South Carolina 2004 General Election

The Green Papers: South Carolina 2004 General Election

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South Carolina
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.

		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
		Democrat	661,699	40.90%	Senator John Kerry • Vice President: Senator John Edwards
		Independence	5,520	0.34%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Peter Camejo
		Constitution	5,317	0.33%	Michael Anthony Peroutka • Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
		Libertarian	3,608	0.22%	Michael Badnarik • Vice President: Richard Campagna
		United Citizens	2,124	0.13%	Walter F. Brown • Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert Socialist
		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. 108^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

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

Class 3		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)
		Republican	857,167	53.67%	Congressman Jim DeMint • CD 4
		Democrat	704,384	44.10%	State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum
		Constitution	13,464	0.84%	Patrick Tyndall
		Libertarian	10,678	0.67%	Rebekah E. "Reb" Sutherland
		United Citizens	5,859	0.37%	Tee Ferguson
		Green	4,383	0.27%	Efia Nwangaza
		--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

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

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

CD 2		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
		Republican	181,862	64.98%	Congressman A. G. "Joe" Wilson
		Democrat	93,249	33.32%	Michael Ray Ellisor
		Constitution	4,447	1.59%	Steve Lefemine
		--scatter--	312	0.11%	Write-in
Total			279,870	100.00%

CD 3		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
		Republican	191,052	99.51%	Congressman J. Gresham Barrett
		--scatter--	947	0.49%	Write-in
Total			191,999	100.00%

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

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

CD 6		Democrat			Congressman James E. "Jim" Clyburn • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • Renominated - by Convention
		Democrat	161,987	66.98%	Congressman James E. "Jim" Clyburn
		Republican	79,600	32.92%	Gary McLeod • also endorsed by the Constitution Party
		--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.