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2000Final results

2000 election for South Carolina Senate District 8

South Carolina State Senate · South Carolina

David L. Thomas (R) won with 88.9% of the vote, defeating Al Hafer (Cst) by 77.7 points.

David L. ThomasRepublican · winner · incumbent
88.9%32,720
Al HaferConstitution
11.1%4,097
36,817 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+1.51972D+1.01976R+0.71980R+20.01984R+26.12024

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET