2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina

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2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina
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Nominee Tim Scott Krystle Matthews
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,066,274627,616
Percentage62.88%37.01%
2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina results map by county.svg
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Scott:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Matthews:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
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U.S. senator before election

Tim Scott
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Tim Scott
Republican

The 2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Carolina. Incumbent senator Tim Scott won reelection to a second full term, defeating state representative Krystle Matthews. [1] This was the third consecutive election for this seat where both major party nominees were black.

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Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2013 following the resignation of fellow Republican Jim DeMint. With 61.1% of the vote, he won the 2014 special election to serve the remainder of DeMint's term. Scott was then re-elected to a full six-year term in 2016 with 60.6% of the vote.

Primary elections in South Carolina were held on June 14, 2022. Scott won the Republican primary unopposed, while Matthews won the Democratic primary in a June 28 runoff. [2]

Scott has said this election would be his last. [3] [4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

  • Timothy Swain [5] (opted to run for State House seat 121, defeated in primary) [6] [7]

Endorsements

Tim Scott
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Organizations

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

First round

Results

Initial primary results by county: .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Bruce 30-40% 40-50% Matthews 30-40% 40-50% Geter 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% South Carolina Senate Democratic primary, 2022.svg
Initial primary results by county:
  Bruce
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Matthews
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Geter
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary results [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Catherine Fleming Bruce 59,777 34.69%
Democratic Krystle Matthews 57,278 33.24%
Democratic Angela Geter55,28132.08%
Total votes172,336 100.0%

Runoff

Results

Primary runoff results by county: Matthews 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Bruce 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% South Carolina Senate Democratic primary runoff, 2022.svg
Primary runoff results by county:
  Matthews
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Bruce
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70-80%
Democratic primary runoff results [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Krystle Matthews 25,300 55.77%
Democratic Catherine Fleming Bruce 20,06444.23%
Total votes45,364 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [22] Solid RNovember 19, 2021
Inside Elections [23] Solid RJanuary 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [24] Safe RNovember 3, 2021
Politico [25] Solid RApril 1, 2022
RCP [26] Safe RJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News [27] Solid RMay 12, 2022
DDHQ [28] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [29] Solid RJune 30, 2022
The Economist [30] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Endorsements

Tim Scott (R)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Tim
Scott (R)		Krystle
Matthews (D)		Larry
Adams Jr. (I)		OtherUndecided
Echelon Insights August 31 – September 7, 2022600 (RV)± 5.1%54%37%––9%
Moore Information Group (R) March 8–13, 2022500 (LV)± 4.0%57%25%5%2%11%

Results

2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tim Scott (incumbent) 1,066,274 62.88% +2.31%
Democratic Krystle Matthews 627,61637.01%+0.08%
Write-in 1,8120.11%+0.02%
Total votes1,695,702 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Scott won 6 of 7 congressional districts. [36]

DistrictScottMatthewsRepresentative
1st 62%38% Nancy Mace
2nd 62%38% Joe Wilson
3rd 75%25% Jeff Duncan
4th 68%32% William Timmons
5th 64%36% Ralph Norman
6th 41%59% Jim Clyburn
7th 67%33% Tom Rice (117th Congress)
Russell Fry (118th Congress)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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