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Elections in South Carolina |
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South Carolina state elections in 2022 were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. All of South Carolina's executive officers were up for election, as well as all of South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.
All of South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2022.
District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
District 1 | 153,757 | 56.39% | 115,796 | 42.47% | 3,128 | 1.15% | 272,681 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 2 | 147,699 | 60.01% | 98,081 | 39.85% | 346 | 0.14% | 246,126 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 3 | 189,971 | 97.64% | 0 | 0.0% | 4,598 | 2.36% | 194,569 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 4 | 165,607 | 90.81% | 0 | 0.0% | 16,758 | 9.19% | 182,365 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 5 | 154,725 | 64.01% | 83,299 | 34.46% | 3,683 | 1.53% | 241,707 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
District 6 | 79,879 | 37.85% | 130,923 | 62.04% | 226 | 0.11% | 211,028 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
District 7 | 164,440 | 64.77% | 89,030 | 35.07% | 395 | 0.16% | 253,865 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
Total | 1,056,078 | 65.91% | 517,129 | 32.27% | 29,134 | 1.82% | 1,602,341 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Tim Scott (incumbent) | 1,066,274 | 62.88% | +2.31% | |
Democratic | Krystle Matthews | 627,616 | 37.01% | +0.08% | |
Write-in | 1,812 | 0.11% | +0.02% | ||
Total votes | 1,695,702 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican |
| 988,501 | 58.04% | +4.08% | |
Democratic |
| 692,691 | 40.67% | −5.25% | |
Libertarian |
| 20,826 | 1.22% | N/A | |
Write-in | 1,174 | 0.07% | |||
Total votes | 1,703,192 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,718,626 | 50.86% | |||
Registered electors | 3,379,089 | ||||
Republican hold | |||||
Incumbent Alan Wilson ran unopposed in the general.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Alan Wilson (incumbent) | 1,223,080 | 97.32% | ||
Write-ins | Write-in | 33,709 | 2.68% | ||
Total votes | 1,256,789 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican |
| 1,071,451 | 63.33% | ||
Democratic |
| 619,341 | 36.61% | ||
Write-in | 1,109 | 0.07% | |||
Total votes | 1,691,901 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Curtis Loftis (incumbent) | 1,129,961 | 79.67% | +23.72% | |
Alliance | Sarah E. Work | 281,695 | 19.86% | +18.33% | |
Write-in | 6,630 | 0.47% | +0.43% | ||
Total votes | 1,418,286 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Richard Eckstrom (incumbent) | 1,229,879 | 98.21% | ||
Write-ins | Write-in | 22,407 | 1.79% | ||
Total votes | 1,252,286 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lisa Ellis | 87,229 | 50.1% | |
Democratic | Gary Burgess | 54,317 | 31.2% | |
Democratic | Jerry Govan Jr. | 32,473 | 18.7% | |
Total votes | 174,019 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Ellen Weaver | 937,493 | 55.52% | ||
Democratic | Lisa Ellis [8] | 722,013 | 42.76% | ||
Green | Patricia M. Mickel | 27,468 | 1.63% | ||
Write-in | 1,744 | 0.10% | |||
Total votes | 1,688,718 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Hugh Weathers (incumbent) | 1,085,139 | 77.60% | ||
Green | David Edmond | 213,219 | 15.25% | ||
United Citizens | Chris Nelums | 95,625 | 6.84% | ||
Write-in | 4,409 | 0.32% | |||
Total votes | 1,398,392 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | |||||
Results by State House districts
Winners: Republican hold Democratic hold Republican gain Democratic gain |
All 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives were up for election in 2022.
Parties | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
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Vote | % | Change | 2020 | 2022 | +/− | Strength | ||
South Carolina Republican Party | 1,027,276 | 68.96% | +6.34% | 81 | 88 | ![]() | 70.97% | |
South Carolina Democratic Party | 436,566 | 29.31% | −5.49% | 43 | 36 | ![]() | 29.03% | |
Write-in | 18,402 | 1.24% | −0.05% | — | — | — | — | |
Libertarian Party of South Carolina | 5,375 | 0.36% | −0.42% | — | — | — | — | |
Independent | 1,080 | 0.07% | +0.04% | — | — | — | — | |
American Party of South Carolina | 564 | 0.04% | −0.28% | — | — | — | — | |
South Carolina Green Party | 456 | 0.03% | +0.02% | — | — | — | — | |
Totals | 1,489,719 | 100.0% | — | 124 | 124 | ![]() | 100.0% | |
Source: South Carolina Election Commission [10] |
The amendment increased the General Reserve Fund from 5% to 7% of state general fund revenues from the previous fiscal year. The increase was set to be phased in incrementally by one-half of one percent each year.
Must Section 36(A), Article III of the Constitution of this State, relating to the General Reserve Fund, be amended so as to provide that the General Reserve Fund of five percent of general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year must be increased each year by one-half of one percent of the general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year until it equals seven percent of such revenues? | |||||||||||||||||||
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Source: South Carolina Secretary of State [11] |
The amendment increased the Capital Reserve Fund annual funding requirement from 2% to 3% of state general fund revenue.
Must Section 36(B), Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to provide that the Capital Reserve Fund of two percent of the general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year be increased to three percent of the general fund revenue of the latest completed fiscal year and to provide that the first use of the Capital Reserve Fund must be to offset midyear budget reductions? | |||||||||||||||||||
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Source: South Carolina Secretary of State [12] |
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