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Ashley Trantham
Ashley Trantham (Republican Party) was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 28. She assumed office in 2018. She left office on November 11, 2024.
Trantham (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 28. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Trantham was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Trantham was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Trantham was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
Ashley Trantham did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Ashley Trantham defeated John Fritz Wiebel in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ashley Trantham (R) | 67.8 | 10,162 |
| John Fritz Wiebel (D) | 32.1 | 4,804 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 14,988 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. John Fritz Wiebel advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ashley Trantham advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28.
2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Ashley Trantham defeated Ty Washington in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ashley Trantham (R) | 65.1 | 15,990 |
 | Ty Washington (D) | 34.8 | 8,537 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 24 | ||
| Total votes: 24,551 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ty Washington advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ashley Trantham advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28.
2018
Regular election
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Ashley Trantham won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ashley Trantham (R) | 97.3 | 11,804 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.7 | 328 | ||
| Total votes: 12,132 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Ashley Trantham advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 28 on June 12, 2018.
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Special election
A special election for the position of South Carolina House of Representatives District 28 was held on January 16, 2018. The primary election took place on November 14, 2017. The filing deadline for political parties to nominate their candidates to run in this election was September 23, 2017.[1]
On August 29, 2017, District 28 Representative Eric Bedingfield announced that he would resign from the state House effective January 18, 2018, in order to become the director of government affairs at Greenville Technical College.[2]
Ashley Trantham (R) ran unopposed in the January 16 special election.[1]
Trantham defeated Krystal Blume, Jonathan Smith, and Bill Welch in the Republican primary. No Democratic candidates filed for election.[1][3]
| South Carolina House, District 28, Special Election, 2018 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Ashley Trantham |
97.4% | 335 | |
| Other | Write-in | 2.6% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 344 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission | ||||
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 28 Republican Primary, 2018 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Ashley Trantham |
57.9% | 870 | ||
| Krystal Blume | 19.6% | 294 | ||
| Bill Welch | 12.7% | 191 | ||
| Jonathan Smith | 9.8% | 148 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,503 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Election Commission |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Ashley Trantham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
In 2024, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9.
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2023
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In 2023, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 11.
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2022
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In 2022, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 12.
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2021
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In 2021, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 13.
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2020
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In 2020, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 25. The state Senate reconvened September to September 3. Both chambers reconvened September 15 to September 24.
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2019
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In 2019, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 21.
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2018
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In 2018, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 10.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 South Carolina Election Commission, "House of Representatives District 28 Special Election," accessed September 1, 2017
- ↑ Fits News, "#SCStateHouse: Eric Bedingfield To Resign Next Year," August 29, 2017
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "State House of Representatives District 28 Republican Primary," accessed November 14, 2017
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| Preceded by - |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 28 2018-2024 |
Succeeded by Chris Huff (R) |
