United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1990

The 1990 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 6, 1990 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Republican Senator Strom Thurmond cruised to re-election against Democratic challenger Bob Cunningham.

Primaries

Senator Strom Thurmond faced no opposition from South Carolina Republicans and avoided a primary election. The state Democrats saw this as an unwinnable race so when Bob Cunningham sought the Democratic nonimation, he was unopposed in his bid.

General election campaign

Cunningham, a retired intelligence officer, had little chance of defeating Strom Thurmond and the election was never a serious contest. Thurmond overwhelmingly outspent Cunningham in his re-election campaign.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Strom Thurmond
votes = 482,032
percentage = 64.2
change = -2.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Bob Cunningham
votes = 244,112
percentage = 32.5
change = +0.7 Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = William H. Griffin
votes = 13,804
percentage = 1.8
change = +0.4Election box candidate
party = American
candidate = Marion C. Metts
votes = 10,317
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 464
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 237,920
percentage = 31.7
change = -3.3Election box turnout
votes = 750,729
percentage = 55.2
change = -13.5
colspan=5 |Republican hold
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frame|300px|none|1990 South Carolina U.S. Senate election map, by percentile by county.

ee also

*List of United States Senators from South Carolina
*United States Senate elections, 1990
*South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1990

References

*cite book | last = State Election Commission | title = South Carolina Election Commission Annual Report 1990-1991 | year = 1991 | publisher = The Commission | location = Columbia, SC | pages = p. 91