2008 South Carolina elections

none February 2026 September 2023 2008 South Carolina elections South Carolina presidential no 2010 November 4, 2008 2006 In addition to federal elections for President, Senate, and the House of Representatives, South Carolina held state elections on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters elected state senators, state representatives, solicitors and local officers, and voted in three statewide constitutional referendums. Federal Presidential 2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina Republican John McCain carried the state's eight electoral votes. United States Senate 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina Republican incumbent Lindsey Graham was seeking re-election to the United States Senate, facing Democratic contender Bob Conley. United States House 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina All six of South Carolina's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2008. State 2008 South Carolina Senate election 2008 South Carolina House of Representatives election South Carolina Senate Republicans maintained their majority in the State Senate, keeping their majority of eight seats. South Carolina House of Representatives Republicans maintained their majority in the State House, decreasing their majority from 22 seats to 20 seats. Constitutional referendums Voters voted on Amendment 1, which amended Section 33 of Article III of the South Carolina Constitution to delete a provision that set the age of consent for sexual activity for unmarried women at 14. This amendment allowed the state legislature to set the age of consent by statute. The proposed amendment passed. 230px|thumb|Amendment 1 Results by county Yes: #B6C8D9 50–60% No: #BCBC83 60–70% #DEDEBD 50–60% Amendment 1 906545 823599 67.74 2553923 - Official Results Amendment 2 would have changed section 16 of Article X of the state constitution to allow state trust funds for post-retirement benefits of public school teachers and state employees to be invested in equity securities. The amendment failed. 230px|thumb|Amendment 2 Results by county No: #BCBC83 60–70% #DEDEBD 50–60% Amendment 2 727918 1011381 68.10 2553923 - Official Results Amendment 3 would have amended section 16 of the Article X of the state constitution to allow local employee benefit trust funds to be invested in equity securities. The amendment failed. 230px|thumb|Amendment 3 Results by county No: #BCBC83 60–70% #DEDEBD 50–60% Yes: #B6C8D9 50–60% Amendment 3 748232 968853 67.23 2553923 - Official Results References 40em External links South Carolina State Election Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20141020110542/http://www.scvotes.org/2010/09/08/election_results October 20, 2014 South Carolina State Races in 2008 campaign finance data for state races from Follow the Money Ballotpedia pages on South Carolina State Senate elections and South Carolina State House elections South Carolina