James Warren DeMint is an American businessman,author,and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina and as president of The Heritage Foundation. DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and a leading figure in the Tea Party movement;he is also the founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund.
The South Carolina Republican Party (SCGOP) is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in South Carolina. It is one of two major political parties in the state,along with the South Carolina Democratic Party,and is the dominant party. Incumbent governor Henry McMaster,as well as senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham,are Republicans. Graham has served since January 3,2003,having been elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2008,2014,and 2020;Tim Scott was appointed in 2013 by then-governor Nikki Haley,who is also a Republican.
The South Carolina Green Party is a ballot-qualified political party in the state of South Carolina. It is the state affiliate party of the Green Party of the United States.
Thomas C. Alexander is an American businessman who is currently serving as the President of the South Carolina Senate. He serves in the senate as a Republican from the 1st District. Alexander served as an honorary chair of the 2023 Inauguration Committee for Governor Henry McMaster.
John Willie Drummond was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,who represented the 10th District from 1966 through 2008. He was also a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1965 through 1966.
Joel Lourie is a former Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 22nd District from 2004 until 2017. He was previously a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1998 through 2004.
John Yancey McGill is an American politician from South Carolina. He was a member of the state Senate from 1989 to 2014. He served as the 90th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from June 2014 to January 2015. He was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Carolina,until the appointment of Brian J. Gaines as Comptroller General by Governor Henry McMaster in 2023.
Hugh Kenneth Leatherman Sr. was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate from 1981 until his death in 2021. The 31st District,which he represented,is anchored in Florence,South Carolina. From 2001 until his death,Leatherman effectively controlled South Carolina's budget as the Senate Finance Chairman and was considered one of the most powerful people in South Carolina politics. He negotiated the deal to bring Boeing to South Carolina in 2009 and secured funding for the deepening of the Charleston Harbor in 2011. At the time of his death,Leatherman served as Vice Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. He served as President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate for all but one day from June 18,2014,to January 8,2019. The position was abolished and replaced with the President of the Senate. Prior to this change,Leatherman was capable of being both President of the Senate and Senate Finance Chairman. He was also a member of the State Budget and Control Board until it was abolished in 2014.
George E. "Chip" Campsen III is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate,representing the 43rd District since 2004. Previously,he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1996 through 2002. He was the only state senator that voted against the Base Load Review Act in 2004 that led to the failure of the VC Summer Nuclear Project expansion.
The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3,1998,to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections for the Democrats and the Republicans were held on June 9 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 23. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 4th congressional district was retained by the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation remained four Republicans and two Democrats.
The 2008 South Carolina Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 4,2008. The primary elections were held on June 10 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 24. The current composition of the state delegation is 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats. Senators are elected for four-year terms,all in the same year.
Lee Bright is an American politician who served as the South Carolina State Senator from the 12th district from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party,his district included Spartanburg County and Greenville County. Bright unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014 and U.S. House of Representatives in 2018.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of South Carolina on November 4,2014. All of South Carolina's executive officers were up for election as well as both United States Senate seats,and all of South Carolina's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.
William Richardson Timmons IV is an American attorney,entrepreneur and politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district since 2019. His district is in the heart of the Upstate and includes Greenville,Spartanburg,and most of their suburbs. A member of the Republican Party,Timmons served as the South Carolina state senator from the 6th district from 2016 to 2018.
JA Moore is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 15th District,serving since 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Thomas D. Corbin is an American businessman and politician. He is a member of the South Carolina Senate from the 5th District,serving since 2012,and served for two years prior as a member in the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 17th District. He is a member of the Republican party.
The 2020 South Carolina State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. South Carolina voters elected state senators in all of the state's 46 senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the South Carolina Senate,with all of the seats up for election each cycle. The primary elections on June 9,2020,determined which candidates appeared on the November 3,2020,general election ballot.
Deon T. Tedder is an American attorney and politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 109th District,serving since 2020,and the Democratic nominee for South Carolina Senate District 42. Tedder is a member of the Democratic party. He serves on the Education and Public Works Committee and the Operations and Management Committee and is Treasurer of the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus.
Joshua Brett Kimbrell is an American aviation leasing operator and politician. He is also a former Christian talk radio host.
Matt Leber is an American politician and Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives,representing District 116. In the 2022 general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 116,he defeated Democratic incumbent Chardale Murray who had been a member of the South Carolina House since 2020. Leber serves on the House Judiciary Committee and as Chairman of the Freshman Caucus.
