2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election

2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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Nominee Mark Sanford Jim Hodges
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 585,422 521,140
Percentage 52.85% 47.05%

County results
Sanford:      50–60%      60–70%
Hodges:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Jim Hodges
Democratic

Elected Governor

Mark Sanford
Republican

The 2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Mark Sanford, the Republican nominee, defeated incumbent Democratic governor Jim Hodges to become the 115th governor of South Carolina. Hodges became only the third incumbent governor and the first Democratic governor in South Carolina history to lose reelection.