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Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat,he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina,the 77th lieutenant governor of South Carolina,and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. He served alongside Democrat turned Republican Senator Strom Thurmond for 36 years,making them the longest-serving Senate duo in history. At the time of his death,he was the oldest living former U.S. senator.
Louis Milford Pate Jr. is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's eleventh House district from 1995 through 1996 and from 2003 through 2008. His district included constituents in Wayne county. Pate later was elected as the State Senator representing the 7th district. He resigned from the Senate on January 14,2019,citing his health.
The 1966 United States Senate elections were elections on November 8,1966 for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the second term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. With divisions in the Democratic base over the Vietnam War,and with the traditional mid-term advantage of the party not holding the presidency,the Republicans took three Democratic seats. Despite Republican gains,the balance remained overwhelmingly in favor of the Democrats,who retained a 64–36 majority. These were also the first elections held after enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As of 2022,this is the most recent Senate election in which no House incumbents were elected to the Senate.
Rudolph Andreas "André" Bauer is an American businessman and politician who was the 87th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Bauer was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1996–1999) and a member of the South Carolina State Senate (1999–2003). In 2016,he became a CNN political analyst,supporting the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. CNN dismissed Bauer in February 2019.
Henry Dargan McMaster is an American politician and attorney serving as the 117th governor of South Carolina since January 24,2017. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Nick Andrew Theodore is a former American politician from South Carolina. He was the first Greek-American elected to the South Carolina State Legislature. He served as a state representative from 1963 to 1966 and 1970 to 1978,a South Carolina state senator from 1967 to 1968 and from 1981 to 1986,and the 85th lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Thomas C. Alexander is an American businessman who is currently serving as the President of the South Carolina Senate. He serves in the senate as a Republican from the 1st District.
John Willie Drummond was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,who represented the 10th District from 1966 through 2008. He was also a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1965 through 1966.
David Lloyd Thomas is a Republican former member of the South Carolina Senate. He represented District 8 from 1984 to 2012,which included part of Greenville.
Glenn G. Reese is a former Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 11th District based out of Spartanburg County,South Carolina.
Gerald Malloy is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 29th District since 2002. He replaced Edward Eli Saleeby after he died. In November 2020,Malloy announced that he would run for Senate Minority Leader. He lost to Brad Hutto.
John Yancey McGill is an American politician from South Carolina. He was a member of the state Senate from 1989 to 2014. He served as the 90th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from June 2014 to January 2015. As of 2022,he is the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Carolina.
C. Bradley Hutto,is an American politician currently serving as a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the Senate District 40 since 1996. Senate District 40 encompasses all or portions of the counties of Allendale,Bamberg,Barnwell,Colleton,Hampton,and Orangeburg.
Kevin L. Bryant is an American politician,pharmacist,and businessman. A member of the Republican Party,Bryant served as the 92nd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from January 25,2017 to January 9,2019,after serving in the South Carolina Senate from 2005 to 2017. He lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2018 to Governor Henry McMaster.
Michael L. Fair is an American politician who represented the 6th District in the South Carolina Senate. Fair,a Republican,had been a state senator from 1995 until 2017.
John E. Courson is a former American politician. He served as a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 20th District from 1985 to 2018. He resigned after pleading guilty to a common law misconduct charge in office.
Lawrence K. "Larry" Grooms is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 37th District. He serves as the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee since 2007.
The 1966 South Carolina United States Senate special election was held on November 8,1966 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. The election resulted from the death of Senator Olin D. Johnston in 1965. Then Governor Donald S. Russell entered in a prearranged agreement with Lieutenant Governor Robert Evander McNair in which Russell would resign his post so that he could be appointed Senator. However,former Governor Fritz Hollings won the Democratic primary election and went on to beat Republican state senator Marshall Parker in the general election to win his right to fill the remaining two years of the unexpired term.
The 1936 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2,1936 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator James F. Byrnes won the Democratic primary and defeated two Republican candidates in the general election to win another six-year term.
William Richardson Timmons IV is an American attorney,entrepreneur and politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district since 2019. His district is in the heart of the Upstate and includes Greenville,Spartanburg,and most of their suburbs. A member of the Republican Party,Timmons served as the South Carolina state senator from the 6th district from 2016 to 2018.
