United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2016

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United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2016
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  Tim Scott, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg
Nominee Tim Scott Thomas Dixon
Party Republican Democratic
South Carolina Presidential Election Results 2016.svg
Incumbent U.S. senator

Tim Scott
Republican


Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2016 United States Senate election in South Carolina will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries will take place on June 14.

Incumbent Republican Senator Tim Scott is running for re-election to a first full term in office.[1]

Background

Two-term Republican Senator Jim DeMint was re-elected with 61.48% of the vote in 2010. He resigned at the start of 2013 to become President of The Heritage Foundation and U.S. Representative Tim Scott of South Carolina's 1st congressional district was appointed to replace him by Governor Nikki Haley.[2] Scott subsequently won the special election in 2014 for the remaining two years of the term. Scott is running for re-election and he is also a potential Republican Vice Presidential nominee.[3][4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Thomas Dixon, pastor and community activist[5]

Declined

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[8] Safe R March 25, 2016
Daily Kos[9] Safe R April 4, 2016
Roll Call[10] Safe R April 4, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe R March 21, 2016

References

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