United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1992

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1992
South Carolina
November 3, 1992

 
Nominee Ernest Hollings Thomas F. Hartnett
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 591,030 554,175
Percentage 50.07% 46.95%

Senator before election

Ernest Hollings
Democratic

Elected Senator

Ernest Hollings
Democratic

The 1992 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings won re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Primary
Candidate Votes %
Thomas F. Hartnett 123,572 76.8
Charlie E. Thompson 37,352 23.2

General election

Candidates

Major

Minor

Campaign

The race between Hollings and Hartnett was between two politicians from the Lowcoutry. Hartnett attacked Hollings for co-sponsoring a bill in 1983 that would have outlawed discrimination against homosexuals and Hollings shot back about questions of Hartnett's integrity for pushing for military contracts with a firm he had ties with in North Charleston. The anti-incumbency mood helped to bring Hartnett close to topping Hollings in the general election, but the South Carolina voters strongly supported their incumbent politicians and Hollings was elected for another six-year term.

Results

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Fritz Hollings 591,030 50.1 -13.0
Republican Thomas F. Hartnett 554,175 46.9 +11.3
Libertarian Mark Johnson 16,987 1.9 +1.2
American Robert Barnwell Clarkson II 11,568 1.0 +0.4
No party Write-Ins 703 0.1 +0.1
Majority 36,855 3.2 -24.3
Turnout 1,180,438 76.8 +20.2
  Democratic hold


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