2010 South Carolina elections

none February 2026 September 2023 2010 South Carolina elections South Carolina midterm no 2012 November 2, 2010 2008 Elections were held in South Carolina on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on June 8, 2010, and a run-off election for certain contests was held on June 22, 2010. Federal United States Senate 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina 2010 United States Senate elections Republican incumbent Jim DeMint was seeking re-election to the United States Senate, facing Democratic contender Alvin Greene and Green Party candidate Tom Clements. United States House 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 2010 United States House of Representatives elections All six of South Carolina's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. State Governor 2010 South Carolina gubernatorial election 2010 United States gubernatorial elections Incumbent Republican Governor Mark Sanford was term-limited and unable to seek re-election. Republican Nikki Haley and Democrat Vincent Sheheen, along with third-party candidate Morgan Bruce Reeves, contested the seat. The gubernatorial race was one of the closest in the state, as well as the country, despite the Republican wave on both the state and national level that year. Haley gained national attention as the first non-white and first woman Republican nominee for governor in South Carolina, and for her associations with the national Tea Party and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who endorsed her in the primary. Haley eventually won the race. Lieutenant governor Republican Ken Ard and Democrat Ashley Cooper were the major party nominees for lieutenant governor. Incumbent Andre Bauer decided not to run for re-election in order to run for governor. He came in fourth in the GOP primary. Ard won the general election. A little over a year after being sworn in, he resigned after being indicted for misappropriation of campaign funds for personal expenses. Ard, a businessman and Florence County Councilman, won a four-way primary after a run-off with Bill Connor, a veteran and attorney in Orangeburg. Other candidates were Larry Richter, a former state judge and former state Senator from Mount Pleasant, and Eleanor Kitzman, former director of the state Department of Insurance. Republican Lieutenant Governor primary resultshttp://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/16117/28318/en/summary.html South Carolina 2010 Primary Results South Carolina Board of Elections June 22, 2010 December 21, 2012 Ken Ard Republican Party (United States) 132,602 33.70 Bill Connor Republican Party (United States) 107,731 27.38 Larry Richter Republican Party (United States) 95,483 24.26 Eleanor Kitzman Republican Party (United States) 57,700 14.66 393,516 100 Republican Lieutenant Governor primary run-off results Ken Ard Republican Party (United States) 207,804 61.34 Bill Connor Republican Party (United States) 130,997 38.66 338,801 100 230px|thumb|Results by county Ard: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Cooper: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% South Carolina Lieutenant Governor election, 2010http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html# South Carolina Election Results South Carolina Board of Elections November 18, 2010 December 20, 2012 Republican Party (US) Ken Ard 735,089 55.16% +5.16% Democratic Party (US) Ashley Cooper 596,620 44.77% -5.03% Write-ins 1,012 0.08% 138,469 10.39% +10.09% 1,332,721 50.48% +6.28% Republican Party (US) Secretary of State 2010 South Carolina Secretary of State election Republican Mark Hammond ran for re-election as Secretary of State of South Carolina against Democrat Marjorie Johnson, a retired spokeswoman for a Washington, D.C. municipal sanitation corporation. Neither faced primary opposition. 230px|thumb|Results by county Hammond: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Johnson: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% South Carolina Secretary of State election, 2010 Republican Party (US) Mark Hammond (incumbent) 805,783 60.91% -0.89% Democratic Party (US) Marjorie Johnson 516,414 39.04% +0.34% Write-ins 638 0.05% 289,369 21.87% -0.63% 1,322,835 50.10% +6.30% Republican Party (US) Treasurer Republican Curtis Loftis ran unopposed for the office of Treasurer of South Carolina. He defeated acting Treasurer Converse Chellis in the Republican primary. Chellis was appointed to the position by Governor Sanford after his predecessor, Thomas Ravenel, was convicted of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and resigned. Loftis, the Director of Transparency at the Office of the Comptroller General, received some negative coverage when Chellis ran negative ads attacking him for having been arrested for assaulting his wife. (Loftis was later found not guilty.) Republican Treasurer primary results Curtis Loftis Republican Party (United States) 239,296 61.60 Converse Chellis (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 149,191 38.40 388,487 100 230px|thumb|Results by county Loftis: #A80000 90–100% South Carolina Treasurer election, 2010http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html# South Carolina Election Results South Carolina Board of Elections November 18, 2010 December 20, 2012 Republican Party (US) Curtis Loftis 907,755 98.94% +46.74% Write-ins 9,748 1.06% +0.94% 898,007 97.88% +93.48% 917,503 34.75% -9.45% Republican Party (US) Attorney general 2010 South Carolina Attorney General election South Carolina presidential no 2006 South Carolina elections#Attorney general 2006 2014 South Carolina Attorney General election 2014 File:JAG_Passing_Alan_Wilson.jpg Alan Wilson Republican Party (United States) 716,193 53.7% File:3x4.svg Matthew Richardson Democratic Party (United States) 589,135 44.2% 2010 South Carolina attorney general election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsWilson: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Richardson: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Attorney General Alan Wilson Republican Alan Wilson Republican Republican Alan Wilson, Democrat Matthew Richardson, and Green Party candidate Leslie Wilson were the nominees for attorney general. Wilson is the son of controversial South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson. The race was marked by high fundraising totals for both Wilson and Richardson, second only to the governor's race in total money raised and spent in the general election. Wilson eventually won. In the Republican primary, Wilson faced two other challengers: Columbia attorneys Leighton Lord and Robert Bolchoz. Wilson eventually defeated Leighton Lord in a run-off. Republican Attorney General primary results Alan Wilson Republican Party (United States) 150,404 38.94 Leighton Lord Republican Party (United States) 143,339 37.12 Robert Bolchoz Republican Party (United States) 92,457 23.94 386,200 100 Republican Attorney General primary run-off results Alan Wilson Republican Party (United States) 205,851 59.79 Leighton Lord Republican Party (United States) 138,444 40.21 344,295 100 South Carolina Attorney General election, 2010http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html# South Carolina Election Results South Carolina Board of Elections November 18, 2010 December 20, 2012 Republican Party (US) Alan Wilson 716,193 53.74% -44.66% Democratic Party (US) Matthew Richardson 589,135 44.20% +44.20% Green Party (US) Leslie Minerd 27,008 2.03% +2.03% Write-ins 470 0.04% 127,058 9.52% -88.88% 1,332,806 50.48% +18.48% Republican Party (US) Comptroller General Incumbent Republican Richard Eckstrom ran for re-election against Democratic challenger Robert Barber. Although Eckstrom attracted negative attention over his affair with Kelly Payne,http://www.thestate.com/2010/02/18/1162739/eckstrom-e-mails-to-payne.html#.UNSXv6xWvW8 Read the Eckstrom e-mails to Payne The Columbia State February 18, 2010 December 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120429130910/http://www.thestate.com/2010/02/18/1162739/eckstrom-e-mails-to-payne.html#.UNSXv6xWvW8 April 29, 2012 dead one of the GOP candidates for Superintendent of Education, he eventually won. In the Republican primary, Eckstrom defeated challenger Mike Meilinger, an accountant and consultant from Greenville. Republican Comptroller General primary results Richard Eckstrom (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 254,714 68.74 Mike Meilinger Republican Party (United States) 115,813 31.26 370,527 100 230px|thumb|Results by county Eckstrom: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Barber: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% South Carolina Comptroller General election, 2010http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html# South Carolina Election Results South Carolina Board of Elections November 18, 2010 December 20, 2012 Republican Party (US) Richard Eckstrom (incumbent) 746,841 56.50% +3.3% Democratic Party (US) Robert Barber 574,302 43.45% -3.25% Write-ins 719 0.05% 172,539 13.05% +6.45% 1,321,862 50.07% +7.37% Republican Party (US) Superintendent of Education Candidates for Superintendent of Education in South Carolina included Republican Mick Zais, Democrat Frank Holleman, and third-party candidates Doretha Bull, Tony Fayyazi, and Tim Moultrie. Zais did little campaigning in the general, despite the relatively high fundraising totals posted by Holleman, a former United States Deputy Secretary of Education and South Carolina State Democratic Party Chairman. The general election race became the third most expensive statewide race in South Carolina in 2010, and one of the higher profile, in part because the perception that the outcome could be as close as it had been in 2006. However, Zais eventually won. Zais, a retired brigadier general and president of Newberry College, defeated Elizabeth Moffly in the GOP primary run-off. Moffly, a 2006 candidate for the Republican nomination, did surprisingly well considering her low fundraising and poor result in the 2006 contest. Other candidates included: Kelly Payne, an Irmo teacher; Gary Burgess, a former Laurens County school administrator who was arrested in 2009 for soliciting an immoral act;http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/apr/30/former-district-4-superintendent-arrested/ Former Anderson School District 4 superintendent arresteds Anderson Independent-Mail April 3, 2009 December 21, 2012 Brent Nelsen, a political science professor at Furman University; and Glenn Price, a Kershaw band teacher. Moffly went on to be elected to the Charleston County School District Board of Trustees in November.http://www.ccsdschools.com/Board_of_Trustees/Members/ CCSD Board of Trustees Members CCSD December 21, 2012 Republican Superintendent of Education primary resultshttp://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/16117/28318/en/summary.html# South Carolina 2010 Primary Results South Carolina Board of Elections June 22, 2010 December 21, 2012 Mick Zais Republican Party (United States) 98,550 26.45 Elizabeth Moffly Republican Party (United States) 70,392 18.89 Kelly Payne Republican Party (United States) 65,429 17.56 Gary Burgess Republican Party (United States) 63,856 17.14 Brent Nelsen Republican Party (United States) 47,280 12.69 Glenn Price Republican Party (United States) 27,068 7.27 372,575 100 Republican Superintendent of Education primary run-off results Mick Zais Republican Party (United States) 180,482 54.20 Elizabeth Moffly Republican Party (United States) 152,486 45.80 332,968 100 Holleman defeated college administrator Tom Thompson in the Democratic primary. Democratic Superintendent of Education primary results Frank Holleman Democratic Party (United States) 97,626 56.16 Tom Thompson Democratic Party (United States) 76,203 43.84 173,829 100 230px|thumb|Results by county Zais: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Holleman: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% South Carolina Superintendent of Education election, 2010http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html# South Carolina Election Results South Carolina Board of Elections November 18, 2010 December 20, 2012 Republican Party (US) Mick Zais 680,787 51.26% +3.86% Democratic Party (US) Frank Holleman 572,508 43.11% -4.39% Libertarian Party (US) Tim Moultrie 35,362 2.66% +0.86% Green Party (US) Doretha Bull 20,787 1.57% +0.77% Independence Party Tony Fayyazi 18,107 1.36% -0.34% Write-ins 513 0.04% 108,279 8.15% +8.14% 1,328,064 50.31% +6.21% Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) Adjutant General Republican Bob Livingston ran unopposed in the general election and faced no primary opposition. 230px|thumb|Results by county Livingston: #A80000 90–100% South Carolina Adjutant General election, 2010http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html# South Carolina Election Results South Carolina Board of Elections November 18, 2010 December 20, 2012 Republican Party (US) Bob Livingston 900,620 99.25% +41.15% Write-ins 6,786 0.75% +0.74% 893,834 98.50% +82.20% 907,406 34.37% -8.93% Republican Party (US) Commissioner of Agriculture Incumbent Republican Hugh Weathers ran for re-election against Democratic challenger Tom Elliott, a former Richland County treasurer and councilman. Neither faced primary opposition. The major issue in the race was the moving of the state farmers' market, which Elliott suggested had been done improperly.http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2010-09-18/rivals-top-south-carolina-agriculture-job-offer-ideas-promote Rivals for top South Carolina agriculture job offer ideas to promote farms Augusta Chronicle September 18, 2010 December 20, 2012 230px|thumb|Results by county Weathers: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Elliott: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture election, 2010http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/19077/40477/en/summary.html# South Carolina Election Results South Carolina Board of Elections November 18, 2010 December 20, 2012 Republican Party (US) Hugh Weathers (incumbent) 792,260 60.11% +0.41% Democratic Party (US) Tom Elliott 525,229 39.85% -0.45% Write-ins 533 0.04% 267,031 20.06% +1.20% 1,318,022 49.92% +6.52% Republican Party (US) State House of Representatives All 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. Judicial positions Several Probate Court justices were up for election in 2010. Most other judges are elected by the South Carolina General Assembly instead of by the general population. South Carolina judicial elections, 2010 at Judgepedia Ballot measures Four measures appeared on the general election ballot. Amendment 1 amended Article I of the state Constitution to guarantee citizens the right to hunt, fish and trap wildlife, "subject to laws and regulations promoting sound wildlife conservation and management as prescribed by the General Assembly." 230px|thumb|Amendment 1 Results by county Yes: #2B2457 90–100% #28497C 80–90% #47729E 70–80% Amendment 1 1126228 139668 48.11 2631459 - Official Results Amendment 2 amended Article II of the state Constitution "to provide that the fundamental right of an individual to vote by secret ballot is guaranteed for a designation, a selection, or an authorization for employee representation by a labor organization." 230px|thumb|Amendment 2 Results by county Yes: #28497C 80–90% #47729E 70–80% Amendment 2 1090107 174473 48.06 2631459 - Official Results Amendment 3 amended Section 36(A) of Article III of the state Constitution "to increase from three to five percent in increments of one-half of one percent over four fiscal years the amount of state general fund revenue in the latest completed fiscal year required to be held in the General Reserve Fund." 230px|thumb|Amendment 3 Results by county Yes: #47729E 70–80% #7D9CBB 60–70% Amendment 3 890015 365105 47.70 2631459 - Official Results Amendment 4 amended Section 36(A) of Article III of the state Constitution " to increase from three to five percent in increments of one-half of one percent over four fiscal years the amount of state general fund revenue in the latest completed fiscal year required to be held in the General Reserve Fund and to allow the percentage amount to be subsequently increased or decreased by separate legislative enactment passed by a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the Senate and a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the House of Representatives." 230px|thumb|Amendment 4 Results by county Yes: #28497C 80–90% #47729E 70–80% #7D9CBB 60–70% Amendment 4 906328 341893 47.43 2631459 - Official Results Local Many elections for county and city offices were also held on November 2, 2010. External links South Carolina State Election Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20141020110542/http://www.scvotes.org/ October 20, 2014 South Carolina Candidate List at Imagine Election - Search for candidates by address or zip code South Carolina Congressional Races in 2010 for campaign finance data for federal races from OpenSecrets South Carolina State Races in 2010 campaign finance data for state races from Follow the Money References 40em South Carolina