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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1928|9|16}}
| birth_place = [[Greenville, South Carolina]]
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| office = [[Lieutenant Governor]]
| term_start = 1987
| term_end = 1995
| predecessor = [[Michael R. Daniel]]
| successor = [[Bob Peeler]]
| constituency = [[South Carolina]]
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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| religion = [[Greek Orthodox]]
| occupation = [[Businessman]]
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'''Nick Andrew Theodore''' (born [[September 16]], [[1928]]) is a [[South Carolina]] politician who was a state representative from 1963 to 1966 and 1970 to 1978, a [[South Carolina]] state senator from 1967 to 1968 and 1981 to 1986, and the [[Lieutenant governor#United States|Lieutenant Governor]] of [[South Carolina]] from [[1987]] to [[1995]]. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>Bailey, N. Louise, Morgan, Mary L., and Taylor, Carolyn R., Biographical Directory of the South Carolina State Senate: 1776-1985, v. III (1986). pp. 1589-1591, University of South Carolina Press, ISBN 0-87249-489-6.</ref>
Theodore attended the [[University of Georgia]] and graduated in [[1952]] from [[Furman University]] with a [[bachelor of arts]]. He spent a total of 24 years serving in the [[South Carolina General Assembly|South Carolina state legislature]] before being elected in [[1986]] to the office of Lieutenant Governor. He served two full terms in that post under [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[List of Governors of South Carolina|Governor]] [[Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.|Carroll Campbell]].
Ironically, it was fellow [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]] resident Campbell who, in [[1978]], had defeated Theodore in an election to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from South Carolina|South Carolina's 4th Congressional District]], one of famed political strategist [[Lee Atwater]]'s first major triumphs. Despite this history, and the differences in their political philosophies and party affiliations, Campbell and Theodore worked together quite effectively during their two terms in office, and remained friendly with each other.
At the conclusion of Campbell's two terms in office, Theodore ran for Governor in [[1994]], defeating [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] [[Mayor]] [[Joseph P. Riley, Jr.]] to secure the Democratic nomination. Theodore lost to Campbell's protégé [[David Beasley]], however, in the general election.
In [[2002]], Theodore came out of a quasi-retirement to accept an interim appointment to the [[South Carolina Public Service Commission]], ending in [[2004]]. In [[2006]], his son, [[Drew Theodore]], became the Democratic nominee for the statewide office of [[South Carolina state elections, 2006#Comptroller General|Comptroller General]].
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