2024 South Carolina Senate election

2024 South Carolina Senate election
All 46 seats in the South Carolina Senate; 24 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the incumbents:; Democratic incumbent; Republican incumbent; Independent incumbent
Incumbent President pro-tempore; Harvey S. Peeler Jr.; Republican	; ;

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.

Special Election

District 42 (special)

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.^[2]

South Carolina Senate District 42, 2023 special election^[3]
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

District 19 (special)

Incumbent John L. Scott Jr. died August 13, 2023, from blood clot issues.^[4]

South Carolina Senate District 19, special election, 2024^[5]
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

Results

Summary

District	Incumbent		Elected Senator		Result
1st	Thomas C. Alexander	Rep	Thomas C. Alexander^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
2nd	Rex Rice	Rep	Rex Rice^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
3rd	Richard Cash	Rep	Richard Cash^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
4th	Michael Gambrell	Rep	Michael Gambrell^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
5th	Thomas D. Corbin	Rep	Thomas D. Corbin^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
6th	Dwight Loftis^[b]	Rep
7th	Karl B. Allen	Dem	Karl B. Allen^[a]	Dem	Democratic HOLD
8th	Ross Turner	Rep
9th	Danny Verdin	Rep	Danny Verdin^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
10th	Billy Garrett	Rep
11th	Josh Kimbrell	Rep
12th	Scott Talley	Rep
13th	Shane Martin	Rep	Shane Martin^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
14th	Harvey S. Peeler Jr.	Rep	Harvey S. Peeler Jr.^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
15th	Wes Climer	Rep	Wes Climer^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
16th	Michael Johnson	Rep
17th	Mike Fanning	Dem
18th	Ronnie Cromer	Rep	Ronnie Cromer^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
19th	Tameika Isaac Devine	Dem
20th	New Seat
21st	Darrell Jackson	Dem	Darrell Jackson^[a]	Dem	Democratic HOLD
22nd	Mia McLeod	Ind
23rd	Katrina Shealy	Dem
24th	Tom Young Jr.	Rep
25th	A. Shane Massey	Rep	A. Shane Massey^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
26th	Nikki G. Setzler^[b]	Dem
26th	Dick Harpootlian (Redistricted from the 20th district)	Dem
27th	Penry Gustafson	Rep
28th	Greg Hembree	Rep	Greg Hembree^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
29th	Gerald Malloy	Dem
30th	Kent M. Williams	Dem	Kent M. Williams^[a]	Dem	Democratic HOLD
31st	Mike Reichenbach	Rep
32nd	Ronnie A. Sabb	Dem
33rd	Luke A. Rankin	Rep
34th	Stephen Goldfinch	Rep	Stephen Goldfinch^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
35th	Thomas McElveen^[b]	Dem
36th	Kevin L. Johnson	Dem
37th	Larry Grooms	Rep	Larry Grooms^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
38th	Sean Bennett	Rep	Sean Bennett^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
39th	Vernon Stephens	Dem
40th	Brad Hutto	Dem
41st	Sandy Senn	Rep
42nd	Deon Tedder	Dem
43rd	Chip Campsen	Rep	Chip Campsen^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
44th	Brian Adams	Rep	Brian Adams^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD
45th	Margie Bright Matthews	Dem	Margie Bright Matthews^[a]	Dem	Democratic HOLD
46th	Tom Davis	Rep	Tom Davis^[a]	Rep	Republican HOLD

Incumbents retiring

Democrats

Nikki G. Setzler (D-West Columbia), representing District 8 from 1976–1984 and then representing District 26 since 1985. He announced that he would not be seeking re-election on January 10, 2024. ^[6]
Thomas McElveen (D-Sumter), representing Distritct 35 since 2012. He announced that he would not be seeking re-election on March 4, 2024. ^[7]

Republicans

Dwight Loftis (R-Greenville) previously represented district 19 in the South Carolina House of Representatives for 23 years from 1996 to 2019, and is representing District 6 since 2019. He announced that he would not be seeking re-election.

Predictions


Source	Ranking	As of

Detailed results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46

District 1

South Carolina Senate District 1 General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Thomas C. Alexander (incumbent)
Total votes
	hold

District 2

South Carolina Senate District 2 General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Rex Rice (incumbent)
Total votes
	hold

District 3

South Carolina Senate District 3 General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Richard Cash (incumbent)
	Democratic	Jessicka Spearman
Total votes
	hold

District 4

South Carolina Senate District 4 General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Michael Gambrell (incumbent)
Total votes
	hold

District 5

South Carolina Senate District 5 General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Tom Corbin (incumbent)
Total votes
	hold

District 6

South Carolina Senate District 6 Primary Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Ben Carper
	Republican	Jason Elliott
	Republican	Dan Nickles
Total votes
	hold

South Carolina Senate District 6 General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	TBD
Total votes
	hold

References

^ "South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ "Kimpson leaving South Carolina Senate to join Biden admin". AP News. March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ "2023 November Special - South Carolina Senate". South Carolina Election Commission. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
^ Bustos, Joseph (August 13, 2023). "South Carolina State Sen. John Scott of Richland County dies. He was 69". The State.
^ "2024 January Special". South Carolina State Election Commission. January 2, 2024.
^ "Longest currently serving state senator in US plans to retire in South Carolina". AP News. January 10, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ Eddy, Bryn (March 4, 2024). "McElveen will not seek re-election for 4th term in S.C. Senate". The Sumter Item. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Running unopposed in the general election.
^ ^a ^b ^c Not seeking reelection, therefore this seat is open.

This South Carolina elections-related article is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it.

[1] "South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[2] "Kimpson leaving South Carolina Senate to join Biden admin". AP News. March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[3] "2023 November Special - South Carolina Senate". South Carolina Election Commission. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.

[4] Bustos, Joseph (August 13, 2023). "South Carolina State Sen. John Scott of Richland County dies. He was 69". The State.

[5] "2024 January Special". South Carolina State Election Commission. January 2, 2024.

[8] "Longest currently serving state senator in US plans to retire in South Carolina". AP News. January 10, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[9] Eddy, Bryn (March 4, 2024). "McElveen will not seek re-election for 4th term in S.C. Senate". The Sumter Item. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[unopposed-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v Running unopposed in the general election.

[outgoing-7] Not seeking reelection, therefore this seat is open.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[a]

[b]

[6]

[7]

v t e (2023 ←) 2024 United States elections (→ 2025)
U.S. President	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Guam (straw poll)
U.S. Senate	Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nebraska (special) Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
U.S. House	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia U.S. Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Governors	American Samoa Delaware Indiana Missouri Montana New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Puerto Rico Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia
State legislative	California Assembly Senate
States and territories	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming