The Green Papers: General Election 2000
South Carolina
Primary (subject to runoff): Tuesday, June 13, 2000 Runoff: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 |
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President Electoral votes: 8, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 1,384,253; List of States: Short, Long | |||||
Democrat | 566,039 | 40.89% | Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr. | ||
Constitution | 1,682 | 0.12% | Howard Phillips | ||
United Citizens | 20,279 | 1.46% | Ralph Nader | ||
Reform | 3,520 | 0.25% | Pat Buchanan | ||
Natural Law | 943 | 0.07% | John Hagelin | ||
Republican | 786,892 | 56.85% | Governor George W. Bush (8 Electoral Votes) | ||
Libertarian | 4,898 | 0.35% | Harry Browne | ||
Governor Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors | |||||
Democrat | Jim Hodges First elected: 1998 Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit). | ||||
Senate 6-year term, Current Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | J. Strom Thurmond First elected as an Independent candidate to this seat: 1954 (the only United States Senator ever elected solely by write-in vote: the write-in campaign was caused by Thurmond's failure to win endorsement by the state Democratic Party [Senator Burnet R. Maybank (Democrat) had died: 1 September 1954 but had been previously renominated for re-election to the seat in the 13 July 1954 primary; Thurmond's campaign was a protest against the Party hierarchy, and not the Party rank-and-file, replacing Maybank as the Democrat nominee]); resigned 4 April 1956 in order to contest for the Democrat nomination for the Senate in a Special Primary that Summer; elected as a Democrat to finish out the term in a Special Election held to fill vacancy caused by his own resignation: 1956; re-elected as a Democrat: 1960; changed Party affiliation to Republican: 16 September 1964; re-elected as a Republican: 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. | |||
Class 3 | Democrat | 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 Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004. | |||
House of Representatives 2 year term, Current House | |||||
2 Democrats 4 Republicans | |||||
CD 1 | Republican | Mark Sanford Open Seat. Congressman Sanford not a candidate for re-election. | |||
Reform | Bob Batchelder | ||||
Democrat | Andrew C. Brack | ||||
Republican | Henry E. Brown Won 27 June 2000 Runoff election | ||||
Natural Law | Joe Innella | ||||
Libertarian | William Woolsey | ||||
CD 2 | Republican | Floyd D. Spence Renominated - 13 June 2000 Primary | |||
Democrat | Jane Frederick | ||||
Libertarian | Timothy Moultrie | ||||
Republican | Congressman Floyd D. Spence | ||||
Natural Law | George C. Taylor | ||||
CD 3 | Republican | Lindsey Graham Renominated - 13 June 2000 Primary | |||
Libertarian | Adrian Banks | ||||
Democrat | George Brightharp | ||||
Republican | Congressman Lindsey Graham | ||||
Natural Law | Roy Klein | ||||
CD 4 | Republican | Jim DeMint Renominated - 13 June 2000 Primary | |||
Reform | Peter J. Ashy | ||||
Libertarian | April Bishop | ||||
Republican | Congressman Jim DeMint | ||||
Natural Law | C. Faye Walters | ||||
CD 5 | Democrat | John Spratt Renominated - 13 June 2000 Primary | |||
Libertarian | Tom Campbell | ||||
Republican | Carl L. Gullick | ||||
Democrat | Congressman John Spratt | ||||
CD 6 | Democrat | James E. Clyburn Renominated - 13 June 2000 Primary | |||
Democrat | Congressman James E. Clyburn | ||||
Republican | Vince Ellison | ||||
Libertarian | Lynwood Hines | ||||
Natural Law | Dianne Nevins |
Congressional District | |||
South Carolina has 6 Congressional Districts and 46 counties, 33 of the counties are within one CD and 13 counties are split between more than one CD.
UNDIVIDED COUNTIES: (Counties wholly within one Congressional District):
DIVIDED COUNTIES (Counties with portions in more than one Congressional District):
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