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Ben Kinlaw
Ben Kinlaw (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 91. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 91
Incumbent Lonnie Hosey defeated Ben Kinlaw in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 91 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lonnie Hosey (D) | 51.6 | 9,274 |
| Ben Kinlaw (R) | 48.3 | 8,690 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 17,974 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lonnie Hosey advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 91.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 91
Ben Kinlaw defeated Demaris Johnson in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 91 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ben Kinlaw | 67.4 | 1,242 | |
 | Demaris Johnson | 32.6 | 600 | |
| Total votes: 1,842 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kinlaw in this election.
2012
Kinlaw ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 12, and was defeated by Lonnie Hosey in the general election on November 6.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Lonnie Hosey Incumbent |
67% | 10,563 | |
| Republican | Ben Kinlaw | 32.9% | 5,191 | |
| Other | Write-Ins | 0.1% | 8 | |
| Total Votes | 15,762 | |||
2010
Kinlaw was a Republican for the District 91 in the South Carolina House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections. He did not face any opposition in the June 8 primary. He was defeated by incumbent Lonnie Hosey (D) in the November 2 general election.[3]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
Kinlaw was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Carolina.
Delegate rules
In South Carolina, national delegates were selected at congressional district conventions and the South Carolina Republican State Convention. State party rules allocated each congressional district's three delegates to the presidential candidate who received the most votes in that district. At-large delegates were allocated to the winner of the statewide primary. All delegates were bound for the first ballot at the Republican National Convention.
South Carolina primary results
| South Carolina Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
32.5% | 240,882 | 50 | |
| Marco Rubio | 22.5% | 166,565 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 22.3% | 165,417 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 7.8% | 58,056 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 7.6% | 56,410 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 7.2% | 53,551 | 0 | |
| Totals | 740,881 | 50 | ||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Delegate allocation
South Carolina had 50 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). South Carolina's district-level delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the vote in a given congressional district was allocated all three of that district's delegates.[4][5]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. South Carolina's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the greatest number of votes statewide received all 26 of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were pledged to support the candidate who won the South Carolina primary.[4][5]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ AP.org, "South Carolina State Senate and State House Election Results" accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed April 24, 2012
- ↑ South Carolina general election results
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
