South Carolina voters elected the state's first ever female Governor on November 2, 2010. Republican Nimrata 'Nikki' Randhawa Haley defeated Democrat Vincent Sheheen by a four point margin.http://www.foxnews.com/interactive/politics/candidate-list/#state=SC In the Senate race, incumbent Republican Jim DeMint was projected by CNN as the winner, receiving roughly two-thirds of the votes.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/state/#SC

In the state of South Carolina, voters went to the polls to decide on a Senate seat, six seats in the House of Representatives, a Governor and two amendments, including one for the right to hunt and another to mandate secret balloting in union elections.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/state/#SC

In the House of Representatives District 5 Race, the Republicans won control of the seat when Mick Mulvaney defeated incumbent John Spratt.http://www.foxnews.com/interactive/politics/candidate-list/#state=SC

A handful of errors and glitches with voting were reported including voters who were sent incorrect ballots and issues with voting officials using an incorrect list of registered voters. Due to the glitches, voting in Surry County was extended.http://www2.wspa.com/news/2010/nov/02/61/candidates-wrap-final-push-find-all-you-need-tomor-ar-1038868/

In the June 8, 2010, primaries, a lot of attention was being paid to the Gubernatorial selections. With Gov. Mark Sanford being prohibited from seeking a third term due to the term time limits, his position is up for grabs. In the primary election, Nikki Haley, a state representative did not receive the majority needed to get the nomination. She won the nomination over Representative J. Gresham Barrett in a runoff on June 22, 2010. Sarah Palin threw her support to Haley back in May. Jenny Sanford, the present Governor's estranged wife, also supported Haley as possibly South Carolina's first female governor.http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/dunkin/100609

Representative Bob Inglis ran against Trey Gowdy, a Spartanburg prosecutor, in the runoff. Inglis was trying for a seventh term representing South Carolina’s Fourth Congressional District. His loss made him the fifth incumbent to lose across the country in what appears to be a "House" cleaning.

Representative Joe Wilson, of "You lie!" fame at President Barack Obama’s health care speech to Congress, won the Republican vote for the state’s Second Congressional District and will be opposing, for the second time, Rob Miller, a Democrat and former Marine captain.http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/the-early-word-the-primary-picture/

Unknown Alvin Greene won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate race. He had felony obscenity charges issued against him, however, he has not been indicted nor entered a plea. His nomination caused the S.C. Democratic Party to call for a meeting to determine what actions should be taken. There is no initial evidence of voter fraud. Other attempts to explain what happened that have offered include that there was a voting machine problem, or that it was simply because Mr. Greene's name was first on the ballot. Mr. Greene received approximately 60% of the votes cast defeating his opponent, Vic Rawl. During the special meeting, the panel, in a vote of 50 to 11, voted in favor of Mr. Greene retaining his status as the nominee. Mr. Greene ran no ads, did zero campaigning, did not have a website, made no appearances, actually did nothing in the campaign but still obtained enough votes to defeat experienced legislator Vic Rawl.