2014 South Carolina elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of South Carolina on November 4, 2014. All of South Carolina's executive officers were up for election as well as both United States Senate seats, and all of South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.

Contents

Primary elections were held on June 10, 2014, and primary runoffs were held on June 24.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Nikki Haley ran for re-election to a second term. [1]

Democratic state senator Vincent Sheheen, the nominee in 2010 ran again. [2]

Republican-turned-Independent Tom Ervin, an attorney, former state representative and former circuit court judge ran, but withdrew in the final week and endorsed Sheheen. [3] Other candidates included Libertarian businessman Steve French; [4] and former NFL player Morgan Bruce Reeves of the United Citizens Party. [5] and Charels Green (better known as Angry Grandpa) a semi famous Youtuber

Haley won re-election.

Lieutenant governor

This was the last election in which the lieutenant governor was elected separately from the governor. Republican Ken Ard, who was elected in 2010, resigned the office in March 2012 while under investigation for ethics charges. He was succeeded by a fellow Republican, President pro tempore of the South Carolina Senate Glenn F. McConnell. McConnell had planned to run, but withdrew from the race in January 2014 [6] and was announced as the next president of the College of Charleston in March, a position he took up in June. [7]

The state constitution requires that the Senate President pro tempore become lieutenant governor in the event of a vacancy but McConnell's successor as president pro tempore, Republican state senator John E. Courson, expressed no desire to give up his Senate seat to serve as lieutenant governor for six months. He went as far as resigning as president pro tempore, to avoid becoming lieutenant governor, a position widely regarded as one of the weakest in the state. There was much confusion as to what would happen next, with McConnell saying he would delay his resignation so as not to leave the state "in a constitutional crisis" and Courson and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Larry A. Martin saying that they knew of no Senator who would want to become lieutenant governor for six months. [8] The dispute was finally ended when Democrat Yancey McGill agreed to become Senate President pro tempore, and then lieutenant governor. After he ascended to that office, Republican Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. became the new Senate President pro tempore. [9]

Businessman Mike Campbell, who lost the runoff for lieutenant governor in 2010, businessman Pat McKinney, former attorney general of South Carolina and candidate for governor in 2010 Henry McMaster and minister Ray Moore ran for the Republican nomination. [10]

South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Results, 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster 131,546 43.63
Republican Pat McKinney73,45124.36
Republican Mike Campbell 72,204 23.95
Republican Ray Moore24,3358.07
Total votes301,536 100

As no candidate won a majority of the vote, a runoff was held. A recount had been scheduled to take place as the difference between second-placed Pat McKinney and third-placed Mike Campbell was only 0.41%, but McKinney withdrew from the race, citing personal reasons. [12] Campbell thus faced first-placed Henry McMaster in the runoff.

South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Runoff results, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster 85,301 63.58
Republican Mike Campbell48,86336.42
Total votes134,164 100

State Representative Bakari Sellers ran for the Democrats. [14] McMaster won the general election.

South Carolina Lieutenant Governor election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Henry McMaster 726,821 58.75% +3.59%
Democratic Bakari Sellers 508,80741.13%−3.64%
Write-ins1,5140.12%+0.04%
Majority218,01417.62%+7.53%
Turnout 1,237,14242.94%−7.54%
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican attorney general Alan Wilson ran for re-election to a second term in office.

Attorney, President of the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina and candidate for South Carolina's 7th congressional district in 2012 Parnell Diggs ran as the Democratic nominee. Wilson defeated him and won re-election.

South Carolina Attorney General election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Alan Wilson 738,434 60.26% +6.52%
Democratic Parnell Diggs486,05839.67%−4.53%
Write-ins8790.07%+0.03%
Majority252,37617.62%+8.10%
Turnout 1,225,37142.53%−7.95%
Republican hold Swing

Secretary of State

Map showing the results of the 2014 South Carolina Secretary of State general election by county. 2014SouthCarolinaSecretaryofStateElection.png
Map showing the results of the 2014 South Carolina Secretary of State general election by county.

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Mark Hammond is running for re-election to a fourth term in office.

Nonprofit consultant Ginny Deerin ran as the Democratic nominee. She was endorsed by the Club for Growth, a conservative political organization that usually supports Republicans. She was the first ever Democrat running for statewide office to have been endorsed by them. [16] However, Hammond still won re-election.

South Carolina Secretary of State election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mark Hammond 730,739 59.51% −1.40%
Democratic Ginny Deerin496,34440.42%+1.38%
Write-ins7880.06%−0.01%
Majority234,39519.09%−2.78%
Turnout 1,227,87142.62%−7.48%
Republican hold Swing

Treasurer

Incumbent Republican Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis Jr. is running for re-election to a second term in office. [17]

Brian Adams ran against Loftis Jr. in the Republican primary.

South Carolina Treasurer Republican Primary results, 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Curtis M. Loftis Jr. 177,854 62.02
Republican Brian Adams108,93437.98
Total votes286,788 100

No Democrat filed to run for the office. Loftis won re-election.

South Carolina Treasurer election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Curtis Loftis 857,526 98.75% −0.19%
Write-ins10,8191.25%+0.19%
Majority846,70797.50%−0.38%
Turnout 868,34530.14%−4.61%
Republican hold Swing

Comptroller General

Incumbent Republican Richard Eckstrom is running for re-election to a fourth term in office.

He was being challenged in the Republican primary by Robert D. Shelley, but Shelley withdrew.

Kyle Herbert is running for the Democrats. Eckstrom won re-election.

South Carolina Comptroller General election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Richard Eckstrom 728,549 59.80% +3.30%
Democratic Kyle Herbert489,06640.14%−3.31%
Write-ins6930.06%+0.01%
Majority239,48319.66%+6.61%
Turnout 1,218,30842.49%−7.78%
Republican hold Swing

Superintendent of Education

Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Education Mick Zais did not run for re-election to a second term in office. [18]

Lee Atwater's widow Sally Atwater, Anderson County School Board member Gary Burgess, South Carolina Department of Education official Meka Bosket Childs, Amy Cofield, candidate for the State House in 2010 Sheri Few, Don Jordan, Charleston County School Board member and candidate for South Carolina's 1st congressional district in 2013 Elizabeth Moffly and former state representative Molly Mitchell Spearman ran for the Republican nomination.

South Carolina Superintendent of Education Republican Primary results, 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Molly Mitchell Spearman 64,992 22.45
Republican Sally Atwater 63,584 21.96
Republican Sheri Few56,04419.36
Republican Gary Burgess31,09110.74
Republican Amy Cofield20,7207.16
Republican Meka Bosket Childs20,7206.71
Republican Elizabeth Moffly17,4216.02
Republican Don Jordan16,2465.61
Total votes289,534 100

As no candidate won a majority, a runoff was held between the top two finishers, Molly Mitchell Spearman and Sally Atwater. Atwater was considered to be the frontrunner, [19] until she called conservative talk show host Russ Cassell on News Radio WORD to talk about her candidacy. In the "awkward", "evasive" and "awful, incomprehensible, it-should-force-her-to-drop-out-of-the-race" interview, she seemed unable to give answers to basic questions about sex education and the teaching of evolution, to Cassell's amazement. After Atwater hung up, Cassell concluded: "Folks, I don't want to be brutal, I don't want to be mean. What you have just heard is an example of a person running for public office on name recognition only, who is clueless." Atwater subsequently apologized for her performance and the interview, which was uploaded to YouTube, went viral. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] Atwater subsequently declined to debate Spearman before the runoff, with a spokesman for Spearman saying that "given [Atwater's] debate performance in the primary and her recent radio interview on WORD-FM, we can understand why she has made this political calculation. [25] Atwater was also the subject of a lawsuit alleging that as a teacher she "routinely harassed, physically assaulted, and psychologically tormented" a disabled student. [26] Atwater's campaign dismissed the lawsuit as "baseless and frivolous". [27]

South Carolina Superintendent of Education Republican Primary Runoff results, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Molly Mitchell Spearman 76,672 57.16
Republican Sally Atwater57,45642.84
Total votes134,164 100

Endorsements

Sally Atwater
Presidents of the United States
U.S. Representatives

South Carolina Department of Education official Montrio M. Belton Sr., Sheila C. Gallagher, State Representative Jerry Govan and Tom Thompson ran for the Democratic nomination.

South Carolina Superintendent of Education Democratic Primary results, 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sheila C. Gallagher 42,186 36.44
Democratic Tom Thompson 30,488 26.34
Democratic Jerry Govan21,82418.85
Democratic Montrio M. Belton Sr.21,26018.37
Total votes115,758 100

As no candidate won a majority, a runoff was held between the top two finishers, Sheila C. Gallagher and Tom Thompson.

South Carolina Superintendent of Education Democratic Primary Runoff results, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Thompson 23,541 59.13
Democratic Sheila C. Gallagher16,26940.87
Total votes39,810 100

Ed Murray ran as the American Party nominee. Spearman won the general election.

South Carolina Superintendent of Education election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Molly Spearman 699,081 56.97% +5.71%
Democratic Tom Thompson476,35838.82%−4.29%
American PartyEd Murray46,6953.81%+3.81%
Write-ins5,0550.41%+0.37%
Majority222,72318.15%+10.00%
Turnout 1,227,18942.60%−7.71%
Republican hold Swing

Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers, who was appointed to the position in September 2004, ran for re-election to a third full term in office.

Joe Farmer ran against Weathers in the Republican primary.

South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Republican Primary results, 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hugh Weathers 184,621 65.06
Republican Joe Farmer99,15534.94
Total votes283,776 100

Emile DeFelice of the American Party and David Edmond of the United Citizens Party also ran. No Democrat filed to run for the office. Weathers won re-election.

South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Hugh Weathers 759,640 79.66% +19.55%
United Citizens Dave Edmond106,22311.14%+11.14%
American PartyEmile DeFelice84,8318.90%+8.90%
Write-ins2,9220.31%+0.27%
Majority653,41768.52%+48.46%
Turnout 953,61633.10%−16.82%
Republican hold Swing

Adjutant General

Incumbent Republican Adjutant General Robert E. Livingston Jr. ran for re-election to a second term in office.

James Breazeale ran against Livingston Jr. in the Republican primary.

South Carolina Adjutant General Republican primary, 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert E. Livingston Jr. 209,484 75.75
Republican James Breazeale67,07724.25
Total votes276,561 100

No Democrat filed to run for the office. Livigston won re-election. Because South Carolina voters approved Amendment 2 in the 2014 general election, this was the last time that the adjutant general was popularly elected. Because South Carolina was the only state in the union to elect its adjutant general, this was the final time that a state adjutant general stood for election in the United States, barring future state constitutional changes.

South Carolina Adjutant General election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Bob Livingston 858,106 98.97% −0.28%
Write-ins8,8961.03%+0.28%
Majority849,21097.94%−0.56%
Turnout 867,00230.10%−4.27%
Republican hold Swing

United States Senate

Regularly-scheduled election

Incumbent Republican senator Lindsey Graham is running for re-election to a third term in office. [30] He faced six challengers in the Republican primary: pastor and businessman Det Bowers, [31] State Senator Lee Bright, [32] businessman and candidate for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district in 2010 Richard Cash, [33] attorney, Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2010 Bill Connor, [34] attorney Benjamin Dunn [35] and businesswoman and author Nancy Mace. [32] Graham won the primary with 56% of the vote, negating the need for a runoff.

State Senator Brad Hutto defeated entrepreneur Jay Stamper in the Democratic primary. [36]

Former Republican state treasurer Thomas Ravenel is running as an independent. [37] Libertarian Victor Kocher [10] [38] is also running.

Special election

Incumbent Republican senator Tim Scott, who was appointed to the office in January 2013 after Jim DeMint resigned, is running for election to the remaining part of the term. The seat will be up for election to a six-year term in 2016.

Scott defeated Randall Young in the Republican primary. [10]

Richland County Councilwoman Joyce Dickerson [39] defeated former York County Councilman Sidney Moore [40] and attorney and candidate for South Carolina's 7th congressional district in 2012 Harry Pavilack [41] for the Democratic nomination.

Independents Brandon Armstrong, a painting contractor, [42] and Jill Bossi, former Vice President of the American Red Cross, [43] are also running.

United States House of Representatives

All of South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2014.

Advisory Questions and Referendums

Several advisory questions were placed on the primary election ballots to advise the major state parties on the positions of their membership on major policy questions. In the general election, voters also voted on two constitutional amendments. All passed with heavy majorities.

Primary Advisory Questions

Democratic Advisory Question One asked primary voters whether each state, rather than Congress, should determine whether to allow and how to regulate online gaming.

Democratic Question 1
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes89,36572.36
No34,13127.64
Total votes123,496100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,836,4704.35
Source: – Official Results

Democratic Advisory Question Two asked whether gaming laws should be "modified" to fund transportation needs in the state, rather than tax increases.

Democratic Question 2
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes99,66780.50
No24,14319.50
Total votes123,810100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,836,4704.36
Source: – Official Results

Democratic Advisory Question Three asked whether medical marijuana should be legalized for the treatment of "severe, chronic illnesses."

Democratic Question 3
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes94,96175.29
No31,17224.71
Total votes126,133100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,836,4704.45
Source: – Official Results

Republican Question 1 asked whether the "privileges and immunities" of South Carolina citizens under the state constitution should be extended to unborn fetuses.

Republican Question 1
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes240,45378.65
No65,27321.35
Total votes305,726100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,836,47010.78
Source: – Official Results

Republican Question 2 asked whether the state income tax should be reduced by 1.4% a year until it no longer exists.

Republican Question 2
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes245,44179.86
No61,90820.14
Total votes307,349100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,836,47010.84
Source: – Official Results

Constitutional amendments

In the general election, voters voted on two amendments.

Amendment One amended the state's constitution to allow non-profit organizations to hold raffles for fundraising purposes. It passed.

Amendment 1
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes989,99182.72
No206,86217.28
Total votes1,196,853100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,881,05241.54
Source: – Official Results

Amendment Two amended the state's constitution to make the adjutant general appointed by the governor, rather than popularly elected. It passed.

Amendment 2
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes666,96356.38
No515,97043.62
Total votes1,182,933100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,881,05241.06
Source: – Official Results

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