2002-11-05 Senatorial Election Results for South Carolina (Class 2)

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County	Turnout	Lindsey Graham (R)		Alex Sanders (D)		Ted Adams (Constitution)		Victor Kocher (Libertarian)		Other		Margin	TOTAL
Abbeville	39%	3,687	48.5%	3,774	49.7%	97	1.3%	37	0.5%	0	0.0%	-87	7,595
Aiken	36%	26,667	67.2%	12,583	31.7%	171	0.4%	259	0.7%	0	0.0%	14,084	39,680
Allendale	29%	649	27.5%	1,686	71.6%	19	0.8%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	-1,037	2,356
Anderson	34%	26,455	60.4%	16,543	37.8%	498	1.1%	310	0.7%	1	0.0%	9,912	43,807
Bamberg	35%	1,463	33.6%	2,846	65.5%	28	0.6%	11	0.3%	0	0.0%	-1,383	4,348
Barnwell	36%	3,123	51.2%	2,913	47.7%	42	0.7%	27	0.4%	0	0.0%	210	6,105
Beaufort	37%	22,738	61.0%	14,086	37.8%	192	0.5%	264	0.7%	24	0.1%	8,652	37,304
Berkeley	31%	20,188	58.9%	13,607	39.7%	234	0.7%	217	0.6%	6	0.0%	6,581	34,252
Calhoun	47%	2,481	46.2%	2,839	52.9%	16	0.3%	28	0.5%	1	0.0%	-358	5,365
Charleston	38%	48,773	53.0%	41,955	45.6%	659	0.7%	553	0.6%	9	0.0%	6,818	91,949
Cherokee	32%	7,079	55.2%	5,488	42.8%	160	1.2%	101	0.8%	0	0.0%	1,591	12,828
Chester	32%	3,330	42.2%	4,418	56.0%	67	0.8%	70	0.9%	2	0.0%	-1,088	7,887
Chesterfield	28%	3,795	42.3%	5,099	56.8%	51	0.6%	31	0.3%	0	0.0%	-1,304	8,976
Clarendon	43%	4,204	39.5%	6,353	59.7%	55	0.5%	26	0.2%	0	0.0%	-2,149	10,638
Colleton	36%	5,155	50.2%	5,010	48.8%	61	0.6%	33	0.3%	3	0.0%	145	10,262
Darlington	36%	8,774	48.7%	9,051	50.2%	132	0.7%	67	0.4%	9	0.0%	-277	18,033
Dillon	29%	2,606	40.9%	3,711	58.3%	41	0.6%	6	0.1%	0	0.0%	-1,105	6,364
Dorchester	37%	16,942	61.5%	10,237	37.2%	191	0.7%	162	0.6%	1	0.0%	6,705	27,533
Edgefield	36%	3,730	54.7%	3,035	44.5%	37	0.5%	20	0.3%	0	0.0%	695	6,822
Fairfield	40%	2,170	31.0%	4,748	67.9%	59	0.8%	18	0.3%	2	0.0%	-2,578	6,997
Florence	34%	16,685	52.1%	14,614	45.6%	129	0.4%	124	0.4%	485	1.5%	2,071	32,037
Georgetown	39%	8,534	50.5%	8,246	48.8%	56	0.3%	67	0.4%	2	0.0%	288	16,905
Greenville	37%	70,149	63.7%	38,026	34.5%	1,064	1.0%	887	0.8%	43	0.0%	32,123	110,169
Greenwood	33%	9,554	57.2%	6,935	41.5%	105	0.6%	109	0.7%	3	0.0%	2,619	16,706
Hampton	39%	1,961	32.0%	4,080	66.7%	56	0.9%	22	0.4%	0	0.0%	-2,119	6,119
Horry	32%	29,406	55.9%	22,460	42.7%	454	0.9%	312	0.6%	6	0.0%	6,946	52,638
Jasper	34%	1,927	35.9%	3,383	63.0%	34	0.6%	27	0.5%	1	0.0%	-1,456	5,372
Kershaw	39%	8,619	54.9%	6,872	43.8%	101	0.6%	101	0.6%	5	0.0%	1,747	15,698
Lancaster	28%	6,612	48.4%	6,818	49.9%	126	0.9%	111	0.8%	2	0.0%	-206	13,669
Laurens	35%	9,778	54.4%	7,852	43.7%	203	1.1%	132	0.7%	5	0.0%	1,926	17,970
Lee	40%	2,018	33.5%	3,960	65.7%	28	0.5%	18	0.3%	0	0.0%	-1,942	6,024
Lexington	42%	45,671	65.6%	22,915	32.9%	466	0.7%	567	0.8%	1	0.0%	22,756	69,620
Marion	35%	3,157	35.2%	5,711	63.8%	66	0.7%	23	0.3%	0	0.0%	-2,554	8,957
Marlboro	28%	1,825	30.7%	4,028	67.7%	83	1.4%	11	0.2%	2	0.0%	-2,203	5,949
McCormick	46%	1,724	46.2%	1,770	47.5%	216	5.8%	19	0.5%	0	0.0%	-46	3,729
Newberry	35%	5,247	53.4%	4,371	44.5%	117	1.2%	89	0.9%	1	0.0%	876	9,825
Oconee	37%	13,392	69.6%	5,613	29.2%	120	0.6%	112	0.6%	0	0.0%	7,779	19,237
Orangeburg	42%	9,583	33.2%	19,134	66.3%	95	0.3%	55	0.2%	12	0.0%	-9,551	28,879
Pickens	31%	19,142	71.0%	7,334	27.2%	229	0.8%	241	0.9%	10	0.0%	11,808	26,956
Richland	38%	37,413	39.2%	56,977	59.7%	498	0.5%	484	0.5%	22	0.0%	-19,564	95,394
Saluda	40%	3,335	56.7%	2,508	42.6%	18	0.3%	23	0.4%	0	0.0%	827	5,884
Spartanburg	31%	36,237	60.3%	22,937	38.2%	561	0.9%	355	0.6%	6	0.0%	13,300	60,096
Sumter	35%	12,563	47.0%	13,878	51.9%	182	0.7%	95	0.4%	0	0.0%	-1,315	26,718
Union	39%	4,503	51.2%	4,172	47.4%	87	1.0%	41	0.5%	0	0.0%	331	8,803
Williamsburg	40%	3,453	32.8%	6,989	66.3%	58	0.6%	33	0.3%	2	0.0%	-3,536	10,535
York	31%	23,513	58.8%	15,794	39.5%	266	0.7%	384	1.0%	1	0.0%	7,719	39,958
TOTAL	36%	600,010	54.4%	487,359	44.2%	8,228	0.7%	6,684	0.6%	667	0.1%	112,651	1,102,948
Total R vote: 600,010 (54.4%)      Total D vote: 487,359 (44.2%)      Total Other vote: 15,579 (1.4%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements:		$6,788,050		$4,211,812		$0		$0
Total Receipts:		$8,397,774		$4,284,468		$0		$0
Cash on Hand:		$58,533		$72,654		$0		$0
Contributions by Candidate:		$0		$0		$0		$0
Loans by Candidate:		$0		$0		$0		$0
Total Individual Contributions:		$5,296,043		$3,554,293		$0		$0
Party Contributions:		$25,875		$20,500		$0		$0
Other Committee Contributions:		$2,072,481		$564,259		$0		$0
Transfers from Other Committees:		$933,571		$131,663		$0		$0
Independent Expenditures Supporting:		$29,086		$73,711		$0		$0
Independent Expenditures Opposing:		$2		$0		$0		$0
Net Independent Expenditures:		$29,084		$73,711		$0		$0
Net Spending:		$6,817,134		$4,285,523		$0		$0

2002 Senate class 2, Abbeville County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	3,687	48.5%
Alex Sanders (D)	3,774	49.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	97	1.3%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	37	0.5%
TOTAL	7,595
Turnout: 39%

2002 Senate class 2, Aiken County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	26,667	67.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	12,583	31.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	171	0.4%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	259	0.7%
TOTAL	39,680
Turnout: 36%

2002 Senate class 2, Allendale County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	649	27.5%
Alex Sanders (D)	1,686	71.6%
Ted Adams (Cst)	19	0.8%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	2	0.1%
TOTAL	2,356
Turnout: 29%

2002 Senate class 2, Anderson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	26,455	60.4%
Alex Sanders (D)	16,543	37.8%
Ted Adams (Cst)	498	1.1%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	310	0.7%
TOTAL	43,807
Turnout: 34%

2002 Senate class 2, Bamberg County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	1,463	33.6%
Alex Sanders (D)	2,846	65.5%
Ted Adams (Cst)	28	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	11	0.3%
TOTAL	4,348
Turnout: 35%

2002 Senate class 2, Barnwell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	3,123	51.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	2,913	47.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	42	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	27	0.4%
TOTAL	6,105
Turnout: 36%

2002 Senate class 2, Beaufort County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	22,738	61.0%
Alex Sanders (D)	14,086	37.8%
Ted Adams (Cst)	192	0.5%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	264	0.7%
TOTAL	37,304
Turnout: 37%

2002 Senate class 2, Berkeley County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	20,188	58.9%
Alex Sanders (D)	13,607	39.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	234	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	217	0.6%
TOTAL	34,252
Turnout: 31%

2002 Senate class 2, Calhoun County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	2,481	46.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	2,839	52.9%
Ted Adams (Cst)	16	0.3%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	28	0.5%
TOTAL	5,365
Turnout: 47%

2002 Senate class 2, Charleston County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	48,773	53.0%
Alex Sanders (D)	41,955	45.6%
Ted Adams (Cst)	659	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	553	0.6%
TOTAL	91,949
Turnout: 38%

2002 Senate class 2, Cherokee County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	7,079	55.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	5,488	42.8%
Ted Adams (Cst)	160	1.2%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	101	0.8%
TOTAL	12,828
Turnout: 32%

2002 Senate class 2, Chester County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	3,330	42.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	4,418	56.0%
Ted Adams (Cst)	67	0.8%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	70	0.9%
TOTAL	7,887
Turnout: 32%

2002 Senate class 2, Chesterfield County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	3,795	42.3%
Alex Sanders (D)	5,099	56.8%
Ted Adams (Cst)	51	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	31	0.3%
TOTAL	8,976
Turnout: 28%

2002 Senate class 2, Clarendon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	4,204	39.5%
Alex Sanders (D)	6,353	59.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	55	0.5%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	26	0.2%
TOTAL	10,638
Turnout: 43%

2002 Senate class 2, Colleton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	5,155	50.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	5,010	48.8%
Ted Adams (Cst)	61	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	33	0.3%
TOTAL	10,262
Turnout: 36%

2002 Senate class 2, Darlington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	8,774	48.7%
Alex Sanders (D)	9,051	50.2%
Ted Adams (Cst)	132	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	67	0.4%
TOTAL	18,033
Turnout: 36%

2002 Senate class 2, Dillon County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	2,606	40.9%
Alex Sanders (D)	3,711	58.3%
Ted Adams (Cst)	41	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	6	0.1%
TOTAL	6,364
Turnout: 29%

2002 Senate class 2, Dorchester County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	16,942	61.5%
Alex Sanders (D)	10,237	37.2%
Ted Adams (Cst)	191	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	162	0.6%
TOTAL	27,533
Turnout: 37%

2002 Senate class 2, Edgefield County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	3,730	54.7%
Alex Sanders (D)	3,035	44.5%
Ted Adams (Cst)	37	0.5%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	20	0.3%
TOTAL	6,822
Turnout: 36%

2002 Senate class 2, Fairfield County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	2,170	31.0%
Alex Sanders (D)	4,748	67.9%
Ted Adams (Cst)	59	0.8%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	18	0.3%
TOTAL	6,997
Turnout: 40%

2002 Senate class 2, Florence County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	16,685	52.1%
Alex Sanders (D)	14,614	45.6%
Ted Adams (Cst)	129	0.4%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	124	0.4%
TOTAL	32,037
Turnout: 34%

2002 Senate class 2, Georgetown County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	8,534	50.5%
Alex Sanders (D)	8,246	48.8%
Ted Adams (Cst)	56	0.3%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	67	0.4%
TOTAL	16,905
Turnout: 39%

2002 Senate class 2, Greenville County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	70,149	63.7%
Alex Sanders (D)	38,026	34.5%
Ted Adams (Cst)	1,064	1.0%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	887	0.8%
TOTAL	110,169
Turnout: 37%

2002 Senate class 2, Greenwood County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	9,554	57.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	6,935	41.5%
Ted Adams (Cst)	105	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	109	0.7%
TOTAL	16,706
Turnout: 33%

2002 Senate class 2, Hampton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	1,961	32.0%
Alex Sanders (D)	4,080	66.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	56	0.9%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	22	0.4%
TOTAL	6,119
Turnout: 39%

2002 Senate class 2, Horry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	29,406	55.9%
Alex Sanders (D)	22,460	42.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	454	0.9%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	312	0.6%
TOTAL	52,638
Turnout: 32%

2002 Senate class 2, Jasper County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	1,927	35.9%
Alex Sanders (D)	3,383	63.0%
Ted Adams (Cst)	34	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	27	0.5%
TOTAL	5,372
Turnout: 34%

2002 Senate class 2, Kershaw County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	8,619	54.9%
Alex Sanders (D)	6,872	43.8%
Ted Adams (Cst)	101	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	101	0.6%
TOTAL	15,698
Turnout: 39%

2002 Senate class 2, Lancaster County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	6,612	48.4%
Alex Sanders (D)	6,818	49.9%
Ted Adams (Cst)	126	0.9%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	111	0.8%
TOTAL	13,669
Turnout: 28%

2002 Senate class 2, Laurens County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	9,778	54.4%
Alex Sanders (D)	7,852	43.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	203	1.1%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	132	0.7%
TOTAL	17,970
Turnout: 35%

2002 Senate class 2, Lee County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	2,018	33.5%
Alex Sanders (D)	3,960	65.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	28	0.5%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	18	0.3%
TOTAL	6,024
Turnout: 40%

2002 Senate class 2, Lexington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	45,671	65.6%
Alex Sanders (D)	22,915	32.9%
Ted Adams (Cst)	466	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	567	0.8%
TOTAL	69,620
Turnout: 42%

2002 Senate class 2, Marion County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	3,157	35.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	5,711	63.8%
Ted Adams (Cst)	66	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	23	0.3%
TOTAL	8,957
Turnout: 35%

2002 Senate class 2, Marlboro County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	1,825	30.7%
Alex Sanders (D)	4,028	67.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	83	1.4%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	11	0.2%
TOTAL	5,949
Turnout: 28%

2002 Senate class 2, McCormick County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	1,724	46.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	1,770	47.5%
Ted Adams (Cst)	216	5.8%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	19	0.5%
TOTAL	3,729
Turnout: 46%

2002 Senate class 2, Newberry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	5,247	53.4%
Alex Sanders (D)	4,371	44.5%
Ted Adams (Cst)	117	1.2%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	89	0.9%
TOTAL	9,825
Turnout: 35%

2002 Senate class 2, Oconee County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	13,392	69.6%
Alex Sanders (D)	5,613	29.2%
Ted Adams (Cst)	120	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	112	0.6%
TOTAL	19,237
Turnout: 37%

2002 Senate class 2, Orangeburg County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	9,583	33.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	19,134	66.3%
Ted Adams (Cst)	95	0.3%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	55	0.2%
TOTAL	28,879
Turnout: 42%

2002 Senate class 2, Pickens County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	19,142	71.0%
Alex Sanders (D)	7,334	27.2%
Ted Adams (Cst)	229	0.8%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	241	0.9%
TOTAL	26,956
Turnout: 31%

2002 Senate class 2, Richland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	37,413	39.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	56,977	59.7%
Ted Adams (Cst)	498	0.5%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	484	0.5%
TOTAL	95,394
Turnout: 38%

2002 Senate class 2, Saluda County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	3,335	56.7%
Alex Sanders (D)	2,508	42.6%
Ted Adams (Cst)	18	0.3%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	23	0.4%
TOTAL	5,884
Turnout: 40%

2002 Senate class 2, Spartanburg County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	36,237	60.3%
Alex Sanders (D)	22,937	38.2%
Ted Adams (Cst)	561	0.9%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	355	0.6%
TOTAL	60,096
Turnout: 31%

2002 Senate class 2, Sumter County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	12,563	47.0%
Alex Sanders (D)	13,878	51.9%
Ted Adams (Cst)	182	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	95	0.4%
TOTAL	26,718
Turnout: 35%

2002 Senate class 2, Union County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	4,503	51.2%
Alex Sanders (D)	4,172	47.4%
Ted Adams (Cst)	87	1.0%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	41	0.5%
TOTAL	8,803
Turnout: 39%

2002 Senate class 2, Williamsburg County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	3,453	32.8%
Alex Sanders (D)	6,989	66.3%
Ted Adams (Cst)	58	0.6%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	33	0.3%
TOTAL	10,535
Turnout: 40%

2002 Senate class 2, York County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Lindsey Graham (R)	23,513	58.8%
Alex Sanders (D)	15,794	39.5%
Ted Adams (Cst)	266	0.7%
Victor Kocher (Lbt)	384	1.0%
TOTAL	39,958
Turnout: 31%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Lindsey Graham
Total Disbursements:	$6,788,050
Total Receipts:	$8,397,774
Cash on Hand:	$58,533
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$5,296,043
Party Contributions:	$25,875
Other Committee Contributions:	$2,072,481
Other Committee Transfers:	$933,571
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$29,086
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$2
Net Independent Expenditures:	$29,084
Net Spending:	$6,817,134

Alex Sanders
Total Disbursements:	$4,211,812
Total Receipts:	$4,284,468
Cash on Hand:	$72,654
Candidate Contributions:	$0
Candidate Loans:	$0
Individual Contributions:	$3,554,293
Party Contributions:	$20,500
Other Committee Contributions:	$564,259
Other Committee Transfers:	$131,663
Indep. Expenditures Supporting:	$73,711
Indep. Expenditures Opposing:	$0
Net Independent Expenditures:	$73,711
Net Spending:	$4,285,523

**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/2002