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2008Final results

2008 election for South Carolina Senate District 10

South Carolina State Senate · South Carolina

Floyd Nicholson (D) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Dee Compton (R) by 2.9 points.

Floyd NicholsonDemocrat · winner
51.4%17,724
Dee ComptonRepublican
48.6%16,741
34,465 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+18.72000D+32.42004D+2.92008D+7.12012D+2.62016R+12.02020

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