| County | Turnout | Strom Thurmond (D) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County data not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 2% | 26,510 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 26,510 | 26,510 | ||||||||||||
| Total R vote: 0 (0.0%) Total D vote: 26,510 (100.0%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republican Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
No Republican primary | |||
| Democrat Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Strom Thurmond | 96,691 | 33.4% |
| 2 | James McLeod | 83,464 | 28.8% |
| 3 | Ransome Williams | 35,813 | 12.4% |
| 4 | John Taylor | 22,447 | 7.8% |
| 5 | Dell O'Neal | 16,574 | 5.7% |
| 6 | John Long | 16,503 | 5.7% |
| 7 | Carl Epps | 5,189 | 1.8% |
| 8 | Marcus Stone | 4,353 | 1.5% |
| 9 | A.L. Wood | 3,040 | 1.1% |
| 10 | Archie Beattie | 2,889 | 1.0% |
| 11 | Roger Scott | 2,251 | 0.8% |
| Other | 280 | 0.1% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 289,494 | ||
| Democrat Runoff | |||
| 1 | Strom Thurmond | 144,420 | 57.0% |
| 2 | James McLeod | 109,169 | 43.0% |