Darrell Ricketts

Darrell Ricketts

Republican Party

Horry County Schools school board, District 11

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

1

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Darrell Ricketts (Republican Party) is a member of the Horry County Schools school board in South Carolina, representing District 11. He assumed office on January 13, 2025. His current term ends in 2029.

Ricketts (Republican Party) ran for election to the Horry County Schools school board to represent District 11 in South Carolina. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Horry County Schools, South Carolina, elections (2024)

General election

General election for Horry County Schools school board, District 11

Darrell Ricketts won election in the general election for Horry County Schools school board, District 11 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Darrell Ricketts (R)	99.5	13,853
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	74

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,927
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Horry County Schools school board, District 11

Darrell Ricketts defeated incumbent Shanda Allen and Jennifer Gaskins in the Republican primary for Horry County Schools school board, District 11 on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Darrell Ricketts	62.9	1,691
	Submit photo	Shanda Allen	28.7	772
	Submit photo	Jennifer Gaskins	8.3	224

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,687
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ricketts in this election.

2022

See also: Horry County Schools, South Carolina, elections (2022)

General election

General election for Horry County Schools school board chair

Incumbent David Cox won election in the general election for Horry County Schools school board chair on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Cox (R)	99.0	105,137
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	1,011

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 106,148
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Horry County Schools school board chair

Incumbent David Cox defeated incumbent Helen Mason Smith in the Republican primary runoff for Horry County Schools school board chair on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Cox	56.8	12,072
	Submit photo	Helen Mason Smith	43.2	9,167

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,239
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Horry County Schools school board chair

Incumbent David Cox and incumbent Helen Mason Smith advanced to a runoff. They defeated Darrell Ricketts in the Republican primary for Horry County Schools school board chair on June 14, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Cox	41.6	18,057
✔	Submit photo	Helen Mason Smith	34.4	14,927
	Submit photo	Darrell Ricketts	24.0	10,439

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,423
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2024

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2022

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