2008 South Carolina elections

In addition to federal elections for President, Senate, and the House of Representatives, South Carolina held state elections on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters elected state senators, state representatives, solicitors and local officers, and voted in three statewide constitutional referendums.

Federal government

U.S. President
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U.S. Senate
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U.S. House of Representatives
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State offices

General elections
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Gubernatorial elections
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State Senate elections
2008 2016
State House elections
2008 2018

South Carolina Senate

Republicans maintained their majority in the State Senate, keeping their majority of eight seats.

South Carolina House of Representatives

Republicans maintained their majority in the State House, decreasing their majority from 22 seats to 20 seats.

Constitutional Referendums

Voters voted on Amendment 1, which amended Section 33 of Article III of the South Carolina constitution to delete a provision that set the age of consent for sexual activity for unmarried women at 14. This amendment allowed the state legislature to set the age of consent by statute. The proposed amendment passed.

Amendment 1
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	906,545	52.40
No	823,599	47.60
Total votes	1,730,144	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	2,553,923	67.74
Source: - Official Results

Amendment 2 would have changed section 16 of Article X of the state constitution to allow state trust funds for post-retirement benefits of public school teachers and state employees to be invested in equity securities. The amendment failed.

Amendment 2
Choice	Votes	%
No	1,011,381	58.15
Yes	727,918	41.85
Total votes	1,739,299	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	2,553,923	68.10
Source: - Official Results

Amendment 3 would have amended section 16 of the Article X of the state constitution to allow local employee benefit trust funds to be invested in equity securities. The amendment failed.

Amendment 3
Choice	Votes	%
No	968,853	56.42
Yes	748,232	43.58
Total votes	1,717,085	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	2,553,923	67.23
Source: - Official Results

External links

South Carolina State Election Commission
South Carolina State Races in 2008 campaign finance data for state races from Follow the Money
Ballotpedia pages on South Carolina State Senate elections and South Carolina State House elections

References

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