Biography
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 - Ranking Member; Transportation-HUD); Budget; Environment & Public Works (Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, & Regulatory Oversig; Clean Air, Climate, & Nuclear Safety; Transportation & Infrastructure); Judiciary (Criminal Justice & Counterterrorism; Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, & Federal Rights; Immigration, Citizenship, & Border Safety; Privacy, Technology, & the Law)
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Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Republican
House Seniority: 14th ranked Senate Republican
Twitter: 108,061 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
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)
Votes
672,941
480,933
47,588
33,839
%
54.3%
38.8%
3.8%
2.7%