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250:cockfighting
242:Mark Sanford
239:
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78:Mark Sanford
63:
52:
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1738:1956 births
1644:LuAnn Adams
1416:Chris Chinn
1404:Andy Gipson
1380:Gordon Wenk
1260:Celia Gould
1111:Tom Vilsack
992:Davey Hiott
891:Comptroller
865:Alan Wilson
709:Most recent
634:scvotes.org
261:Green Party
234:Nikki Haley
93:Preceded by
82:Nikki Haley
1732:Categories
1632:Sid Miller
1488:Jeff Witte
1452:Jim Barbee
1428:Ben Thomas
1176:Karen Ross
1052:, Justices
984:Tommy Pope
952:Brad Hutto
696:Republican
389:References
348:1,398,392
300:1,085,139
291:Republican
277:Candidate
140:Republican
119:1956-06-27
1548:Jim Reese
1308:Mike Beam
1296:Mike Naig
1188:Don Brown
1128:Rick Pate
937:President
880:Treasurer
803:Tim Scott
740:Incumbent
232:Governor
162:Education
54:Incumbent
1164:Wes Ward
836:Governor
318:213,219
154:Children
74:Governor
977:Speaker
336:95,625
1093:State
924:Senate
321:15.3%
303:77.6%
280:Votes
274:Party
146:Spouse
131:, U.S.
964:House
369:Notes
353:100%
339:6.8%
311:Green
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667:2022
641:2022
613:2022
584:2022
544:2022
480:2022
458:2022
433:2022
411:2022
113:Born
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659:USN
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1699:WI
1687:WV
1675:WA
1663:VA
1651:VT
1639:UT
1627:TX
1615:TN
1603:SD
1591:SC
1579:RI
1567:PA
1555:OR
1543:OK
1531:OH
1519:ND
1507:NC
1495:NY
1483:NM
1471:NJ
1459:NH
1447:NV
1435:NE
1423:MT
1411:MO
1399:MS
1387:MN
1375:MI
1363:MA
1351:MD
1339:ME
1327:LA
1315:KY
1303:KS
1291:IA
1279:IN
1267:IL
1255:ID
1243:HI
1231:GA
1219:FL
1207:DE
1195:CT
1183:CO
1171:CA
1159:AR
1147:AZ
1135:AK
1123:AL
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