Lindsey Graham won with 54.3% of the vote (672,941 votes), ahead of Brad Hutto with 38.8% (480,933 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 15.5 percentage points (192,008 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 15.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 18.3 points toward Democrats.
1,240,075 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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