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Brian Sweeney
Brian Sweeney (Republican Party) (also known as Regular Joe) ran for election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 106. He lost in the Republican primary on June 11, 2024.
Biography
Brian Sweeney was born in New York. Sweeney earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1973.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Val Guest won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Val Guest (R) | 98.5 | 21,778 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 324 | ||
| Total votes: 22,102 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106
Incumbent Val Guest defeated Brian Sweeney in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Guest | 65.2 | 1,791 |
 | Brian Sweeney | 34.8 | 954 | |
| Total votes: 2,745 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Sweeney in this election.
2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106
Val Guest defeated Ryan Thompson in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Guest (R) | 72.7 | 14,675 |
 | Ryan Thompson (D / Alliance Party) | 27.3 | 5,508 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 20,187 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106
Val Guest defeated Brian Sweeney in the Republican primary runoff for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Guest | 54.3 | 1,856 |
| Brian Sweeney | 45.7 | 1,562 | |
| Total votes: 3,418 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ryan Thompson advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106
Val Guest and Brian Sweeney advanced to a runoff. They defeated Howard Barnard and Bruce Bailey in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Guest | 38.1 | 2,632 |
| ✔ | | Brian Sweeney | 31.6 | 2,185 |
| Howard Barnard | 18.8 | 1,297 | ||
| Bruce Bailey | 11.6 | 801 | ||
| Total votes: 6,915 | |||
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Alliance Party convention
Alliance Party convention for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106
Ryan Thompson advanced from the Alliance Party convention for South Carolina House of Representatives District 106 on April 23, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ryan Thompson (Alliance Party) |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brian Sweeney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Brian Sweeney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sweeney's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Pro Life
- States Rights
- Education
States Rights
Education
Pro Closed Primaries
Pro 1 A
Pro 2 A
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 23, 2022
