1994 South Carolina gubernatorial election
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:ElectionsSC The 1994 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. The contest featured two politicians from the Upstate and David Beasley narrowly defeated Nick Theodore to become the 113th governor of South Carolina.
Democratic primary
The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 9, 1994. Lieutenant Governor Nick Theodore, from the Upstate, emerged as the winner of the runoff election on August 23 against popular Charleston mayor Joseph P. (Joe) Riley Jr. and the three-term Attorney General of South Carolina, Thomas T. Medlock.
Candidates
- William Holler
- Thomas T. Medlock, Attorney General of South Carolina
- Joseph P. Riley Jr., mayor of Charleston
- Nick Theodore, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Nick Theodore | Script error: No such module "string". | 49.56% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Joseph P. Riley Jr. | Script error: No such module "string". | 38.24% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas T. Medlock | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.59% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Holler | Script error: No such module "string". | 3.61% | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00% | ||
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Runoff results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Nick Theodore | Template:Replace | 50.36% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Joseph P. Riley Jr. | 111,517 | 49.64% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Total votes | 224,644 | 100.00% | |||
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Republican primary
The South Carolina Republican Party held their primary on August 9, 1994, and the contest featured state representative David Beasley from the Upstate against two Lowcountry politicians. Beasley cruised to victory and benefited from the campaign of popular Charleston mayor Joe Riley for the Democratic nomination by drawing Lowcountry voters away from the Republican primary and towards the Democratic primary.
Candidates
- David Beasley, state representative from Society Hill
- Thomas Hartnett, former U.S. representative from Charleston
- Arthur Ravenel Jr., U.S. representative from Charleston
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Beasley | Script error: No such module "string". | 47.19% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Arthur Ravenel Jr. | Script error: No such module "string". | 31.98% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas Hartnett | Script error: No such module "string". | 20.84% | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00% | ||
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Runoff results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Beasley | Template:Replace | 57.59% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Arthur Ravenel Jr. | 98,915 | 42.41% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Total votes | 233,212 | 100.00% | |||
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General election
Polling
| Source | Date | Beasley (R) | Theodore (D) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Greenville News | Nov. 3, 1994 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |38% | 34% |
Results
The general election was held on November 8, 1994, and David Beasley was elected as the next governor of South Carolina in the closest election percentage wise since the disputed election of 1876. Turnout was higher than the previous gubernatorial election because of the competitive nature of the race between the two parties.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Beasley | Template:Replace | 50.41 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Nick Theodore | 447,002 | 47.87 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| U.S. Taxpayers Party | John R. Peeples, Jr. | 8,003 | 0.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| New Alliance Party | Wayne B. Griffin | 5,875 | 0.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| No party | Write-Ins | 2,214 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 23,754 | 2.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 933,850 | 62.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
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See also
- Governor of South Carolina
- List of governors of South Carolina
- South Carolina gubernatorial elections
References
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External links
| Preceded by 1990 |
South Carolina gubernatorial elections | Succeeded by 1998 |
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