2004 Senate elections · South Carolina history
South Carolina U.S. Senate election 2004
Jim DeMint REP +9.6 gain · Class III seat · held 11/2/04
- Votes counted
- 1,597,221
- Margin
- 9.6 pts
- Seat held by
- Democraticchanged party
- President in SC
- R+17.1same year
General election 11/2/04
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim DeMint Won | REP | 857,167 | 53.67% | |
| Inez Tenenbaum | DEM | 704,384 | 44.10% | |
| Patrick Tyndall | CON | 13,464 | 0.84% | |
| Rebekah Sutherland | LIB | 10,678 | 0.67% | |
| Tee Ferguson | UC | 5,859 | 0.37% | |
| Efia Nwangaza | GRE | 4,245 | 0.27% | |
| Write-in | — | 1,286 | 0.08% | |
| Efia Nwangaza | IDP | 138 | 0.01% | |
| Total | 1,597,221 | |||
Official source: Election-Statistics
Other South Carolina Senate races
| Year | Seat | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Class III | Tim Scott | 25.9 |
| 2020 | Class II | Lindsey Graham | 10.3 |
| 2016 | Class III | Tim Scott | 26.2 |
| 2014 | Class II | Lindsey Graham | 17.4 |
| 2014 special | Class III | Tim Scott | 22.1 |
| 2010 | Class III | Jim DeMint | 33.8 |
| 2008 | Class II | Lindsey Graham | 15.3 |
| 2004 | Class III | Jim DeMint | 9.6 |
| 2002 | Class II | Lindsey Graham | 10.2 |
| 1998 | Class III | Ernest F. Hollings | 7.0 |
| 1996 | Class II | Strom Thurmond | 9.4 |
| 1992 | Class III | Ernest F. Hollings | 3.1 |
Full South Carolina Senate history →
Questions and answers
Who won the 2004 South Carolina Senate race?
Jim DeMint (REP) won with 53.7% of the vote, ahead of Inez Tenenbaum (44.1%), a margin of 9.6 points.
Did the South Carolina Senate seat change party in 2004?
Yes. It moved from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
How many votes were cast in the 2004 South Carolina Senate race?
1,597,221 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.