Population
(Source: U.S.
Census Bureau, South Carolina State Election Commission)
Total
Resident
Population,
July
1, 2012 est.
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4,723,723 |
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Total
Registration, Nov. 2012
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2,875,121 |
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South Carolina has:
46 counties.
Largest counties: Greenville,
Richland,
Charleston,
Spartanburg,
Horry,
Lexington.
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Government
Governor: Nikki
Haley (R)
elected 2010.
State Legislature:
South
Carolina General Assembly House: 124 seats
Senate:
46 seats
Local: Cities
and Counties NACO
Counties
U.S. House: 5R,
1D
-
1. T.Scott
(R) | 2.
J.Wilson
(R)
| 3. J.Duncan
(R) | 4.
T.Gowdy
(R)
| 5.
M.Mulvaney
(R) | 6.
J.Clyburn (D).
U.S. Senate:
Lindsey
Graham (R) re-elected in 2008, Jim
DeMint (R) re-elected in
2010.
2012
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U.S. House: In the new 7th CD (8
counties in NE South Carolina from Chesterfield to Georgetown), Tom
Rice (R), Chairman
of
Horry County Council and an accountant,
defeated Gloria Bromell
Tinubu (D), a teaching associate, by 55.51% to 44.39%. The
delegation goes from 5R,
1D
to
6R, 1D.
State Legislature: All 124 House seats and 46 Senate seats were
up. A controversial ruling by the South Carolina Supreme Court on
May 2 led to the removal of several hundred candidates from the primary
ballot. The House went from 76R, 48D to 73R, 46D, 5 Indep/Other and
the Senate from 27R,
19D to 28R, 18D.
Ballot Measure: Voters approved Amendment
1, requiring the governor and lieutenant governor to run on the same
ticket starting in 2018.
Post-election: On Dec. 6,
Sen. Jim DeMint
(R-SC)
surprised just about everyone when he announced he would resign
effective
Jan. 1 to become president of the Heritage Foundation; Gov. Nikki Haley
(R) announced on Dec. 17 that she would appoint Rep. Tim Scott (R) to
the position.
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