The Green Papers: South Carolina 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 8 June 2004
Runoff (Senate Republican): Tuesday 22 June 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
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 8 June 2004 polls close 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC)
Tuesday 22 June 2004 polls close 7:00p EDT (2300 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 7:00p EST (0000 UTC)
 

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South Carolina State and Local Government

South Carolina 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats   Republicans   Third Parties


If no candidate receives 50% or more of the vote in the 8 June primary, a 22 June runoff election will be held between the two top vote getters.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 8 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Republican 937,974 57.98% President George W. Bush
(8 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate Democrat 661,699 40.90% Senator John Kerry
Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Independence 5,520 0.34% Ralph Nader
Vice President: Peter Camejo
  Candidate Constitution 5,317 0.33% Michael Anthony Peroutka
Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
  Candidate Libertarian 3,608 0.22% Michael Badnarik
Vice President: Richard Campagna
  Candidate United Citizens 2,124 0.13% Walter F. Brown
Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert
Socialist
  Candidate Green 1,488 0.09% David Keith Cobb
Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche
Total 1,617,730 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2   Republican   Senator Lindsey Graham
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Senator Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1966 [held to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Olin D. Johnston (Democrat): 18 April 1965- which Donald S. Russell (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Robert E. McNair (Democrat) to fill, 22 April 1965 (Russell had resigned as Governor on 22 April 1965 allowing Lieutenant Governor McNair to succeed to the office of Governor, after which McNair appointed Russell to the Senate)]; elected to full term: 1968; re-elected: 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Open Seat - 4 August 2003: Senator Hollings, 81, announced that he will retire at the end of his current term.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 857,167 53.67% Congressman Jim DeMint
CD 4
  Candidate Democrat 704,384 44.10% State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum
  Candidate Constitution 13,464 0.84% Patrick Tyndall
  Candidate Libertarian 10,678 0.67% Rebekah E. "Reb" Sutherland
  Candidate United Citizens 5,859 0.37% Tee Ferguson
  Candidate Green 4,383 0.27% Efia Nwangaza
  Candidate --scatter-- 1,286 0.08% Write-in
Total 1,597,221 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

    Republican   Governor Mark Sanford
First elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. (Beginning in 2018, the Lieutenant Governor will be elected on same ticket with the Governor.)

    Republican   Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republicans (3 Renominated, 1 Open);
2 Democrats (2 Renominated)

CD 1
Seat up for election
  Republican   Congressman Henry E. Brown
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - 8 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 186,448 87.82% Congressman Henry E. Brown
  Candidate Green 25,674 12.09% James E. Dunn
  Candidate --scatter-- 186 0.09% Write-in
Total 212,308 100.00%  

CD 2
Seat up for election
  Republican   Congressman A. G. "Joe" Wilson
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
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 2004
Renominated - by Convention
  Elected Republican 181,862 64.98% Congressman A. G. "Joe" Wilson
  Candidate Democrat 93,249 33.32% Michael Ray Ellisor
  Candidate Constitution 4,447 1.59% Steve Lefemine
  Candidate --scatter-- 312 0.11% Write-in
Total 279,870 100.00%  

CD 3
Seat up for election
  Republican   Congressman J. Gresham Barrett
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - by Convention
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Republican 191,052 99.51% Congressman J. Gresham Barrett
  Candidate --scatter-- 947 0.49% Write-in
Total 191,999 100.00%  

CD 4
Seat up for election
  Republican   Congressman Jim DeMint
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Open Seat - Running for Senate in 2004.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 188,795 69.77% Bob Inglis
former Congressman (1993-1999)
  Candidate Democrat 78,376 28.96% Brandon P. Brown
  Candidate Green 3,273 1.21% C. Faye Walters
  Candidate --scatter-- 150 0.06% Write-in
Total 270,594 100.00%  

CD 5
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Congressman John Spratt
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - by Convention
  Elected Democrat 152,867 63.03% Congressman John Spratt
  Candidate Republican 89,568 36.93% Albert F. Spencer
  Candidate --scatter-- 83 0.03% Write-in
Total 242,518 100.00%  

CD 6
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Congressman James E. "Jim" Clyburn
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - by Convention
  Elected Democrat 161,987 66.98% Congressman James E. "Jim" Clyburn
  Candidate Republican 79,600 32.92% Gary McLeod
also endorsed by the Constitution Party
  Candidate --scatter-- 242 0.10% Write-in
Total 241,829 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Republican   Secretary of State Mark Hammond
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Republican   Attorney General Henry McMaster
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democrat   Treasurer Grady L. Patterson
First elected: 1966 to fill the vacant office; re-elected: 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Comptroller General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Republican   Comptroller General Richard A. Eckstrom
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Adjutant General  4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2002. The South Carolina Constitution was amended in 2015 to provide for the appointment of the Adjutant General by the Governor with advice and consent of the State Senate. The Adjutant General is no longer an elected office.

    Republican   Adjutant General Stan Spears
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Republican   Interim Agriculture Commissioner Hugh E. Weathers
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
 Republican Agriculture Commissioner Charles "Charlie" Sharpe, who was first elected in 2002, has been supsended from office. On 14 September 2004, Governor Mark Sanford named Hugh E. Weathers as Interim Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of South Carolina.

Superintendent of Education  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democrat   Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Running for the Class 3 Senate seat in 2004.

 


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