SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE ELECTION 2014 – Tim Scott (R) – Joyce Dickerson (D) (UPDATE: SCOTT WINS!!! and oh yeah, Lindsey Graham Wins Reelection)

TIM SCOTT WINS!!!

Scott becomes the first black candidate to win a statewide race since just after the Civil War and the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction. So much for the racist Republican fear mongering from the Democrats.

South Carolina voters have sent Republican Tim Scott back to the U.S. Senate, making him the first black candidate to win a statewide race since just after the Civil War.

Scott was declared the winner based on projections from exit poll data.

Scott has served in the U.S. Senate since January 2013, appointed to the post by Gov. Nikki Haley after Jim DeMint resigned. He has spent his time quietly building support back home and expanding his base from Charleston. His seat will be up for re-election for a full term in 2016.

Scott is also the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction.