[gtxvideo vid='HkAjQPSn' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HkAjQPSn.jpg' vtitle='SC Democrat Watch Party'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- The South Carolina Democrats held a watch party Tuesday night at Spirit Communications Park. The Democratic Party had several key wins in the state, among those the re-election of U.S.…
(AP)-- Here are the Key Race Wins in South Carolina: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has easily won his first full term representing South Carolina. Scott had just been elected to a second term in the U.S. House in 2012 when…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford has been elected to another term representing South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Voters on Tuesday backed the 56-year-old Republican over Democrat Dmitri Cherny, whose platform includes colonizing the moon, Mars and beyond as…
(AP)-- ABC NEWS-- Donald Trump is the projected winner in South Carolina. According to the Associated Press, the Republican nominee was awarded the state's nine electoral votes, giving him 40 for the night. The result was expected as the state…
(AP)-- South Carolina Republican Tim Scott, 1st black US senator from the South since Reconstruction, wins full term. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has easily won his first full term representing South Carolina. Scott had just been elected to a second…
[gtxvideo vid='4e1Jo7Ft' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/4e1Jo7Ft.jpg' vtitle='ABC Columbia Hears from Viewers About Voting'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Your vote is private but many of you are taking to social media to share your experience at the poll. Viewers sounding off on ABC Columbia's Facebook…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Voter turnout is heavy throughout most of South Carolina, with some people encountering minor problems because they may not have updated their voter registration information. South Carolina Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire says all reports indicate…
A day after jury selection was postponed in Dylann Roof's federal hate crimes trial, court officials said the process would be put off for weeks while the 22-year-old Eastover man undergoes a competency evaluation.
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and their respective running mates, have already cast their votes this Election Day.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A former crime scene investigator for a local South Carolina police department says he responded to the scene where an unarmed black motorist was shot and killed by a white police officer, but didn't do a…
[gtxvideo vid='gQbISjb2' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/gQbISjb2.jpg' vtitle='Vote 2016 : ABC Columbia at the Polls'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Voters turned out the polls early in South Carolina on Election Day. ABC Columbia News was at the polling places across the Midlands Tuesday morning where…
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)-- Tuesday South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley cast her vote in the 2016 Election. The Governor showed up around 11am at Mt Horeb Precinct in Lexington, to cast her Vote. Haley, last month, told ABC Columbia News that the…
Trump has talked a lot about how he wasn’t a politician before he started his campaign in June 2015. Now, if he wins on Nov. 8, he will arguably become the most important politician in the world.
The Clintons will be in uncharted territory for a number of reasons if the former secretary of state is elected -- the first woman president and a former president as her spouse -- but the terrain itself will be very familiar.
As this historic and wildly unpredictable election comes to a close on Election Day, it may be hard to remember how America got here.
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Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) -- It's Election Day in South Carolina and across the country. According to officials, voters heading to the polls need to know their assigned voting location and bring one of five forms of photo identification. Acceptable forms…
ABC NEWS-- It is Election Day. Polls in South Carolina are open from 7am-7pm. Know Where to Go The first and most obvious step is finding the right polling place for your area, based on your home address. If you…
[gtxvideo vid='hDMmPi5R' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/hDMmPi5R.jpg' vtitle='Election Hotline'] ABC NEWS--Tuesday is Election Day and the stakes could not be higher for a midterm contest: Control of both the House and Senate is up for grabs and could come down to a handful of…
[gtxvideo vid='MObcOA43' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MObcOA43.jpg' vtitle='Carolina Political Analyst Projects Close Race'] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - USC professor and political analyst Dr. Robert Oldendick says Tuesday's presidential election results will be extremely close. "I've been doing this for 11 cycles now, and this…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- A hope for a miracle has now turned into a quest for treatments and a cure for others. Glenn and Cara O'Neill started a Go-Fund Me campaign back in 2013 to help fund a clinical trial so…
[gtxvideo vid='bYPLrPRW' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/bYPLrPRW.jpg' vtitle='Dylann Roof Trial Postponed, Reaction'] Charleston, SC (WOLO)-- Jury Selection in the Federal Death Penalty trial of Dylann Roof was postponed Monday in Charleston. Judge Richard Gergel announced a private hearing would be held about a request to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - While the presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tops South Carolina's ballot, voters will also choose whether U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and seven U.S. House incumbents return to Washington. Absentee voting has already broken…
