2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina

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2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina
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Turnout72.1% Increase
 
Nominee Lindsey Graham Jaime Harrison
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,369,137 1,110,828
Percentage 54.44% 44.17%
Graham:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Harrison:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      No data
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Lindsey Graham
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lindsey Graham
Republican

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The 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham won re-election for a fourth term and defeated Democratic nominee Jaime Harrison. Bill Bledsoe was also on the ballot, representing the Constitution Party. The primary elections were held on June 9, 2020.[1]

Despite forecasting throughout the last few months of the race showing a very close race as well as Harrison having record fundraising numbers, Graham defeated Harrison by 54.4% to 44.2% and a margin of 10.2% in the November 3, 2020 general election. Harrison slightly outperformed Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the concurrent presidential election, who lost to President Donald Trump by 11.7% in South Carolina.[2] The election coincidentally saw Graham and his Democratic opponent win approximately the same percentage points as in the 2002 senate race, in which Graham won his first term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Dwayne “Duke” Buckner, attorney and Owner of Buckner Law Firm located in Walterboro[4]
  • Michael J. LaPierre, businessman[5]
  • Joe Reynolds, Chief Engineer in the U.S. Merchant Marine[6]

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Lindsey Graham

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Governors

State officials

Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lindsey
Graham 		Other Undecided
Change Research[23] June 11–14, 2019 1,183 (LV) ± 2.9% 70% 4%[b] 26%
Hypothetical polling

with Generic Republican

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lindsey
Graham 		Generic
Republican 		Other
Change Research[23] June 11–14, 2019 1,183 (LV) ± 2.9% 79% 19% 2%[c]

Results

Results by county:
  Graham—80–90%
  Graham—70–80%
  Graham—60–70%
  Graham—50–60%
  Graham—40–50%
Republican primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lindsey Graham (incumbent) 317,512 67.69%
Republican Michael LaPierre 79,932 17.04%
Republican Joe Reynolds 43,029 9.17%
Republican Dwayne "Duke" Buckner 28,570 6.09%
Total votes 469,043 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Jaime Harrison (D)

Former U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. senators

Former U.S. Senators

U.S. representatives

Former U.S. Representatives

Governors

Former governors

State officials

Local officials

Individuals

Organizations

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

General Election write-in candidate

Withdrawn

Constitution Party

Independents

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[98] Tossup October 29, 2020
Inside Elections[99] Tilt R October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[100] Lean R November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[101] Lean R October 30, 2020
Politico[102] Lean R November 2, 2020
RCP[103] Tossup October 23, 2020
DDHQ[104] Lean R November 3, 2020
538[105] Likely R November 2, 2020
Economist[106] Lean R November 2, 2020

Advertisements

Jaime Harrison ran a number of ads attempting to attract conservative voters from Lindsey Graham by elevating Constitution Party candidate Bill Bledsoe as "too conservative—but in doing so, the would-be attack ad offers up right-wing voters a laundry list of things to like about him". Bledsoe endorsed Graham after withdrawing from the race, but his name remained on the ballot. He criticized the ads as fraudulent.[107]

Meanwhile, Graham ran ads attempting to brand Harrison as a diehard liberal while connecting him with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.[108]

Endorsements

Lindsey Graham (R)

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Governors

State officials

Jaime Harrison (D)

Former U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

Governors

State officials

Municipal officials

Notable Individuals

Organizations

Unions

Newspapers and Publications

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lindsey
Graham (R) 		Jaime
Harrison (D) 		Other /
Undecided
0ptimus[121] October 31 – November 2, 2020 817 (LV) ± 3.9% 51% 41% 7%[d]
Data For Progress[122] October 27 – November 1, 2020 1,121 (LV) ± 2.9% 49% 46% 5%[e]
Swayable[123][f] October 23 – November 1, 2020 416 (LV) ± 7.5% 46% 52% 2%[g]
Morning Consult[124] October 22–31, 2020 904 (LV) ± 3% 46% 44% –
Data for Progress[125] October 22–27, 2020 1,196 (LV) ± 2.8% 46% 46% 8%[h]
Starboard Communications[126] October 26, 2020 800 (LV) – 52% 43% 6%[i]
East Carolina University[127] October 24–25, 2020 763 (LV) ± 4.1% 49% 47% 3%[j]
Morning Consult[124] October 11–20, 2020 926 (LV) ± 3.2% 45% 47% –
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D)[128][A] October 11–16, 2020 525 (LV) ± 4.6% 45% 47% 8%[k]
Siena College/NYT Upshot[129][l] October 9–14, 2020 605 (LV) ± 3.5% 46% 40% 14%[m]
Data for Progress[130] October 8–11, 2020 801 (LV) ± 3.5% 46% 47% 7%[n]
Morning Consult[131] October 2–11, 2020 903 (LV) ± 3% 48% 42% –
ALG Research (D)[132][B] September 29 – October 5, 2020 711 (LV) – 46% 46% 8%[o]
GBAO Strategies (D)[133][C] September 24–28, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 47% 48% 3%[p]
Data for Progress (D)[134] September 23–28, 2020 824 (LV) ± 3.4% 45%[q] 44% 11%[r]
47%[s] 46% 7%[t]
Quinnipiac University[135] September 23–27, 2020 1,123 (LV) ± 2.9% 48% 48% 3%[u]
YouGov[136] September 22–25, 2020 1,080 (LV) ± 3.8% 45% 44% 11%[v]
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D)[137][A] September 21–24, 2020 608 (LV) ± 4% 43% 45% 13%[w]
Morning Consult[138] September 11–20, 2020 764 (LV) ± (3% – 4%) 46%[x] 45% 9%
Morning Consult[131] September 8–17, 2020 782 (LV)[y] ± (2% – 4%) 45%[x] 46% –
Quinnipiac University[139] September 10–14, 2020 969 (LV) ± 3.2% 48% 48% 3%[u]
Morning Consult[140] September 2–11, 2020 ~764 (LV) ± (3%-4%) 44% 46% –
Morning Consult[140] August 23 – September 1, 2020 ~764 (LV) ± (3%-4%) 46% 43% –
Morning Consult[140] August 13–22, 2020 ~764 (LV) ± (3%-4%) 45% 42% –
Morning Consult[140] August 3–12, 2020 ~764 (LV) ± (3%-4%) 45% 45% –
Quinnipiac University[141] July 30 – August 3, 2020 914 (RV) ± 3.2% 44% 44% 12%[z]
Morning Consult[142] July 24 – August 2, 2020 741 (LV) ± 4.0% 44%[aa] 43% 12%[ab]
Morning Consult[140] July 23 – August 1, 2020 ~764 (LV) ± (3%-4%) 44% 43% –
Public Policy Polling (D)[143][D] July 30–31, 2020 1,117 (V) ± 3.0% 47% 44% 8%[ac]
Morning Consult[140] July 13–22, 2020 ~764 (LV) ± (3%-4%) 46% 42% –
ALG Research (D)[144][B] July 15–20, 2020 591 (LV) – 49% 45% 6%[ad]
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D)[145][A] July 13–19, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 43% 41% 16%[ae]
Gravis Marketing[146] July 17, 2020 604 (LV) ± 4.0% 48% 41% 10%
Civiqs/Daily Kos[147] May 23–26, 2020 591 (RV) ± 4.5% 42% 42% 16%[af]
Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies (D)[148][A] March 3–11, 2020 804 (LV) ± 3.8% 47% 43% 9%
NBC News/Marist[149] February 18–21, 2020 2,382 (RV) ± 2.6% 54% 37% 9%
East Carolina University[150] January 31 – February 2, 2020 1,756 (RV) ± 2.7% 51% 38% 11%
Change Research[151] December 6–11, 2019 998 (LV) ± 3.1% 47% 45% 9%
Benchmark Research (R)[152][E] October 15–21, 2019 450 (RV) ± 4.2% 53% 30% 18%
Change Research (D)[153][F] September 17–21, 2019 809 (LV) ± 3.4% 50% 43% 7%
Change Research[154] June 11–14, 2019 2,312 (RV) ± 2.0% 52% 35% 13%
WPA Intelligence (R)[155][G] March 11–13, 2019 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 55% 32% 12%
Hypothetical polling

with generic Democrat

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lindsey
Graham (R) 		Generic
Democrat 		Other /
Undecided
Change Research[154] June 11–14, 2019 2,312 (RV) ± 2.0% 51% 36% 12%

on whether Lindsey Graham deserves to be re-elected

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Yes No Other /
Undecided
Change Research/Post and Courier[156] December 6–11, 2019 998 (LV)[ag] ± 3.1% 37% 53% 10%
Emerson College[157] Feb 28-Mar 2, 2019 755 (RV) ± 3.5% 47% 52% 1%

with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Republican 		Generic
Democrat 		Other /
Undecided
Quinnipiac University[135] September 23–27, 2020 1,123 (LV) ± 2.9% 49% 44% 6%[ah]
Quinnipiac University[158] September 10–14, 2020 969 (LV) ± 3.2% 52% 44% 5%[ai]

Fundraising

In the first quarter of 2020, Harrison outraised Graham, $7.3 million to $5.5 million, but Graham had the lead in cash on hand, with $12 million compared with Harrison's $8 million.[159]

In the third quarter of 2020, Harrison raised $57 million, the largest quarterly total by a U.S. Senate candidate ever, breaking Beto O'Rourke's record in the 2018 Texas election.[160] He has also raised the most ever by a U.S. Senate candidate, beating another of O'Rourke's records.[161]

Campaign finance reports as of December 31st, 2020
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Lindsey Graham (R) $112,292,175 $102,195,708 $12,491,457
Jaime Harrison (D) $132,685,669 $132,350,242 $335,426
Source: Federal Election Commission[162]

Debates

2020 United States senate election in South Carolina debates
 No. Date & Time Host Location Moderator Participants
Key:
 P  Participant.    N  Non-invitee.   		Republican Democratic
United States senator
Lindsey Graham 		Former SCDP chairman
Jaime Harrison
  1  
October 3, 2020
8:00 p.m. EDT
Allen University
Columbia, South Carolina
Judi Gatson
 P P

Results

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2020[163][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Lindsey Graham (incumbent) 1,369,137 54.44% +0.17%
Democratic Jaime Harrison 1,110,828 44.17% +5.39%
Constitution Bill Bledsoe 32,845 1.30% N/A
Write-in 2,294 0.09% -0.29%
Total votes 2,515,104 100.00%
Republican hold

By county

By county
County Lindsey Graham
Republican 		Jaime Harrison
Democratic 		Bill Bledsoe
Constitution 		Write-in Margin Total
votes
# % # % # % # % # %
Abbeville 8,025 64.46 4,232 33.99 182 1.46 11 0.09 3,793 30.47 12,450
Aiken 51,080 59.92 32,829 38.51 1,255 1.47 79 0.09 18,251 21.41 85,243
Allendale 833 22.97 2,773 76.45 19 0.52 2 0.06 -1,940 -53.49 3,627
Anderson 66,655 69.34 28,075 29.20 1,305 1.36 98 0.10 38,580 40.13 96,133
Bamberg 2,373 36.63 4,060 62.66 44 0.68 2 0.03 -1,687 -26.04 6,479
Barnwell 5,378 52.11 4,806 46.57 128 1.24 8 0.08 572 5.54 10,320
Beaufort 53,575 54.68 43,489 44.39 851 0.87 62 0.06 10,086 10.29 97,977
Berkeley 56,358 53.94 46,233 44.25 1,800 1.72 95 0.09 10,125 9.69 104,486
Calhoun 4,201 50.59 3,975 47.87 123 1.48 5 0.06 226 2.72 8,304
Charleston 95,401 43.50 121,517 55.41 2,196 1.00 183 0.08 -26,116 -11.91 219,297
Cherokee 17,481 69.24 7,265 28.78 485 1.92 16 0.06 10,216 40.46 25,247
Chester 8,247 52.36 7,225 45.87 270 1.71 8 0.05 1,022 6.49 15,750
Chesterfield 10,878 57.63 7,706 40.83 275 1.46 15 0.08 3,172 16.81 18,874
Clarendon 8,141 48.67 8,391 50.16 172 1.03 23 0.14 -250 -1.49 16,727
Colleton 10,068 52.18 8,839 45.81 364 1.89 22 0.11 1,229 6.37 19,293
Darlington 16,456 50.72 15,563 47.97 395 1.22 32 0.10 893 2.75 32,446
Dillon 6,297 48.08 6,663 50.88 130 0.99 6 0.05 -366 -2.79 13,096
Dorchester 41,178 53.31 34,616 44.82 1,345 1.74 99 0.13 6,562 8.50 77,238
Edgefield 7,988 59.98 5,104 38.33 217 1.63 8 0.06 2,884 21.66 13,317
Fairfield 4,556 37.53 7,463 61.48 115 0.95 5 0.04 -2,907 -23.95 12,139
Florence 32,217 49.83 31,748 49.11 650 1.01 36 0.06 469 0.72 64,651
Georgetown 20,495 55.81 15,867 43.21 340 0.93 22 0.06 4,628 12.60 36,724
Greenville 149,991 58.04 104,980 40.63 3,116 1.21 319 0.12 45,011 17.42 258,406
Greenwood 19,017 59.37 12,504 39.03 466 1.45 46 0.14 6,513 20.33 32,033
Hampton 3,755 40.37 5,459 58.69 82 0.88 5 0.05 -1,704 -18.32 9,301
Horry 116,512 64.86 60,530 33.69 2,471 1.38 131 0.07 55,982 31.16 179,644
Jasper 6,939 48.13 7,302 50.65 170 1.18 5 0.03 -363 -2.52 14,416
Kershaw 20,104 59.77 12,904 38.37 581 1.73 45 0.13 7,200 21.41 33,634
Lancaster 29,572 59.32 19,523 39.16 717 1.44 37 0.07 10,049 20.16 49,849
Laurens 19,486 63.87 10,498 34.41 487 1.60 37 0.12 8,988 29.46 30,508
Lee 2,939 34.83 5,426 64.30 70 0.83 3 0.04 -2,487 -29.47 8,438
Lexington 91,944 63.55 50,256 34.74 2,349 1.62 132 0.09 41,688 28.81 144,681
Marion 5,562 37.76 9,034 61.34 121 0.82 11 0.07 -3,472 -23.57 14,278
Marlboro 4,775 41.66 6,504 56.74 169 1.47 14 0.12 -1,729 -15.08 11,462
McCormick 2,933 51.23 2,746 47.97 41 0.72 5 0.09 187 3.27 5,725
Newberry 11,239 60.34 7,094 38.09 277 1.49 16 0.09 4,145 22.25 18,626
Oconee 29,454 72.37 10,576 25.99 633 1.56 34 0.08 18,878 46.39 40,697
Orangeburg 13,221 32.04 27,720 67.19 299 0.72 19 0.05 -14,499 -35.14 41,259
Pickens 42,505 73.87 14,066 24.44 900 1.56 71 0.12 28,439 49.42 57,542
Richland 58,894 30.33 133,642 68.82 1,509 0.78 142 0.07 -74,748 -38.49 194,187
Saluda 6,107 65.77 3,023 32.55 149 1.60 7 0.08 3,084 33.21 9,286
Spartanburg 91,594 61.62 54,475 36.65 2,385 1.60 197 0.13 37,119 24.97 148,651
Sumter 20,524 41.92 27,791 56.76 604 1.23 41 0.08 -7,267 -14.84 48,960
Union 7,868 59.44 5,105 38.57 249 1.88 15 0.11 2,763 20.87 13,237
Williamsburg 5,409 33.77 10,493 65.51 107 0.67 9 0.06 -5,084 -31.74 16,018
York 80,912 56.19 60,738 42.18 2,232 1.55 116 0.08 20,174 14.01 143,998
Totals 1,369,137 54.44 1,110,828 44.17 32,845 1.30 2,294 0.09 258,309 10.27 2,515,104

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Graham won 6 of 7 congressional districts.[164]

District Graham Harrison Representative
1st 52% 46% Joe Cunningham
Nancy Mace
2nd 55% 44% Joe Wilson
3rd 67% 31% Jeff Duncan
4th 59% 40% William Timmons
5th 56% 42% Ralph Norman
6th 31% 68% Jim Clyburn
7th 58% 41% Tom Rice

See also

Notes

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b c d This poll was sponsored by Harrison's campaign
  2. ^ a b This poll's sponsor, Lindsey Must Go, is a PAC opposing Lindsey Graham.
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by the DSCC, which has endorsed Jaime Harrison's campaign for the 2020 US Senate election in South Carolina before this poll's sampling period.
  4. ^ This poll's sponsor, Giffords, had endorsed Harrison prior to the sampling period
  5. ^ Poll sponsor is a Security in Strength PAC, a super PAC that supported Lindsey Graham during this poll's sampling period.
  6. ^ Poll sponsor, Collective PAC, had endorsed Harrison prior to this poll's sampling period.
  7. ^ Poll sponsored by Conservatives for Clean Energy

Voter samples

  1. ^ a b c d e f Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Warren with 3%; Kandies with 1%; Burns, Hill, Reynolds and Wilson with 0%
  3. ^ Would not vote with 2%
  4. ^ "Third party candidate" with 2%; "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 6%
  5. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 4%; "Other candidate/write-in" with 1%
  6. ^ Archived November 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 2%
  8. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 3%; "Other candidate or write-in" with 0%; Undecided with 5%
  9. ^ Bledsoe (C) and Undecided with 3%
  10. ^ "Refused" with 1%; Did/would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 2%
  11. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 3%; "Other" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 5%
  12. ^ Archived October 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 4%; would not vote with 2%; "Someone else" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
  14. ^ "Write-in candidate" with 1%; Undecided with 6%
  15. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 3%; Undecided with 5%
  16. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 3%
  17. ^ Standard VI response
  18. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 2%; Undecided with 9%
  19. ^ If the only candidates were Graham and Harrison
  20. ^ Undecided with 7%
  21. ^ a b "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 3%
  22. ^ "Someone else" with 2%; Undecided with 9%
  23. ^ Bledsoe (C) with 5%; "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 7%
  24. ^ a b Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  25. ^ Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
  26. ^ Undecided with 2%; would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 9%
  27. ^ Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size and topline numbers
  28. ^ "Someone else" with 4%; Undecided with 8%
  29. ^ Undecided with 8%
  30. ^ "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 5%
  31. ^ Dunham (L) with 4%; Bledsoe (C) with 3%; Other with 1%; Undecided with 8%
  32. ^ "Someone else" with 10%; Undecided with 6%
  33. ^ Likely primary voters
  34. ^ Undecided with 6%
  35. ^ Undecided with 5%

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