2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina

2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina
	County results; Graham: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%; Harrison: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
U.S. Senator before election; Lindsey Graham; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Lindsey Graham; Republican

An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of South Carolina. The three people in the election were Lindsey Graham (Republican Party), Jaime Harrison (Democratic Party) and Bill Bledsoe (Constitution Party). Lindsey Graham won reelection for the fourth time. Jamie Harrison got more money for his campaign than any other politician.

There was two primary elections held on June 9, 2020. Lindsey Graham easily won the Republican Party primary and Jamie Harrison won the Democratic Party primary election.^[1]

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lindsey Graham (incumbent)	317,512	67.69%
	Republican	Michael LaPierre	79,932	17.04%
	Republican	Joe Reynolds	43,029	9.17%
	Republican	Dwayne "Duke" Buckner	28,570	6.09%
Total votes			469,043	100.00%

Democratic Party primary

Jamie Harrison won the primary and Gloria Bromell Tinubu, William Stone, and Justin Wooton all stopped their race before the primary.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Results

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2020^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lindsey Graham (incumbent)	1,369,137	54.44%	+0.17%
	Democratic	Jaime Harrison	1,110,828	44.17%	+5.39%
	Constitution	Bill Bledsoe	32,845	1.30%	N/A
	Write-in		2,294	0.09%	-0.29%
Total votes			2,515,104	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

↑ Amber Phillips (September 16, 2020), "The Senate seats most likely to flip in November", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on September 16, 2020
↑ "U.S. SENATE - REP". Secretary of State of South Carolina. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
↑ Barton, Tom (May 28, 2019). "SC Democrat Jaime Harrison launches US Senate campaign to challenge Lindsey Graham". The State. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
↑ Marchant, Bristow (April 28, 2019). "Lindsey Graham gets second Democratic challenger in Senate race". The State. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
↑ "COMMITTEE DETAILS FOR COMMITTEE ID C00689042". docquery.fec.gov.
↑ "William Stone (South Carolina)". Ballotpedia.
↑ "Home | Justin Wooton for Senate 2020". Senate Page. Archived from the original on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
↑ "Justin Wooton". Ballotpedia.
↑ "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - U.S. Senate". South Carolina Election Commission. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

[1] Amber Phillips (September 16, 2020), "The Senate seats most likely to flip in November", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on September 16, 2020

[2] "U.S. SENATE - REP". Secretary of State of South Carolina. Retrieved June 9, 2020.

[3] Barton, Tom (May 28, 2019). "SC Democrat Jaime Harrison launches US Senate campaign to challenge Lindsey Graham". The State. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

[4] Marchant, Bristow (April 28, 2019). "Lindsey Graham gets second Democratic challenger in Senate race". The State. Retrieved April 29, 2019.

[5] "COMMITTEE DETAILS FOR COMMITTEE ID C00689042". docquery.fec.gov.

[6] "William Stone (South Carolina)". Ballotpedia.

[7] "Home | Justin Wooton for Senate 2020". Senate Page. Archived from the original on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

[8] "Justin Wooton". Ballotpedia.

[9] "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - U.S. Senate". South Carolina Election Commission. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

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