Graham defeats Hutto in Senate race
Incumbent Lindsey Graham won the election for senator of South Carolina against Democrat Brad Hutto after Graham received 54 percent of the vote, according to CNN.
This will be Graham's third term as senator, having served his first six-year term starting in 2002 and serving his second after re-election in 2008.
Graham was the predicted winner for this senatorial election.
Hutto received 39 percent of the vote, while the other two candidates, Independent Thomas Ravenel and Libertarian Victor Kocher received almost 4 percent and less than 3 percent of the vote, respectively. Richland County's results were 34 percent for Graham and 61 percent for Hutto.
Scott takes SC Special Senate seat
Republican Tim Scott emerged from Tuesday's election night victorious over Democrat Joyce Dickerson, CNN reported. The incumbent Scott was the predicted winner for this election.
Scott was also facing a candidate from the American party Jill Bossi, who received less than 2 percent of the vote.
Richland county specifically resulted in a Democratic majority with a 38 percent Republican vote and a 60 percent Democratic vote.
Scott received 61 percent of the votes in South Carolina while Dickerson totaled 37 percent. His re-election results in the Senate seats for South Carolina staying under the control of the Republican party.
Clyburn, Wilson retain House seats for SC
Democrat Jim Clyburn will come back for another term in the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina, as will Republican Tim Wilson.
Columbia is divided between the 2nd Congressional District and 6th Congressional District and helps decide two seats in the House.
For the 2nd District, incumbent Wilson ended the night with 62 percent of the vote while 35 percent of the vote went to Democratic candidate Phil Black. Labor party candidate Harold Geddings III received 2 percent of the vote.
The three candidates in the 6th District were Clyburn, Republican Anthony Culler, and Libertarian Kevin Umbaugh.
Clyburn finished out the night with 73 percent of the vote, Culler received 25 percent and Umbaugh ended with 2 percent of the vote.