53.53%	44.66%	D+8.9	D
55	56.03%	43.25%	D+12.8	48.68%	49.42%	R+0.7	D
56	41.06%	57.56%	R+16.5	32.30%	64.06%	R+31.8	R
57	62.48%	36.64%	D+25.8	57.73%	40.44%	D+17.3	D
58	33.03%	66.09%	R+33.1	28.08%	69.29%	R+41.2	R
59	70.58%	28.54%	D+42	67.55%	30.01%	D+37.5	D
60	38.35%	60.80%	R+22.5	34.96%	62.74%	R+27.8	R
61	51.91%	47.23%	D+4.7	45.72%	52.23%	R+6.5	D
62	65.60%	33.61%	D+32	61.45%	36.39%	D+25.1	D
63	34.43%	64.43%	R+30	35.35%	60.23%	R+24.9	R
64	58.22%	40.98%	D+17.2	53.18%	45.00%	D+8.2	D
65	31.75%	67.08%	R+35.3	27.25%	69.53%	R+42.3	R
66	72.57%	26.70%	D+45.9	68.93%	29.57%	D+39.4	D
67	37.94%	61.07%	R+23.1	35.62%	60.53%	R+24.9	R
68	33.20%	65.40%	R+32.2	28.04%	68.23%	R+40.2	R
69	31.53%	66.96%	R+35.4	30.88%	62.14%	R+31.3	R
70	73.89%	25.16%	D+48.7	70.02%	27.11%	D+42.9	D
71	34.78%	63.68%	R+28.9	34.96%	58.73%	R+23.8	R
72	68.08%	29.85%	D+38.2	69.16%	24.22%	D+44.9	D
73	80.11%	18.83%	D+61.3	77.42%	18.47%	D+58.9	D
74	81.27%	17.11%	D+64.2	78.82%	16.24%	D+62.6	D
75	42.45%	55.85%	R+13.4	47.88%	45.26%	D+2.6	R
76	77.22%	21.70%	D+55.5	76.59%	19.75%	D+56.8	D
77	69.65%	29.43%	D+40.2	67.21%	29.11%	D+38.1	D
78	49.92%	48.75%	D+1.2	52.86%	41.64%	D+11.2	D
79	72.59%	26.57%	D+46	70.85%	24.80%	D+46.1	D
80	59.84%	38.87%	D+21	55.10%	40.89%	D+14.2	D
81	29.68%	68.58%	R+38.9	29.88%	64.05%	R+34.2	R
82	59.20%	39.93%	D+19.3	54.84%	42.65%	D+12.2	D
83	28.62%	69.81%	R+41.2	29.03%	66.20%	R+37.2	R
84	34.77%	64.20%	R+29.4	31.33%	65.32%	R+34	R
85	30.93%	67.51%	R+36.6	31.43%	62.49%	R+31.1	R
86	38.58%	60.04%	R+21.5	34.38%	61.86%	R+27.5	R
87	20.64%	78.04%	R+57.4	20.68%	73.42%	R+52.7	R
88	27.08%	71.09%	R+44	25.84%	68.79%	R+42.9	R
89	38.55%	59.55%	R+21	38.45%	55.10%	R+16.6	R
90	52.50%	46.54%	D+6	46.55%	51.10%	R+4.5	D
91	63.50%	35.77%	D+27.7	58.70%	39.27%	D+19.4	D
92	36.52%	61.43%	R+24.9	34.38%	59.77%	R+25.4	R
93	59.26%	39.77%	D+19.5	53.51%	44.10%	D+9.4	D
94	36.52%	61.86%	R+25.3	34.95%	58.59%	R+23.6	R
95	71.56%	27.77%	D+43.8	68.97%	29.07%	D+39.9	D
96	29.83%	68.33%	R+38.5	24.42%	71.46%	R+47	R
97	42.47%	56.02%	R+13.5	37.05%	58.73%	R+21.7	D
98	40.02%	58.27%	R+18.3	38.80%	54.78%	R+16	R
99	32.05%	66.30%	R+34.3	35.35%	58.14%	R+22.8	R
100	33.71%	64.76%	R+31	30.44%	64.82%	R+34.4	R
101	66.78%	32.31%	D+34.5	62.75%	35.67%	D+27.1	D
102	60.06%	38.77%	D+21.3	54.07%	43.50%	D+10.6	D
103	62.63%	36.59%	D+26	58.02%	39.82%	D+18.2	D
104	33.50%	65.34%	R+31.8	28.73%	68.55%	R+39.8	R
105	32.43%	66.37%	R+33.9	27.34%	69.47%	R+42.1	R
106	31.29%	67.43%	R+36.1	26.95%	69.91%	R+43	R
107	37.67%	60.99%	R+23.3	35.21%	61.33%	R+26.1	R
108	35.01%	63.87%	R+28.9	33.02%	62.98%	R+30	R
109	71.24%	27.67%	D+43.6	68.57%	27.36%	D+41.2	D
110	37.37%	60.72%	R+23.3	43.15%	48.70%	R+5.5	R
111	78.60%	19.54%	D+59.1	75.33%	18.53%	D+56.8	D
112	35.27%	63.41%	R+28.1	38.92%	54.10%	R+15.2	R
113	73.23%	25.55%	D+47.7	67.01%	27.72%	D+39.3	D
114	38.05%	60.14%	R+22.1	38.63%	53.60%	R+15	R
115	40.78%	57.26%	R+16.5	44.68%	47.55%	R+2.9	R
116	53.66%	45.16%	D+8.5	49.15%	46.69%	D+2.5	D
117	48.43%	49.82%	R+1.4	45.56%	47.89%	R+2.3	R
118	42.55%	56.44%	R+13.9	40.94%	54.97%	R+14	R
119	48.34%	49.63%	R+1.3	48.31%	43.53%	D+4.8	D
120	36.27%	62.73%	R+26.5	36.77%	59.01%	R+22.2	R
121	64.89%	34.33%	D+30.6	60.68%	36.22%	D+24.5	D
122	61.99%	37.22%	D+24.8	56.78%	41.26%	D+15.5	D
123	34.41%	64.63%	R+30.2	39.14%	56.59%	R+17.5	R
124	37.53%	61.16%	R+23.6	38.63%	56.17%	R+17.5	R
Total	44.09%	54.56%	R+10.5	40.67%	54.94%	R+14.3	-
Source:Daily Kos

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↑South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," March 27, 2014
↑The number of gubernatorial seats up for election varies, with as many as 36 seats and as few as 12 seats being up in a single even-numbered year.
↑Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
↑South Carolina Demographics, "South Carolina Cities by Population," accessed September 5, 2018
↑Special election
↑Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
↑Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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