Adjutant General
The Adjutant General campaign, the only one of its kind in the nation, was interesting not only for its novelty but also because of the entrance of an Iraq War veteran as a Democratic challenger to the incumbent, Stan Spears, a former businessman. The Democrat, Glenn Lindmann, was critical of the decreasing size of the state's national guard contingent over Spears' time in office, and also wanted to make the position an appointed one instead of an elected one. Spears countered that the size decrease is due to a national policy decision, not a state one, and said the position should remain elected. Spears won re-election.
| South Carolina Adjutant General Election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Stan Spears (incumbent) | 617,871 | 58.1% | -41.2% | |
| Democratic | Glenn Lindmann | 445,078 | 41.9% | +41.9% | |
| No party | Write-ins | 343 | <0.1% | -0.6% | |
| Majority | 172,793 | 16.3% | -82.3% | ||
| Turnout | 1,063,292 | 43.3% | +7.0% | ||
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