Billy Oswald
Billy Oswald (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 26. He lost in the Republican primary on June 11, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina State Senate District 26
Russell L. Ott defeated Jason Guerry in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 26 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Russell L. Ott (D) | 54.8 | 22,049 |
| Jason Guerry (R) | 45.0 | 18,104 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 62 | ||
| Total votes: 40,215 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Harold Geddings III (Workers Party)
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 26
Jason Guerry defeated Chris Smith in the Republican primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 26 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jason Guerry | 54.8 | 1,093 | |
 | Chris Smith | 45.2 | 900 | |
| Total votes: 1,993 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 26
Russell L. Ott defeated incumbent Dick Harpootlian in the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 26 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Russell L. Ott | 51.3 | 2,414 |
| Dick Harpootlian | 48.7 | 2,294 | ||
| Total votes: 4,708 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 26
Chris Smith and Jason Guerry advanced to a runoff. They defeated Billy Oswald in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 26 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith | 38.2 | 1,826 |
| ✔ | Jason Guerry | 35.3 | 1,687 | |
| Billy Oswald | 26.5 | 1,264 | ||
| Total votes: 4,777 | |||
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Convention
Convention for South Carolina State Senate District 26
Harold Geddings III advanced from the convention for South Carolina State Senate District 26 on March 16, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ |  | Harold Geddings III (Workers Party) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Oswald in this election.
2018
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 89
Incumbent Micah Caskey won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 89 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Micah Caskey (R) | 97.3 | 8,861 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.7 | 242 | ||
| Total votes: 9,103 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 89
Incumbent Micah Caskey defeated Billy Oswald in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 89 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Micah Caskey | 64.9 | 2,079 |
| Billy Oswald | 35.1 | 1,126 | ||
| Total votes: 3,205 | |||
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2016
Elections for the South Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The primary runoff election was held on June 28, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 30, 2016. Incumbent Kenneth Bingham (R) did not seek re-election.
Micah Caskey defeated Rosemounda Peggy Butler and Robert Lampley in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 89 general election.[1][2]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 89 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Micah Caskey |
62.34% | 8,956 | |
| Democratic | Rosemounda Peggy Butler | 33.58% | 4,824 | |
| Constitution | Robert Lampley | 4.08% | 586 | |
| Total Votes | 14,366 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Micah Caskey defeated Tem Miles in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 89 Republican primary runoff.[3]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 89 Republican Primary Runoff, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Micah Caskey |
67.52% | 1,505 | |
| Republican | Tem Miles | 32.48% | 724 | |
| Total Votes | 2,229 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Rosemounda Peggy Butler ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 89 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 89 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Rosemounda Peggy Butler (unopposed) | |
Micah Caskey and Tem Miles defeated Bill Banning and Billy Oswald in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 89 Republican primary.[6][7]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 89 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Micah Caskey |
35.51% | 1,026 | |
| Republican | Tem Miles |
24.82% | 717 | |
| Republican | Bill Banning | 20.63% | 596 | |
| Republican | Billy Oswald | 19.04% | 550 | |
| Total Votes | 2,889 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Republican and Democratic Primary Runoff," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
