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 Republican 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, and will not run again in 2028. [3] [4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

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

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

First round

Results

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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 [21]
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 [22]
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 [23] Solid RNovember 19, 2021
Inside Elections [24] Solid RJanuary 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [25] Safe RNovember 3, 2021
Politico [26] Solid RApril 1, 2022
RCP [27] Safe RJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News [28] Solid RMay 12, 2022
DDHQ [29] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [30] Solid RJune 30, 2022
The Economist [31] 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 [a] 		Margin
of error		Tim
Scott (R)		Krystle
Matthews (D)		Larry
Adams Jr. (I)		OtherUndecided
Echelon Insights [36] August 31 – September 7, 2022600 (RV)± 5.1%54%37%––9%
Moore Information Group (R) [37] March 8–13, 2022500 (LV)± 4.0%57%25%5%2%11%

Results

2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina [38]
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 six of seven congressional districts. [39]

DistrictScottMatthewsRepresentative
1st 62%38% Nancy Mace
2nd 62%38% Joe Wilson
3rd 75%25% Jeff Duncan
4th 67%33% William Timmons
5th 65%35% 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

References

  1. ↑ "2022 US Senate Election Results: Live Map". ABC News. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  2. ↑ News 4, A. B. C. (June 28, 2022). "Krystle Matthews wins primary runoff despite controversial leaked call with inmate". WCIV. Retrieved September 30, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett (January 27, 2021). "Retirements shake up 2022 map as Republican senators eye exits". CNN . Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ Frazin, Rachel (August 9, 2019). "GOP Sen. Tim Scott says if he runs in 2022 it will be his last race". The Hill . Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tim Scott Draws A 2022 GOP Primary Challenger". FITSNews . March 25, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  6. ↑ @SwainForSenate (March 23, 2022). "After much consideration, and with my filing deadline only a week away, I had to make a hard choice. Unfortunatel…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ Staff Reports (June 15, 2022). ""Tuesday, June 14 Primary Results"". The Island News. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Palmetto Politics". The Post and Courier. July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Meg Kinnard (June 28, 2021). "South Carolina's Tim Scott launches 2022 reelection campaign". AP News .
  10. 1 2 Fortier-Bensen, Tony (March 2, 2021). "Donald Trump endorses Sen. Tim Scott for reelection". WCIV. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  11. 1 2 Raju, Manu; Rogers, Alex (March 12, 2021). "McConnell quietly courts Senate primary candidates 'who can win' regardless of Trump ties". CNN . Archived from the original on August 24, 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Our Candidates (2021-2022)". BAMPAC. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Endorsed Candidates". proisraelamerica.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  14. ↑ Olson, Mike (April 13, 2021). "State Rep. Krystle Matthews kicks off campaign for U.S. Senate" . Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  15. ↑ Dennis Jr., Rickey Ciapha (November 8, 2022). "Matthews loses SC seat; Cribb cruises to Berkeley County supervisor reelection". The Post and Courier. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  16. ↑ The State (subscription required)
  17. ↑ Shain, Andy (January 17, 2022). ""Columbia preservationist joins US Senate race for Tim Scott's seat"". The Post and Courier. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  18. ↑ Schechter, Maayan (April 13, 2021). "Why this SC Democrat says she's the one to beat GOP Sen. Tim Scott in 2022" . Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Angela Geter". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  20. ↑ Savannah Moss and Samantha, Swann (April 1, 2024). "Candidate filings close. Who's on ballot? Contested races in Upstate in June, November". The Greenville News. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  21. ↑ "2022 Statewide Primaries". South Carolina Election Commission.
  22. ↑ "2022 Statewide Primaries - RUNOFF". South Carolina Election Commission.
  23. ↑ "2022 Senate Race ratings". The Cook Political Report . Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  24. ↑ "Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  25. ↑ "2022 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  26. ↑ "South Carolina Senate Race 2022". Politico . April 1, 2022.
  27. ↑ "Battle for the Senate 2022". RCP. January 10, 2022.
  28. ↑ "2022 Election Forecast". Fox News. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  29. ↑ "2022 Election Forecast". DDHQ. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  30. ↑ "2022 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight . June 30, 2022. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  31. ↑ "Economist's 2022 Senate forecast". The Economist . September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  32. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tim Scott's Ratings and Endorsements". justfacts.votesmart.org. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  33. ↑ "CCAGW PAC Endorses Sen. Tim Scott and Five South Carolina House Candidates". www.businesswire.com. October 19, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  34. ↑ "NRA-PVF - Grades - South Carolina". nrapvf.org. NRA-PVF. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022.
  35. ↑ "Endorsements - Stand for America PAC". standforamericapac.com. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  36. ↑ Echelon Insights
  37. ↑ Moore Information Group (R)
  38. ↑ "2022 Statewide General Election". South Carolina Election Commission.
  39. ↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::839561a1-8c15-4c4b-ab56-3275d68092f9

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