2014 South Carolina House of Representatives election

2014 South Carolina House of Representatives election

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All 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives 88 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Bobby Harrell, Jr. Todd Rutherford Party Republican Democratic Leader since June 21, 2005 January 8, 2013 Leader's seat 67th 74th Last election 78 46 Seats won 78 46 Seat change Popular vote 649,839 377,282 Percentage 62.42% 36.24%
Results:      Republican gain     Democratic gain      Republican hold     Democratic hold
Speaker before election Bobby Harrell, Jr. Republican Elected Speaker Jay Lucas Republican

The 2014 South Carolina House of Representatives election was held on November 4, 2014, alongside the 2014 United States elections. ^[1] Primary elections took place on June 10, 2014.

Overview

Party		Votes		Seats
		No.	%	No.	+/−	%
	South Carolina Republican Party	649,839	62.42%	78		62.90%
	South Carolina Democratic Party	377,282	36.24%	46		37.10%
	Write-in	8,906	0.86%	0		0%
	Libertarian Party of South Carolina	3,838	0.37%	0		0%
	American Party of South Carolina	1,207	0.12%	0		0%
	South Carolina Constitution Party	0	0%	0		0%
	South Carolina Workers Party	0	0%	0		0%
	Independent	0	0%	0		0%
	Green Party	1,225	0.12%	0		0%
Total		1,041,090	100.00	124	±0	100.00
Registered voters		2,881,052	100.00
Turnout		1,041,090	36.%
Source: South Carolina Election Commission [2]

Popular vote Republican   62.42% Democratic   36.24% Other   1.34%

House seats Republican   62.90% Democratic   37.10%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [3]	Safe R	October 20, 2014

Summary of Results

State House District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Representative	Party
1	Bill Whitmire		Rep	Bill Whitmire		Rep
2	Bill Sandifer, III		Rep	Bill Sandifier, III		Rep
3	B.R. Skelton		Rep	Gary E. Clary		Rep
4	Davey Hiott		Rep	Davey Hiott		Rep
5	Phillip D. Owens		Rep	Neal Collins		Rep
6	Brian White		Rep	Brian White		Rep
7	Michael Gambrell		Rep	Michael Gambrell		Rep
8	Don Carson Bowen		Rep	Jonathan Hill		Rep
9	Anne J. Thayer		Rep	Anne J. Thayer		Rep
10	Joshua A. Putnam		Rep	Joshua A. Putnam		Rep
11	Craig A. Gagnon		Rep	Craig A. Gagnon		Rep
12	Anne Parks		Dem	Anne Parks		Dem
13	Robert S. Riley		Rep	Robert S. Riley		Rep
14	Mike Pitts		Rep	Mike Pitts		Rep
15	Samuel Rivers, Jr.		Rep	Samuel Rivers, Jr.		Rep
16	Mark N. Willis		Rep	Mark N. Willis		Rep
17	Mike Burns		Rep	Mike Burns		Rep
18	Tommy Stringer		Rep	Tommy Stringer		Rep
19	Dwight A. Loftis		Rep	Dwight A. Loftis		Rep
20	Dan Hamilton		Rep	Dan Hamilton		Rep
21	Phyllis J. Henderson		Rep	Phyllis J. Henderson		Rep
22	Wendy Nanney		Rep	Wendy Nanney		Rep
23	Chandra Dillard		Dem	Chandra Dillard		Dem
24	Bruce W. Bannister		Rep	Bruce W. Bannister		Rep
25	Leola Robinson-Simpson		Dem	Leola Robinson-Simpson		Dem
26	Raye Felder		Rep	Raye Felder		Rep
27	Garry R. Smith		Rep	Garry R. Smith		Rep
28	Eric M. Bedingfield		Rep	Eric M. Bedingfield		Rep
29	Dennis C. Moss		Rep	Dennis C. Moss		Rep
30	Steve Moss		Rep	Steve Moss		Rep
31	Harold Mitchell, Jr.		Dem	Harold Mitchell, Jr.		Dem
32	Dertham Cole, Jr.		Rep	Derham Cole, Jr.		Rep
33	Eddie Tallon		Rep	Eddie Tallon		Rep
34	Mike Forrester		Rep	Mike Forrester		Rep
35	Bill Chumley		Rep	Bill Chumley		Rep
36	Rita Allison		Rep	Rita Allison		Rep
37	Donna Hicks Wood		Rep	Donna Hicks Wood		Rep
38	N. Douglas Brannon		Rep	N. Douglas Brannon		Rep
39	Ralph S. Kennedy, Jr.		Rep	Ralph S. Kennedy, Jr.		Rep
40	Walt McLeod, III.		Dem	Walt McLeod, III.		Dem
41	Mary Gail Douglas		Dem	Mary Gail Douglas		Dem
42	Mike Anthony		Dem	Mike Anthony		Dem
43	Greg Delleney		Rep	Greg Delleney		Rep
44	Mandy Powers-Norrell		Dem	Mandy Powers-Norrell		Dem
45	Deborah Long		Rep	Deborah Long		Rep
46	Gary Simrill		Rep	Gary Simrill		Rep
47	Tommy Pope		Rep	Tommy Pope		Rep
48	Ralph W. Norman		Rep	Ralph W. Norman		Rep
49	John R. King		Dem	John R. King		Dem
50	Grady Brown		Dem	Grady Brown		Dem
51	David Weeks		Dem	David Weeks		Dem
52	Laurie Slade Funderburk		Dem	Laurie Slade Funderburk		Dem
53	Ted M. Vick		Dem	Amy M. Brown		Dem
54	Elizabeth R. Munnerlyn		Dem	Patricia M. Pat Henegan		Dem
55	Jackie E. Hayes		Dem	Jackie E. Hayes		Dem
56	Mike Ryhal		Rep	Mike Ryhal		Rep
57	J. Wayne George		Dem	J. Wayne George		Dem
58	Liston Douglas Barfield		Rep	Jeff Johnson		Rep
59	Terry Alexander		Dem	Terry Alexander		Dem
60	Phillip Lower		Rep	Phillip Lowe		Rep
61	Lester P. Branham, Jr.		Dem	Roger K. Kirby		Dem
62	Robert Williams		Dem	Robert Williams		Dem
63	Kris Crawford		Rep	Kris Crawford		Rep
64	Robert L. Ridgeway, III.		Dem	Robert L. Ridgeway, III.		Dem
65	Jay Lucas		Rep	Jay Lucas		Rep
66	Gilda Cobb Hunter		Dem	Gilda Cobb Hunter		Dem
67	Murrell Smith		Rep	Murrell Smith		Rep
68	Heather Ammons Crawford		Rep	Heather Ammons Crawford		Rep
69	Rick Quinn, Jr.		Rep	Rick Quinn, Jr.		Rep
70	Joe Neal		Dem	Joe Neal		Dem
71	Nathan Ballentine		Rep	Nathan Ballentine		Rep
72	James E. Smith, Jr.		Dem	James E. Smith, Jr.		Dem
73	Christopher R. Hart		Dem	Christopher R. Hart		Dem
74	J. Todd Rutherford		Dem	J. Todd Rutherford		Dem
75	Kirkman Finlaay, III.		Rep	Kirkman Finlay, III.		Rep
76	Leon Howard		Dem	Leon Howard		Dem
77	Joe McEachern		Dem	Joe McEachern		Dem
78	Beth Bernstein		Dem	Beth Bernstein		Dem
79	Mia McLeod		Dem	Mia McLeod		Dem
80	Jimmy C. Bales		Dem	Jimmy C. Bales		Dem
81	Don Wells		Rep	Don Wells		Rep
82	William Clyburn		Dem	William Clyburn		Dem
83	Bill Hixon		Rep	Bill Hixon		Rep
84	J. Roland Smith		Rep	Chris Corley		Rep
85	Chip Huggins		Rep	Chip Huggins		Rep
86	Bill Taylor		Rep	Bill Taylor		Rep
87	Todd Atwater		Rep	Todd Atwater		Rep
88	Mac Toole		Rep	Mac Toole		Rep
89	Kenny Bingham		Rep	Kenny Bingham		Rep
90	Bakari T. Sellers		Dem	Justin Bamberg		Dem
91	Lonnie Hosey		Dem	Lonnie Hosey		Dem
92	Joe Daning		Rep	Joe Daning		Rep
93	Russell L. Ott		Dem	Russell L. Ott		Dem
94	Jenny Horne		Rep	Jenny Horne		Rep
95	Jerry Govan, Jr.		Dem	Jerry Govan, Jr.		Dem
96	Kit Spires		Rep	Kit Spires		Rep
97	Patsy G. Knight		Dem	Patsy G. Knight		Dem
98	Chris Murphy		Rep	Chris Murphy		Rep
99	Jim Merrill		Rep	Jim Merrill		Rep
100	Edward L. Southard		Rep	Edward L. Southard		Rep
101	Ronnie A. Sabb		Dem	Cezar McKnight		Dem
102	Joe Jefferson, Jr.		Dem	Joe Jefferson, Jr.		Dem
103	Carl L. Anderson		Dem	Carl L. Anderson		Dem
104	Tracy R. Edge		Rep	Greg Duckworth		Rep
105	Kevin Hardee		Rep	Kevin Hardee		Rep
106	Nelson Hardwick		Rep	Nelson Hardwick		Rep
107	Alan D. Clemmons		Rep	Alan D. Clemmons		Rep
108	Stephen L. Goldfinch, Jr.		Rep	Stephen L. Goldfinch, Jr.		Rep
109	David Mack, III.		Dem	David Mack, III.		Dem
110	Chip Limehouse, III.		Rep	Chip Limehouse, III.		Rep
111	Wendell G. Gilliard		Dem	Wendell G. Gilliard		Dem
112	Mike Sottile		Rep	Mike Sottile		Rep
113	Seth Whipper		Dem	Seth Whipper		Dem
114	Robery W. Harrell, Jr.		Rem	Mary Tinkler		Dem	Democratic flip
115	Peter McCoy, Jr.		Rep	Peter McCoy, Jr.		Rep
116	Robert L. Brown		Dem	Robert L. Brown		Dem
117	Bill Crosby		Rep	Bill Crosby		Rep
118	Bill Herbkersman		Rep	Bill Herbkersman		Rep
119	Leon Stavrinakis		Dem	Leon Stavrinakis		Dem
120	Weston Netwon		Rep	Weston Newton		Rep
121	Kenneth F. Hodges		Dem	Kenneth F. Hodges		Dem
122	Bill Bowers		Dem	Bill Bowers		Dem
123	Andrew S. Patrick		Rep	Jeff Bradley		Rep
124	Shannon Erickson		Rep	Shannon Erickson		Rep

Retirements

11 incumbents did not seek re-election.

Democrats

• Ted Vick (District 53) did not seek re-election following controversy after an arrest. ^[4]
• Elizabeth Munnerlyn (District 54)
• Lester P. Branham, Jr. (District 61)
• Bakari Sellers (District 90) retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.
• Ronnie A. Sabb (District 101) retired to run for State Senate. ^[5]

Republicans

• B.R. Skelton (District 03) retired after serving in the House for twelve years. ^[6]
• Phillip Owens (District 05) retired.
• Liston Barfield (District 58) retired. ^[7]
• J. Roland Smith (District 84) retired after serving in the House for twenty-six years. ^[8]
• Bobby Harrell, Jr. (District 114) was forced to resign his seat after he was barred from holding public office because of a campaign finance violation. ^[9]
• Andy Patrick (District 123) retired and ran for the U.S. House in the 1st District.

Detailed Results

District 1

District 1 comprised a portion of Oconee County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	68	0.79%
	Republican	Bill Whitmire	8,646	99.21%
Total votes			8,714	100.0

District 2

District 2 comprised portions of Oconee and Pickens counties. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	128	1.44%
	Republican	Bill Sandifer	8,751	98.56%
Total votes			8,879	100.0

District 3

District 3 comprised a portion of Pickens County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 3, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	49	0.80%
	Libertarian Party of South Carolina	Travic McCurry	983	15.99%
	Republican	Gary E. Clary	5,117	83.22%
Total votes			6,149	100.00

District 4

District 4 comprised a portion of Pickens County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	128	1.44%
	Republican	Bill Sandifer	8,751	98.56%
Total votes			8,972	100.0

District 5

District 5 comprised a portion of Pickens County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	59	0.69%
	Republican	Neal Collins	8,476	99.31%
Total votes			8,535	100.0

District 6

District 6 comprised a portion of Anderson County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 6 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	84	1.03%
	Republican	Brian White	8,099	98.97%
Total votes			8,183	100.0

District 7

District 7 comprised portions of Abbeville and Anderson counties. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 7 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	26	0.41%
	Republican	Michael Gambrell	6,290	99.59%
Total votes			6,316	100.0

District 8

District 8 comprised a portion of Anderson County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 8 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	71	0.94%
	Republican	Jonathan Hill	7,505	99.06%
Total votes			7,576	100.0

District 9

District 9 comprised a portion of Anderson County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 9 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	56	0.78%
	Republican	Anne Thayer	7,090	99.22%
Total votes			7,146	100.0

District 10

District 10 comprised portions of Anderson, Greenville, and Pickens counties. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 10 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	83	1.01%
	Republican	Joshua A. Putnam	8,146	98.99%
Total votes			8,229	100.0

District 11

District 11 comprised portions of Abbeville and Anderson counties. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 11 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tombo Hite	4,217	46.25%
	Republican	Craig A. Gagnon	4,899	53.73%
Total votes			9,117	100.0

District 12

District 12 comprised a portion of Greenwood County and all of McCormick County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 12 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Wideman	3,557	42.02%
	Democratic	Anne Parks	4,903	57.92%
Total votes			8,465	100.0

District 13

District 13 comprised a portion of Greenwood County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 13 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	73	0.80%
	Republican	Robert Shannon Riley	9,058	99.20%
Total votes			9,131	100.0

District 14

District 14 comprised portions of Greenwood and Laurens counties. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 14 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	80	0.99%
	Republican	Mike Pitts	7,992	99.01%
Total votes			8,072	100.0

District 15

District 15 comprised portions of Berkeley and Charleston counties. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 15 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marian Redish	2,658	43.56%
	Republican	Samuel Rivers, Jr.	3,440	56.37%
Total votes			6,102	100.0

District 16

District 16 comprised portions of Greenville and Laurens counties. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 16 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	66	0.99%
	Republican	Mark N. Willis	6,615	99.01%
Total votes			6,681	100.0

District 17

District 17 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 17 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	66	0.67%
	Republican	Mike Burns	9,717	99.33%
Total votes			9,783	100.0

District 18

District 18 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 18 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	86	0.93%
	Republican	Tommy Stringer	9,152	99.07%
Total votes			9,238	100.0

District 19

District 19 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 19 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	91	1.38%
	Republican	Dwight A. Loftis	6,492	98.62%
Total votes			6,583	100.0

District 20

District 20 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 20 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	13	0.11%
	South Carolina Green Party	Jon Eames	237	2.01%
	Democratic	Jon Eames	2,500	21.20%
	Republican	Dan Hamilton	9,045	76.99%
Total votes			11,795	100.0

District 21

District 21 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 21 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	99	0.88%
	Republican	Phyllis J. Henderson	11,188	99.12%
Total votes			11,287	100.0

District 22

District 22 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 22 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	22	0.19%
	Democratic	Dan Ruck	3,295	28.30%
	Republican	Wendy Nanney	8,325	71.51%
Total votes			11,642	100.0

District 23

District 23 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 23 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	108	2.18%
	Democratic	Chandra Dillard	4,841	97.82%
Total votes			4,949	100.0

District 24

District 24 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 24 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	109	1.01%
	Republican	Bruce W. Bannister	10,632	98.99%
Total votes			10,741	100.0

District 25

District 25 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 25 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	20	0.29%
	Independent	Tony Boyce	1,628	23.82%
	Democratic	Leola Robinson-Simpson	5,186	75.89%
Total votes			6,834	100.0

District 26

District 26 comprised a portion of York County. ^[10]

South Carolina House District 26 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Write-in	N/A	29	0.32%
	South Carolina Libertarian Party	Jeremy C. Walters	1,814	19.84%
	Republican	Raye Felder	7,299	79.84%
Total votes			9,142	100.0

District 27

District 27 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

District 28

District 28 comprised a portion of Greenville County. ^[10]

District 29

District 29 comprised portions of Cherokee, Chester, and York counties. ^[10]

District 30

District 30 comprised portions of Cherokee and York counties. ^[10]

District 31

District 31 comprised a portion of Spartanburg County. ^[10]

District 32

District 32 comprised a portion of Spartanburg County. ^[10]

District 33

District 33 comprised a portion of Spartanburg County. ^[10]

District 34

District 34 comprised a portion of Spartanburg County. ^[10]

District 35

District 35 comprised portions of Greenville and Spartanburg counties. ^[10]

District 36

District 26 comprised portions of Greenville and Spartanbug counties. ^[10]

District 37

District 37 comprised portions of Spartanburg County. ^[10]

District 38

District 38 comprised a portion of Spartanburg County. ^[10]

District 39

District 39 comprised all of Saluda County and a portion of Lexington County. ^[10]

District 40

District 40 comprised all of Newberry County. ^[10]

District 41

District 41 comprised all of Fairfield County and portions of Chester and Richland counties. ^[10]

District 42

District 42 comprised all of Union County and a portion of Laurens County. ^[10]

District 43

District 43 comprised portions of Chester and York counties. ^[10]

District 44

District 44 comprised a portion of Lancaster County. ^[10]

District 45

District 45 comprised portions of Lancaster and York counties. ^[10]

District 46

District 46 comprised a portion of York County. ^[10]

District 47

District 47 comprised a portion of York County. ^[10]

District 48

District 48 comprised a portion of York County. ^[10]

District 49

District 49 comprised a portion of York County. ^[10]

District 50

District 50 comprised portions of Kershaw, Lee, and Sumter counties. ^[10]

District 51

District 51 comprised a portion of Sumter County. ^[10]

District 52

District 52 comprised a portion of Kershaw County. ^[10]

District 53

District 53 comprised a portion of Chesterfield and Lancaster counties. ^[10]

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