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Chris Smith (South Carolina)
Chris Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 26. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on June 25, 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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
Smith received the following endorsements.
2020
See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina State Senate District 26
Incumbent Nikki Setzler defeated Chris Smith in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nikki Setzler (D) | 54.4 | 23,378 |
| Chris Smith (R) | 45.5 | 19,538 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 38 | ||
| Total votes: 42,954 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Nikki Setzler advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 26.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 26
Chris Smith defeated Perry Finch in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 26 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Smith | 68.8 | 6,655 |
 | Perry Finch | 31.2 | 3,020 | |
| Total votes: 9,675 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Chris Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Chris Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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