2024 South Carolina House of Representatives election
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The 2024 South Carolina House of Representatives election will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.[1] Primary elections took place on June 11, 2024.
Elections in South Carolina |
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Partisan Background
In the 2020 United States Presidential Election, Republican Donald Trump won the most votes in 82 South Carolina House of Representatives Districts and Democrat Joe Biden won the most votes in 42 districts. Going into the 2024 House of Representatives Election, there were no districts where Trump won the most votes in 2020 which Democrats represented, but Republicans represented 6 districts where Biden won the most votes in 2020: District 12, a majority-minority district based in rural McCormick County (Biden +5%); District 52, a majority-minority district based in suburban Richlands County (Biden +20%); District 64, a majority-minority district based in rural Clarendon County (Biden +4%); District 110, a district located in Charleston County including Charleston Central and Mount Pleasant (Biden +2%); District 116, a district located in suburban Charleston County (Biden +6%); and District 122, a majority-minority district including parts of the rural southwestern counties of Hampton, Jasper, and Colleton (Biden +7%).
As part of the court case Alexander vs. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the NAACP challenged the legality of the legislative districts enacted by the South Carolina state legislature for the 2022 South Carolina House of Representatives Election by calling the enacted legislative map a racial gerrymander in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. In order to settle the state legislative portion of the case, both parties agreed to a settlement map which will be used for the first time in the 2024 South Carolina House of Representatives Election [2].
Results summary
Retirements
Fifteen incumbents did not seek re-election.[3]
Democrats
- District 54: Pat Henegan retired.
- District 79: Ivory Torrey Thigpen retired to run for State Senate.
- District 93: Russell Ott retired to run for State Senate.
Republicans
- District 9: Anne Thayer retired.
- District 14: Stewart Jones retired to run for U.S. House.
- District 20: Adam Morgan retired to run for U.S. House.
- District 22: Jason Elliott retired to run for State Senate.
- District 26: Raye Felder retired.
- District 28: Ashley Trantham retired.
- District 32: Max Hyde retired.
- District 34: Roger Nutt retired to run for State Senate.
- District 52: Ben Connell retired.
- District 66: David O'Neal retired.
- District 81: Bart T. Blackwell retired.
- District 116: Matt Leber retired to run for State Senate.
Incumbents defeated
In primary election
Three incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the June 11 primary election.[4]
Republicans
- District 2: Bill Sandifer III lost renomination to Adam Duncan.
- District 3: Jerry Carter lost renomination to Phillip Bowers.
- District 7: Jay West lost renomination to Thomas Gilreath.
Predictions
Source | Ranking | As of |
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CNalysis[5] | Solid R | April 11, 2024 |
Special elections
District 109 (special)
Incumbent resigned November 7, 2023, to join the State Senate.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tiffany Spann-Wilder | 299 | 97.39 | |
Write-in | 8 | 2.61 | ||
Total votes | 307 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Results by district
District 1 โข District 2 โข District 3 โข District 4 โข District 5 โข District 6 โข District 7 โข District 8 โข District 9 โข District 10 โข District 11 โข District 12 โข District 13 โข District 14 โข District 15 โข District 16 โข District 17 โข District 18 โข District 19 โข District 20 โข District 21 โข District 22 โข District 23 โข District 24 โข District 25 โข District 26 โข District 27 โข District 28 โข District 29 โข District 30 โข District 31 โข District 32 โข District 33 โข District 34 โข District 35 โข District 36 โข District 37 โข District 38 โข District 39 โข District 40 โข District 41 โข District 42 โข District 43 โข District 44 โข District 45 โข District 46 โข District 47 โข District 48 โข District 49 โข District 50 โข District 51 โข District 52 โข District 53 โข District 54 โข District 55 โข District 56 โข District 57 โข District 58 โข District 59 โข District 60 โข District 61 โข District 62 โข District 63 โข District 64 โข District 65 โข District 66 โข District 67 โข District 68 โข District 69 โข District 70 โข District 71 โข District 72 โข District 73 โข District 74 โข District 75 โข District 76 โข District 77 โข District 78 โข District 79 โข District 80 โข District 81 โข District 82 โข District 83 โข District 84 โข District 85 โข District 86 โข District 87 โข District 88 โข District 89 โข District 90 โข District 91 โข District 92 โข District 93 โข District 94 โข District 95 โข District 96 โข District 97 โข District 98 โข District 99 โข District 100 โข District 101 โข District 102 โข District 103 โข District 104 โข District 105 โข District 106 โข District 107 โข District 108 โข District 109 โข District 110 โข District 111 โข District 112 โข District 113 โข District 114 โข District 115 โข District 116 โข District 117 โข District 118 โข District 119 โข District 120 โข District 121 โข District 122 โข District 123 โข District 124
District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Whitmire (incumbent) | |||
Write-in | ||||
Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
See also
References
- ^ "South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ "Litigation- Alexander v. S.C. State Conf. of the NAACP". The American Redistricting Project. The American Redistricting Project. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Kenmore, Abraham; Adcox, Seanna (April 1, 2024). "SC's GOP 'sister senators' among legislators facing primary opposition". South Carolina Daily Gazette. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
- ^ Holdman, Jessica; Kenmore, Abraham (June 12, 2024). "Harpootlian loses Senate seat, 'sister senators' lose ground and Freedom Caucus expands". South Carolina Daily Gazette. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
Meanwhile, across the Upstate, far-right candidates backed by the House Freedom Caucus flipped three seats held by majority GOP caucus incumbents.
- ^ "24 SC Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ athompson@postandcourier.com, Alexander Thompson (November 7, 2023). "Tedder cruises to blowout victory in Senate 42 special election". Post and Courier. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "2024 April Special". South Carolina State Election Commission. April 2, 2024.