1992 United States Senate election in South Carolina

none March 2026 September 2023 1992 United States Senate election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1986 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1986 1998 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1998 November 3, 1992 150x150px FritzHollings.jpg Ernest Hollings Democratic Party (United States) 591,030 50.07% Thomas Hartnett.jpg Thomas F. Hartnett Republican Party (United States) 554,175 46.95% 1992 United States Senate election in South Carolina results map by county.svg 230px County resultsHollings: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Hartnett: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator Ernest Hollings Democratic Party (United States) Ernest Hollings Democratic Party (United States) The 1992 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings won reelection to his sixth (his fifth full) term. Apart from Hollings's first election to the Senate in 1966, this was the closest election of his Senate career. This is the last time that South Carolina simultaneously voted for presidential and U.S. Senate candidates of different political parties. Republican primary Candidates Thomas F. Hartnett, former U.S. representative from the 1st congressional district Charlie E. Thompson, teacher Republican primaryCandidateVotes% Thomas F. Hartnett 123,572 76.8% Charlie E. Thompson 37,352 23.2% General election Candidates Major Thomas Hartnett (R), former U.S. representative Fritz Hollings (D), incumbent U.S. senator Minor Robert Clarkson (American) Mark Johnson (Libertarian) Campaign The race between Hollings and Hartnett was between two politicians from the Lowcountry. Hartnett attacked Hollings for co-sponsoring a bill in 1983 that would have outlawed discrimination against homosexuals and Hollings shot back about questions of Hartnett's integrity for pushing for military contracts with a firm he had ties with in North Charleston. The anti-incumbency mood helped to bring Hartnett close to topping Hollings in the general election, but South Carolina voters traditionally support their incumbent politicians and Hollings was elected for another six-year term, albeit with a much reduced margin. Results South Carolina U.S. Senate election, 1992 Democratic Party (United States) Ernest Hollings (incumbent) 591,030 50.1% -13.0% Republican Party (United States) Thomas F. Hartnett 554,175 46.9% +11.3% Libertarian Party (United States) Mark Johnson 16,987 1.9% +1.2% American Robert Barnwell Clarkson II 11,568 1.0% +0.4% No party Write-Ins 703 0.1% +0.1% 36,855 3.2% -24.3% 1,180,438 76.8% +20.2% |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- See also List of United States senators from South Carolina 1992 United States Senate elections References Clifford Krauss THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Senate Race; A BITTER RIVALRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDE113CF933A05753C1A964958260 The New York Times October 30, 1992 February 2, 2008 State Election Commission South Carolina Election Commission Annual Report 1992-1993 1993 The Commission Columbia, SC 80 1992 South Carolina Category:1992 South Carolina elections