Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Michael Peroutka Finishes 4th in South Carolina

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Constitution Party Presidential Candidate

Michael Peroutka Finishes 4th in South Carolina,

Close Behind Ralph Nader and Ahead of the Libertarian

One of the stories from Election Day in South Carolina is that Constitution Party Presidential candidate Michael Peroutka (VP candidate Chuck Baldwin) finished a close fourth in the state, close on the heels of the third place finisher, the much better known Ralph Nader, behind Nader by just 127 votes, and ahead of the Libertarian Party candidate.

The Unofficial Results from the SC State Election Commission

(www.state.sc.us/scsec) for the race for U.S. President are:

1. Bush (Republican) 920,072 votes - 58.00%

2. Kerry (Democrat) 648,443 votes - 40.88%

3. Nader (Independence) 5,409 votes - 0.34%

4. Peroutka (Constitution) 5,282 votes - 0.33%

5. Badnarik (Libertarian) 3,534 votes - 0.22%

6. Brown (United Citizens) 2,104 votes - 0.13%

7. Cobb (Green) 1,499 votes - 0.09%

Other elections in SC in which the CP of SC

(www.dsindex.com/cp) had a candidate running:

U.S. Senate

1. DeMint (Republican) 840,153 votes - 53.66%

2. Tenenbaum (Democrat) 690,670 votes - 44.11%

3. Tyndall (Constitution) 13,264 votes - 0.85%

4. Sutherland (Libertarian) 10,416 votes - 0.67%

5. Ferguson (United Citizens) 5,784 votes - 0.37%

6. Nwangaza (Green) 4,259 votes - 0.27%

U.S. House District # 2

1. Wilson (Republican) 181,400 votes - 65.00%

2. Ellisor (Democrat) 92,929 votes - 33.30%

3. Lefemine (Constitution) 4,435 votes - 1.59%

U.S. House District # 6

1. Clyburn (Democrat) 159,072 votes - 66.95%

2. McLeod (running as a Republican) 74,360 votes - 31.30%

3. McLeod (same person, also running as Constitution) 3,969 votes - 1.67%

S.C. House District # 86

1. Stewart (Republican) 9,058 votes - 86.24%

2. Windham (Constitution 1,430 votes - 13.62%

Horry County School Board District # 11

results not posted on SC State Election Commission website

The two candidates are: Hucks, Jr. (Republican) and White (Constitution)