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This profile of South Carolina's Class III U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Jim DeMint, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2016 2 Last election: 2004 3 South Carolina congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2016

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Race status

Incumbent:	Jim DeMint
Incumbent running?	Unconfirmed. [set incumbent status with form]
Primary challenge?	Unknown. [set incumbent party with form]

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Jim DeMint	Republican		Source	April 15, 2009	Has not formally announced his re-election plans, but is raising money.
Brad Hutto	Democratic	Considering	Source	April 14, 2009

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Alvin Greene, Jim DeMint
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2004

Incumbent: Fritz Hollings

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Jim DeMint	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Inez Tenebaum	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Jim DeMint, Inez Tenebaum
General election winner:	Jim DeMint

South Carolina congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Jim DeMint's district offices
105 North Spring Street, Suite 109 Greenville, SC 29601 864-233-5366 (Phone) (Fax) 112 Customs House 200 East Bay Street Charleston, SC 29401 843-727-4525 (Phone) (Fax) 1901 Main Street, Suite 1475 Columbia, SC 29201 803-771-6112 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the South Carolina congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=SC-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/SC-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/SC-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/SC-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=SC-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/SC-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/SC-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/SC-Sen

External articles

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