| Turnout | Ernest Hollings* (D) |
Henry McMaster (R) |
Steve Vandervelde (Libertarian) |
Ray Hillyard (American) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 34% | 5,064 | 65.2% | 2,580 | 33.2% | 90 | 1.2% | 34 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2,484 | 7,768 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Ernest Hollings* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $2,394,646 |
| Total Receipts: | $2,458,833 |
| Cash on Hand: | $197,854 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $952,382 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $10,801 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $1,252 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $9,549 |
| Net Spending: | $2,404,195 |
| Henry McMaster | |
| Total Disbursements: | $584,288 |
| Total Receipts: | $584,834 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $57,250 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $49,722 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $774 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $5,206 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-4,432 |
| Net Spending: | $579,856 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/SC/1986