Political Highlights: S.C. House, 1993-95; U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-2003; sought Republican nomination for president, 2016 Born: July 9, 1955; Seneca, S.C. Residence: Seneca Religion: Southern Baptist Family: Single Education: U. of South Carolina, B.A. 1977; U. of South Carolina, attended 1977-78; U. of South Carolina, J.D. 1981 Elected: 2002 Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Commerce-Justice-Science; Defense; Energy-Water; Labor-HHS-Education; State-Foreign Operations - Chairman; Transportation-HUD); Budget; Foreign Relations (Africa and Global Health Policy - Chairman; Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions; Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism); Judiciary (Border Security and Immigration; Crime & Terrorism; Intellectual Property) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 14th ranked Senate Republican Twitter: 119,502 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
Senate Race
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Lindsey Graham (R) James Bryan (D)
Votes
90,123 59,932
%
60.1% 39.9%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Lindsey Graham (R) Debbie Dorn Pracht (D) Linda Pennington (NL)
Votes
114,273 73,417 1,835
%
60.3% 38.7% 1.0%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Lindsey Graham (R)
Votes
129,047
%
99.7%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Lindsey Graham (R) George Brightharp (D, UC) Adrian Banks (LIBERT) LeRoy Klein (NL)
Votes
150,176 67,174 3,116 1,122
%
67.8% 30.3% 1.4% 0.5%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Lindsey Graham (R) Alex Sanders (D) Ted Adams (CNSTP) Victor Kocher (LIBERT)
Votes
595,218 484,422 8,202 6,648
%
54.4% 44.2% 0.8% 0.6%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Lindsey Graham (R) Bob Conley (D)
Votes
1,076,534 790,621
%
57.5% 42.2%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Lindsey Graham (R) Brad Hutto (D) Thomas Ravenel (WRI) Victor Kocher (LIBERT)
