2002 United States Senate election in South Carolina
The 2002 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 5, 2002. Longtime Republican incumbent Strom Thurmond decided to retire at the age of 100, becoming the first centenarian to ever serve in Congress; he died in June 2003. Thurmond's record as the longest-serving senator in U.S. history was later surpassed by West Virginia's Robert Byrd. Representative Lindsey Graham won the open seat, becoming the first non-incumbent Republican senator from South Carolina since Reconstruction in 1872. He held the seat until his death in 2026. This was the first open Senate election in South Carolina since 1956.
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