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The 2024 South Carolina Senate election will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections. [1] Primary elections will take place on June 11, 2024.
The political parties certified in South Carolina for the 2024 elections include the typical Republican and Democratic parties, Drew McKissick chaired by and Christale Spain, respectively. Additionally, several third-party candidates are running for state senate elections: [2] [3]
After longtime Republican incumbent Hugh Leatherman passed away in November of 2021, a special election was held to fill his seat for representing Florence, South Carolina in the Senate. [7] A Republican primary was held on January 25, and a special election was held on March 29. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jay Jordan | 5,762 | 47.9 | |
Republican | Mike Reichenbach | 6,260 | 52.1 | |
Total votes | 12,022 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mike Reichenbach | 7,547 | 90.2 | |
Democratic | Rosa Kay | 811 | 9.7 | |
Write-in | 14 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 8,372 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Democratic incumbent Marion Kimpson resigned May 11, 2023, after an appointment to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. [9] Democratic primary was held on September 5, a Democratic runoff was held on September 19, and the special election was held on November 7. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Wendell Gilliard | 1,856 | 46.6 | |
Democratic | JA Moore | 588 | 14.8 | |
Democratic | Deon Tedder | 1,536 | 38.6 | |
Total votes | 3,980 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Wendell Gilliard | 2,082 | 49.9 | |
Democratic | Deon Tedder | 2,093 | 50.1 | |
Total votes | 4,175 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Deon Tedder | 10,565 | 81.69 | |
Republican | Rosa Kay | 2,322 | 17.95 | |
Write-in | 46 | 0.36 | ||
Total votes | 12,933 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Incumbent John L. Scott Jr. died August 13, 2023, from blood clot complications. [12] A special election was held on January 2, 2024. [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tameika Isaac Devine | 4,568 | 85.96 | |
Republican | Kizzie Smalls | 513 | 9.65 | |
Forward | Michael Addison | 144 | 2.71 | |
United Citizens | Chris Nelums | 85 | 1.60 | |
Write-in | 4 | 0.08 | ||
Total votes | 5,314 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Source | Ranking | As of |
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CNalysis [20] | Solid R | April 11, 2024 |
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District 1 covers parts of Oconee and Pickens Counties. Incumbent Thomas C. Alexander will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. If reelected, it will be his eighth full-term and mark over 30 consecutive years in the Senate. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thomas C. Alexander (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
District 2 is contained within Pickens County. Incumbent Rex Rice will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. It will be his third term in office. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rex Rice (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
District 3 consists of Northern Anderson County. Republican incumbent Richard Cash will seek a second full term, while Democrat and mental health counselor, Jessicka Spearman, [22] [23] will seek to unseat him in the general election. [24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard Cash (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Jessicka Spearman | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Michael Gambrell will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Michael Gambrell (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Tom Corbin will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Corbin (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ben Carper | |||
Republican | Jason Elliott | |||
Republican | Dan Nickles | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Karl B. Allen (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Michelle Goodwin Calwile | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ross Turner (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Taylor Culliver | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Danny Verdin (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Randy Driggers | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Billy Garrett (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Charles Bumgardner | |||
Republican | Taylor Bell | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Brandon L Best | |||
Democratic | Francie Kleckley | |||
Democratic | Troy Simpson | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Sevi Alvarez | |||
Democratic | Angela Geter | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Josh Kimbrell (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Hope Blackley | |||
Republican | Lee Bright | |||
Republican | Skip Davenport | |||
Republican | Roger Allen Nutt | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | Octavia Amaechi | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Shane Martin will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Shane Martin (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Harvey S. Peeler Jr. will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harvey S. Peeler Jr. (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Wes Climer (incumbent) | |||
Alliance | Sarah Work | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Michael Johnson (incumbent) | |||
Workers Party of South Carolina | Kiral Mace | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tibi Czentye | |||
Republican | Tripp McCoy | |||
Republican | Everett Stubbs | |||
Total votes |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | Mike Fanning (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Ronnie Cromer will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ronnie Cromer (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tameika Isaac Devine (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Michael Addison | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | TBD | |||
United Citizens | Chris Nelums | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ed Sutton | |||
Libertarian | Kendal Ludden | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Darrell Jackson (politician) will run unopposed in the Democratic primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Darrell Jackson (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Monica Elkins | |||
Democratic | Ivory Torrey Thigpen | |||
Democratic | Overture Walker | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lee Blatt | |||
Democratic | TBD | |||
Workers Party of South Carolina | Gary Votour | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Katrina Shealy (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Carlisle Kennedy | |||
Republican | Zoe Warren | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Young Jr. (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Dee Elder | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent A. Shane Massey will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | A. Shane Massey (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jason Guerry | |||
Republican | Billy Oswald | |||
Republican | Chris Smith | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Dick Harpootlian | |||
Democratic | Russell Ott | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | TBD | |||
Workers Party of South Carolina | Harold Geddings III | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Penry Gustafson (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Allen Blackmon | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | Yokima Cureton | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Greg Hembree (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Michael McCaffrey | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | JD Chaplin | |||
Democratic | Gerald Malloy (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rodney Berry | |||
Democratic | Kent M. Williams (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mike Reichenbach (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Belinda Timmons | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ronnie A. Sabb (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Prinscillia Sumpter | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Luke A. Rankin (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Pete Bember | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | Autry Benton | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Stephen Goldfinch will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Stephen Goldfinch (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Lindsay Agostini | |||
Republican | Christina Allard | |||
Republican | Jerry Chivers | |||
Republican | Mike Jones | |||
Republican | Melissa Weeks-Richardson | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Austin Floyd Jr. | |||
Democratic | Jeffrey Graham | |||
Democratic | Lucy Mahon | |||
Democratic | Dwight Moore | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Leon Winn | |||
Republican | Jeff Zell | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Eleazer Leazer Carter | |||
Democratic | Kevin L. Johnson (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Larry Grooms will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Larry Grooms (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Sean Bennett will run unopposed in the Republican primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sean Bennett (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Fernandez | |||
Democratic | Vernon Stephens (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kendrick Brown | |||
Democratic | Brad Hutto (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sharon Carter | |||
Democratic | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Matt Leber | |||
Republican | Sandy Senn (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | Rita Adkins | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kim Greene | |||
Democratic | Deon Tedder (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | TBD | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Chip Campsen (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Julie Cofer Hussey | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Brian Adams (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Shawn Pinkston | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | TBD | |||
Democratic | Vicky Wynn | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Incumbent Margie Bright Matthews will run unopposed in the Democratic primary and the general election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Margie Bright Matthews (incumbent) | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Davis (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Gwyneth Saunders | |||
Total votes | ||||
hold | ||||
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