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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.
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Catherine Fleming Bruce | 59,777 | 34.69% | |
Democratic | Krystle Matthews | 57,278 | 33.24% | |
Democratic | Angela Geter | 55,281 | 32.08% | |
Total votes | 172,336 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Krystle Matthews | 25,300 | 55.77% | |
Democratic | Catherine Fleming Bruce | 20,064 | 44.23% | |
Total votes | 45,364 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [21] | Solid R | November 19, 2021 |
Inside Elections [22] | Solid R | January 7, 2022 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23] | Safe R | November 3, 2021 |
Politico [24] | Solid R | April 1, 2022 |
RCP [25] | Safe R | January 10, 2022 |
Fox News [26] | Solid R | May 12, 2022 |
DDHQ [27] | Solid R | July 20, 2022 |
538 [28] | Solid R | June 30, 2022 |
The Economist [29] | Safe R | September 7, 2022 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Tim Scott (R) | Krystle Matthews (D) | Larry Adams Jr. (I) | Other | Undecided |
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Echelon Insights | August 31 – September 7, 2022 | 600 (RV) | ± 5.1% | 54% | 37% | – | – | 9% |
Moore Information Group (R) | March 8–13, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 57% | 25% | 5% | 2% | 11% |
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 | |||||
Scott won 6 of 7 congressional districts. [35]
District | Scott | Matthews | Representative |
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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) |
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