The Green Papers: South Carolina 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 10 June 2008
Runoff (CD 4-R): Tuesday 24 June 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:8(1.49% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:6(1.38% of 435)
2000 Census:4,025,061 (1.43% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):2,977,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):2,157,006
Capital:Columbia
Tuesday 10 June 2008 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 24 June 2008 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 7:00p EST (0000 UTC).
 

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South Carolina State and Local Government

South Carolina 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the 10 June primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters on Tuesday 24 June.

The 10 June Primary is for Democratic and Republican candidates only. Candidates running unopposed for their Party's nomination will not appear on primary ballots.

Voters may not vote in a political party’s runoff if they voted in another political party’s primary. However, voters who did not vote in either politicial party’s primary may vote in either politicial party’s runoff.

10 June 2008 primary returns from an official source.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 8 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
  Candidate Green     former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney
Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente

FEC P80004930: $132,856
  Candidate Independent     Ralph Nader
FEC P20000527: $2,434,472

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2
Seat up for election
Republican Senator  Lindsey Olin Graham
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
    Democratic; (Working Families)     Michael Joseph Cone - lost primary
Received 49.64% of the Tuesday 10 June 2008 primary vote.

FEC S8SC00118: $11,854
  Candidate Democratic     Robert M. "Bob" Conley
Received 50.36% of the Tuesday 10 June 2008 primary vote.
Previously associated with the Republican Party

FEC S8SC00126: $17,105
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Lindsey Olin Graham
FEC S0SC00149: $4,045,935
    Republican     Walter P. "Buddy" Witherspoon - lost primary
FEC S8SC00100: $432,870
    Independent; (Republican)     Mark McBride - apparently not a candidate
Did not file a petition to have his name placed on the 2008 General Election ballot.

Class 3 Republican Senator  Jim DeMint
First elected: 2004.
(also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1998; re-elected: 2000, 2002)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Marshall C. "Mark" Sanford, Jr.
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Lieutenant Governor  Andre Bauer
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (4 Renominated);
2 Democratic (2 Renominated)

CD 1
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman  Henry E. Brown, Jr.
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
    Democratic     Ben Frasier - lost primary
FEC H6SC01136: $16,644
  Candidate Democratic     Linda Ketner
FEC H8SC01066: $1,000,067
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Henry E. Brown, Jr.
FEC H0SC01071: $775,280
    Republican     Katherine Jenerette - lost primary
FEC H8SC01082: $5,634
    Republican     Paul Valentine Norris - lost primary
FEC H8SC01074: $42,219

CD 2
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman  Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson
First Elected 18 December 2001 in a special election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Floyd Spence.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
    Democratic     George Blaine Lotz - lost primary
FEC H8SC02072: $93,990
  Candidate Democratic     Robert Lauransom "Rob" Miller
FEC H8SC02080: $339,118
    Republican     Philip H. "Phil" Black - lost primary
FEC H8SC02098: $10,000
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson
FEC H2SC02059: $817,194
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution)     Steve Lefemine

CD 3
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman  James Gresham "Gresham" Barrett
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Jane Ballard Dyer
FEC H8SC03054: $20,684
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  James Gresham "Gresham" Barrett
FEC H2SC03057: $872,637
    Independent     Tommy Carson, III - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Write-in     Brian Lamont "Ryan B" Doyle
FEC H8SC03062: Financial report not available

CD 4
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman  Robert D. "Bob" Inglis
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
    Democratic     Ted Christian - lost primary
Received 32.76% in the 10 June Primary. Proceeds to 24 June runoff. Lost runoff.

FEC H8SC04185: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Paul H. Corden
Received 41.36% in the 10 June Primary. Proceeds to 24 June runoff. Won runoff.

FEC H8SC04177: $29,970
    Democratic     Bryan McCanless - lost primary
Received 25.89% in the 10 June Primary.

FEC H8SC04193: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Robert D. "Bob" Inglis
FEC H2SC04022: $362,721
    Republican     Charles Roper Jeter - lost primary
FEC H8SC04169: $29,309
  Candidate Green     C. Faye Walters
FEC H6SC04130: Financial report not available

CD 5
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman  John McKee Spratt, Jr.
First elected: 1982
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  John McKee Spratt, Jr.
FEC H2SC05052: $1,005,222
  Candidate Republican     Albert F. Spencer
FEC H4SC05041: Financial report not available
  Candidate Constitution     Frank Waggoner
FEC H8SC05083: Financial report not available

CD 6
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman James E. "Jim" Clyburn
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman James E. "Jim" Clyburn
FEC H2SC02042: $2,564,046
  Candidate Republican     Nancy Harrelson
FEC H8SC06099: Financial report not available

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Secretary of State Mark Hammond
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Attorney General  Henry McMaster
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Treasurer Converse A. Chellis, III
Appointed: 3 August 2007 by the state Legislature
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Comptroller General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Comptroller General  Richard A. Eckstrom
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Adjutant General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Adjutant General Stanhope S. "Stan" Spears
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner  Hugh E. Weathers
Named Interim Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of South Carolina on 14 September 2004 by Governor Mark Sanford upon the suspension of Republican Agriculture Commissioner Charles "Charlie" Sharpe; first elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Superintendent of Education  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Education Superintendent  Jim Rex
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 3 incumbents, 7 candidates
  Republican: 14 incumbents, 7 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Working Families
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 2 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  South Carolina Constitution
Election Authority
  South Carolina's Voter Information Resource
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  South Carolina House of Representatives
  South Carolina Legislature
  South Carolina Senate
Democratic
  South Carolina Democratic Party
Republican
  South Carolina Republican Party
Third Party
  South Carolina Green Party
  South Carolina Labor Party
  South Carolina Libertarian Party
  South Carolina Working Families Party
  The Constitution Party of South Carolina
Media & others
  Campaigns and Elections Magazine - scpols.com
  Carolina Morning News - Bluffton
  DC's Political Report - South Carolina
  Greenville Magazine
  Island Packet - Hilton Head
  Lexington County Chronicle
  Morning News - Florence, Myrtle Beach
  Politics1.com - South Carolina
  SC Hotline - South Carolinas for Responsible Government
  South Carolina Citizens for Life (SCCL is a non-partisan, non-sectarian pro-life organization and is the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee)
  South Carolina Headlines
  Spartanburg Herald-Journal
  The Beaufort Gazette
  The Charlotte Observer
  The Greenville News
  The Herald - Rock Hill
  The Item - Sumter
  The Lancaster News
  The Messinger - Hartsville
  The News & Reporter - Chester County
  The Post and Courier - Charleston
  The State - Columbia
  The Sun News - Myrtle Beach
  The Times and Democrat - Orangeburg
  The Union Daily Times
  WCBD TV - NBC - Charleston
  WCIV TV - ABC - Mount Pleasant
  WCSC TV - CBS - Charleston
  WLTX TV - CBS - Columbia
  WOLO TV - ABC - Columbia

 


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