| The Green Papers: South Carolina 2009 General Election |
 |
South Carolina
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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 |
|||
| 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. (Beginning in 2018, the Lieutenant Governor will be elected on same ticket with the Governor.) | |||||
| 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 |
||||
| 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 |
|||
| 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 |
|||
| 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 |
|||
| CD 4 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Robert D. "Bob" Inglis • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
|||
| CD 5 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman John McKee Spratt, Jr. • First elected: 1982 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
|||
| 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 John Mark "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 |
||||
| 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, 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 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 James H. "Jim" Rex • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - 6 August 2009: Formed Gubernatorial exploratory committee |
||||
| 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. |