| Turnout | Strom Thurmond* (R) |
Melvin Purvis (D) |
Stephen Davis (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 46% | 40,907 | 83.3% | 7,433 | 15.1% | 741 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 33,474 | 49,086 |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Strom Thurmond* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $1,688,065 |
| Total Receipts: | $1,307,439 |
| Cash on Hand: | $364,686 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $669,478 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $3,219 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $8,297 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-5,078 |
| Net Spending: | $1,682,987 |
| Melvin Purvis | |
| Total Disbursements: | $11,760 |
| Total Receipts: | $11,688 |
| Cash on Hand: | $74 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $6,224 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $11,760 |
**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/1984