The Green Papers: South Carolina 2009 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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
 

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South Carolina State and Local Government

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

The 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.

A defeated primary candidate may not actively offer or campaign as a write-in candidate for the ensuing election. The use of posters or stickers on the ballot is not permitted. The voting machine provides for a voter to write-in a candidate. Write-in votes are not allowed in primary elections or the election of President or Vice-president.

 
           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2 Republican Senator  Lindsey Olin Graham
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Class 3 Republican Senator  James W. "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
  Candidate Democratic     Chad Alan McGowan
• FEC S0SC00164: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Michael D. "Mike" Ruckes
• FEC S0SC00172: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Gary Montgomery Stephens
• FEC S0SC00156: $0
  Candidate Republican     Senator  James W. "Jim" DeMint
• FEC S4SC00083: $1,793,780
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
  Candidate Democratic     Dwight Drake
  Candidate Democratic     Amos Elliott
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Robert Ford
  Candidate Democratic     Mullins McLeod
  Candidate Democratic     Education Superintendent  Jim Rex
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Vincent A. Sheheen
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  James Gresham "Gresham" Barrett
• CD 3
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  André Bauer
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Lawrence K. "Larry" Grooms
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Nikki Randhawa Haley
• a.k.a Mrs. William Michael
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General  Henry D. McMaster
    Republican     Brent Nelsen - apparently not a candidate
• 28 July 2009: Running for Superintendent of Education
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Lieutenant Governor  André Bauer
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Republican     Ken Ard
  Candidate Republican     Bill Connor
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Edward H. "Ted" Pitts, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     Tim Scott
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (3 Undetermined, 1 Open);
2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)
CD 1
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Henry E. Brown, Jr.
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Robert Dobbs
• FEC H0SC01196: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Richard B. "Dick" Withington
• FEC H0SC01204: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Henry E. Brown, Jr.
• FEC H0SC01071: $262,457
  Candidate Republican     Carroll A. "Tumpy" Campbell, III
• FEC H0SC01188: $102,652
  Candidate Republican     Katherine Jenerette
CD 2
{map}		 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 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Robert Lauransom "Rob" Miller
• FEC H8SC02080: $1,767,189
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson
• FEC H2SC02059: $2,978,319
CD 3
{map}		 Republican Congressman  James Gresham "Gresham" Barrett
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - 4 March 2009: Announced candidacy for Govenor in 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Jane Ballard Dyer
• FEC H8SC03054: $52,268
    Republican     Congressman  James Gresham "Gresham" Barrett - apparently not a candidate
• FEC H2SC03057: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Richard James Cash
• FEC H0SC03093: $50,708
  Candidate Republican     Neal Anthony Collins
• FEC H0SC03127: $10,519
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Jeff D. Duncan
• FEC H0SC03077: $77,606
  Candidate Republican     James D. Galyean
• FEC H0SC03119: $67,173
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Anthony Shane "Shane" Massey
• FEC H0SC03085: $53,460
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Rex Fontaine Rice
• FEC H0SC03101: $112,415
    Republican     state Representative Michael D Thompson - apparently not a candidate
• 13 August 2009: Decided not to run, endorsed Rex Rice.
  Candidate Republican     Frank Michael "Mike" Vasovski
• FEC H0SC03069: $23,120
  Candidate Independent     Tommy Carson, III
CD 4
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Robert D. "Bob" Inglis
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     7th Circuit Solicitor  Harold W. "Trey" Gowdy, III
• FEC H0SC04257: $212,539
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Robert D. "Bob" Inglis
• FEC H2SC04022: $231,365
  Candidate Republican     Christina Kelly Fawcett Jeffrey
• FEC H0SC04232: $33,525
  Candidate Republican     James Lewis "Jim" Lee
• FEC H0SC04224: $13,032
  Candidate Republican     Rick Mahler
    Republican     Andrew Thomas Smart - apparently not a candidate
• 10 July 2009: Mr. Smart withdrew and endorsed 7th Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy
• FEC H0SC04240: $10,615
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  David L. Thomas
• FEC H0SC04182: $102,055
  Candidate Independent     Tim Carnes
  Candidate Independent     Ted Christian
CD 5
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  John McKee Spratt, Jr.
• First elected: 1982
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  John McKee Spratt, Jr.
• FEC H2SC05052: $317,163
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  John Michael "Mick" Mulvaney
  Candidate Republican     Albert F. Spencer
CD 6
{map}		 Democratic Congressman James E. "Jim" Clyburn
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
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
• Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Republican     Alan Wilson
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
  Candidate Republican     Dean Allen
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
• Open Seat - 6 August 2009: Formed Gubernatorial exploratory committee
  Candidate Democratic     Frank Holleman
  Candidate Republican     Elizabeth Moffly
  Candidate Republican     Brent Nelsen
  Candidate Republican     Kelly Payne
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, 15 candidates
 • Republican: 14 incumbents, 34 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian
Other Third Parties
 • Unity
 • Working Families
Independents
 • Independent: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to 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
 • South Carolina House Democratic Caucus
 • South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus
Republican
 • South Carolina Republican Party
 • The South Carolina House Republican Caucus
 • The South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus
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
 • The Unity Party of South Carolina
Media & others
 • Carolina Morning News - Bluffton
 • DC's Political Report - South Carolina
 • FITSNews - Sic Willie
 • 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)
 • 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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