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## Contents

* 1 General election
* 1.1 U.S. President
* 1.2 U.S. Senate
* 1.3 U.S. House
* 1.4 State legislature
* 1.5 Local government
* 2 Primary runoff election
* 2.1 State legislature
* 3 Primary election
* 3.1 U.S. Senate
* 3.2 U.S. House
* 3.3 State legislature
* 3.4 Local government
* 4 Presidential primary

## General election[edit]

### U.S. President[edit]

See also: Presidential election in South Carolina, 2020

#####  Presidential election results in South Carolina, 2020

Candidate/Running mate

Popular votes

Electoral votes

|
|
|
|

✔ |

| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |

55.1

| 1,385,103 | 9

| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)  |

43.4

| 1,091,541 | 0

| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)  |

1.1

| 27,916 | 0

| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)  |

0.3

| 6,907 | 0

| Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson (Alliance Party)  |

0.1

| 1,862 | 0

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

| Total votes: 2,513,329

|
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### U.S. Senate[edit]

See also: United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2020

General election

##### General election for U.S. Senate South Carolina

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Lindsey Graham (R)  |

54.4

| 1,369,137

| Jaime Harrison (D)  |

44.2

| 1,110,828

| Bill Bledsoe (Constitution Party) (Unofficially withdrew) |

1.3

| 32,845
|  | Other/Write-in votes |

0.1

| 2,294

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 2,515,104

|
|

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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Keenan Dunham (L)
* David Weikle (L)

### U.S. House[edit]

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2020

#### South Carolina U.S. House Elections 2020

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
* = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
South Carolina's 1st Congressional District |

Joe Cunningham (i)

Nancy Mace

South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District |

Adair Ford Boroughs

Joe Wilson (i)

Kathleen Wright (Constitution Party)

Did not make the ballot:
Sonny Narang (Alliance Party of South Carolina)

South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District |

Hosea Cleveland

Jeff Duncan (i)

South Carolina's 4th Congressional District |

Kim Nelson

William Timmons (i)

Michael Chandler (Constitution Party)

Did not make the ballot:
Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party)

South Carolina's 5th Congressional District |

Moe Brown

Ralph Norman (i)

South Carolina's 6th Congressional District |

James Clyburn (i)

John McCollum

Mark Hackett (Constitution Party)

Did not make the ballot:
Harrison Shuler (Independent)

South Carolina's 7th Congressional District |

Melissa Watson

Tom Rice (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Larry Guy Hammond (Libertarian Party)

### State legislature[edit]

Click on the following links for state legislative election results:

* South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
* South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
* South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2020 (House District 107)

### Local government[edit]

Click on the following links for local election results:

* Berkeley County School District
* Charleston County School District, South Carolina, elections (2020)
* Greenville County School District, South Carolina, elections (2020)
* Horry County Schools, South Carolina, elections (2020)

## Primary runoff election[edit]

### State legislature[edit]

Click on the following links for state legislative election results:

* South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
* South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
* South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2020 (House District 115)

## Primary election[edit]

### U.S. Senate[edit]

See also: United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary) and United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)

Jaime R. Harrison was the only candidate to file in the Democratic primary and advanced to the general election by default.

Republican primary election

#####  Republican primary for U.S. Senate South Carolina

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Lindsey Graham |

67.7

| 317,512

| Michael LaPierre |

17.0

| 79,932

| Joe Reynolds |

9.2

| 43,029

| Duke Buckner |

6.1

| 28,570

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 469,043

|
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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Johnny Garcia (R)
* Peggy Kandies (R)
* Mark Sloan (R)
* Carey Wilson (R)

### U.S. House[edit]

See also: United States House elections in South Carolina, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primaries) and United States House elections in South Carolina, 2020 (June 9 Republican primaries)

#### South Carolina U.S. House Primary Elections 2020

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
* = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
* * = The primary was canceled and the candidate advanced.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
South Carolina's 1st Congressional District |

Joe Cunningham* (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Benjamin Frasier

Chris Cox
Kathy Landing
Nancy Mace
Brad Mole

Did not make the ballot:
Mike Covert
Jamison Johnson
Logan Cunningham
Phillip Norris

South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District |

Adair Ford Boroughs*

Did not make the ballot:
Viresh Sinha
Lawrence Nathaniel

Joe Wilson (i)
Michael Bishop

South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District |

Hosea Cleveland
Mark Welch

Jeff Duncan* (i)

South Carolina's 4th Congressional District |

Kim Nelson*

William Timmons* (i)

South Carolina's 5th Congressional District |

Moe Brown
Sidney Moore

Did not make the ballot:
Ramin Mammadov
Mark Ali

Ralph Norman* (i)

South Carolina's 6th Congressional District |

James Clyburn* (i)

John McCollum*

South Carolina's 7th Congressional District |

Melissa Watson
Robert Williams
William Williams

Tom Rice* (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Dewon Huggins

### State legislature[edit]

Click on the following links for state legislative election results:

* South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
* South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
* South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2020 (House District 115)

### Local government[edit]

Click on the following link for local election results:

* Horry County Schools

## Presidential primary[edit]

See also: Presidential election in South Carolina, 2020

##### South Carolina Democratic presidential primary on February 29, 2020

Candidate

Votes

Pledged delegates

|
|
|
|

| Joe Biden |

48.6

| 262,336 | 39

| Bernie Sanders |

19.8

| 106,605 | 15

| Tom Steyer |

11.3

| 61,140 | 0

| Pete Buttigieg |

8.2

| 44,217 | 0

| Elizabeth Warren |

7.1

| 38,120 | 0

| Amy Klobuchar |

3.1

| 16,900 | 0

| Tulsi Gabbard |

1.3

| 6,813 | 0

| Andrew Yang |

0.2

| 1,069 | 0

| Michael Bennet |

0.1

| 765 | 0

| Cory Booker |

0.1

| 658 | 0

| John Delaney |

0.1

| 352 | 0

| Deval Patrick |

0.1

| 288 | 0

* * *

Source

| Total votes: 539,263 • Total pledged delegates: 54

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The South Carolina Republican Party voted on September 7, 2019, to cancel its presidential primary.

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