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2020

U.S. Senate, South Carolina

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Democratic primary
Republican main
General ballot
Ballot details
Filing deadline: March thirty, 2022
Primary: June 14, 2022
General: November 8, 2022

Pre-election incumbent:
Tim Scott (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to vii p.one thousand.
Voting in South Carolina
Race ratings
Cook Political Written report: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Brawl: Prophylactic Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.Southward. Senate battlegrounds
U.Due south. House battlegrounds
Federal and land chief competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
Run into also
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A Republican Party primary was scheduled to have identify on June 14, 2022, in South Carolina to determine which Republican candidate will run in the country's general election on November 8, 2022. The master was canceled after but one Republican filed for the seat.

Incumbent Tim Scott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Due south Carolina.

Candidate filing borderline Main ballot General ballot
March xxx, 2022
June 14, 2022
November 8, 2022

Heading into the ballot, the incumbent is Tim Scott (Republican), who first took office in 2013.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are as well used to choose convention delegates and political party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Due south Carolina utilizes an open chief system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary. Voters must accept an oath affirming that they have not voted in another political party'southward chief.[one] [ii] [three] [four]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, run into this article.

This page focuses on South Carolina's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Autonomous primary and the general election, meet the following pages:

  • United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2022 (June 14 Autonomous primary)
  • United States Senate ballot in South Carolina, 2022
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Candidates and election results

Republican master ballot

The Republican chief election was canceled. Incumbent Tim Scott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Due south Carolina.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Timothy Swain (R)
  • Casey O'Grady (R)

Ballot access requirements

The tabular array below details filing requirements for U.Southward. Senate candidates in S Carolina in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate election access requirements in Due south Carolina, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
South Carolina U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party N/A $10,440.00 3/30/2022 Source
South Carolina U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 5% of agile registered voters in the country, or x,000, whichever is less N/A vii/15/2022 Source

Election assay

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the country.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the country.
  • Statewide elections - Information about contempo U.South. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and land government.
  • Demographics - Information virtually the state's demographics and how they compare to the state as a whole.

Presidential elections

Run into also: Presidential voting trends in Southward Carolina

2012-2020

How a state'due south counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties tin provide boosted insights into ballot outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to draw each county'southward voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid , Trending , Battleground , and New . Click [bear witness] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 71.8% of Southward Carolinians lived in i of the land'southward 25 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every ballot from 2012 to 2020, and 23.half dozen% lived in i of 13 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, South Carolina was Solid Republican, having voted for Hand Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each blazon of county in South Carolina following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

South Carolina presidential ballot results (1900-2020)

  • 16 Democratic wins
  • 14 Republican wins
  • one other win
Yr 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party D D D D D D D D D D D D SR [v] D D D R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.Southward. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.Due south. Senate elections

See besides: List of United States Senators from South Carolina

The table beneath details the vote in the 5 nearly recent U.Due south. Senate races in South Carolina.

U.S. Senate election results in South Carolina
Race Winner Runner upwardly
2020 54.5%Republican Party 44.two%Democratic Party
2016 60.5%Republican Party 37.0%Democratic Party
2014 54.3%Republican Party 38.8%Democratic Party
2014 61.one%Republican Party 37.1%Democratic Party
2010 62.4%Republican Party 28.2%Democratic Party
Average 58.vi 37.1

Gubernatorial elections

Come across also: Governor of South Carolina

The tabular array beneath details the vote in the five most contempo gubernatorial elections in South Carolina.

Gubernatorial ballot results in S Carolina
Race Winner Runner up
2018 54.0%Republican Party 45.9%Democratic Party
2014 55.9%Republican Party 41.4%Democratic Party
2010 51.4%Republican Party 46.9%Democratic Party
2006 55.1%Republican Party 44.8%Democratic Party
2002 52.9%Republican Party 47.0%Democratic Party
Average 53.nine 45.2

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Due south Carolina's congressional delegation every bit of May 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Due south Carolina, May 2022
Party U.South. Senate U.S. House Full
Autonomous 0 1 1
Republican 2 half-dozen 8
Contained 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Full 2 7 9

State executive

The table beneath displays the officeholders in Southward Carolina's top four land executive offices equally of May 2022.

State executive officials in South Carolina, May 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Henry McMaster
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Pamela Evette
Secretary of State Republican Party Mark Hammond
Attorney General Republican Party Alan Wilson

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Southward Carolina State Legislature as of May 2022.

South Carolina State Senate

Political party Every bit of May 2022
Autonomous Political party 16
Republican Party 30
Vacancies 0
Total 46

South Carolina Firm of Representatives

Party As of May 2022
Democratic Political party 43
Republican Party 79
Vacancies 2
Total 124

Trifecta control

As of May 2022, South Carolina was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta condition of the state.

Southward Carolina Political party Command: 1992-2022
No Democratic trifectas  •Twenty years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and correct on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 ten 11 12 13 14 15 sixteen 17 eighteen xix twenty 21 22
Governor R R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in South Carolina and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Information for South Carolina (2019)
South Carolina Us
Population v,020,806 324,697,795
Land area (sq mi) thirty,064 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 67.2% 72.v%
Black/African American 26.eight% 12.seven%
Asian one.vi% 5.v%
Native American 0.four% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.one% 0.two%
Two or more 2.3% 3.three%
Hispanic/Latino v.seven% 18%
Education
High school graduation charge per unit 87.5% 88%
College graduation rate 28.ane% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $53,199 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 15.two% 13.4%
Source: U.Southward. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019)
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent considering respondents may report more than than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with whatsoever race. Read more nearly race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

  • United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2022 (June 14 Autonomous primary)
  • The states Senate ballot in South Carolina, 2022
  • United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2022
  • United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2022
  • United States Senate elections, 2022
  • U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2022

External links

  • Search Google News for this topic

Footnotes

  1. NCSL,"State Master Election Types," accessed Oct 25, 2019
  2. FairVote,"Primaries," accessed October 25, 2019
  3. Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  4. South Carolina Ballot Commission',"Nomination by Political Party," accessed October 25, 2019
  5. States' Rights Autonomous Party

Senators

Representatives

Republican Party (8)

Democratic Political party (1)