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Last election

June 11, 2024

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Eleazer Carter (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 36. He lost in the Democratic 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 36

Jeffrey Zell defeated incumbent Kevin Johnson in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 36 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeffrey Zell
Jeffrey Zell (R) Candidate Connection
 
50.6
 
25,609
Image of Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson (D)
 
49.3
 
24,943
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
61

Total votes: 50,613
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 36

Incumbent Kevin Johnson defeated Eleazer Carter in the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 36 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson
 
77.5
 
5,824
Eleazer Carter
 
22.5
 
1,689

Total votes: 7,513
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 36

Jeffrey Zell defeated Leon Winn in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 36 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeffrey Zell
Jeffrey Zell Candidate Connection
 
78.3
 
3,068
Image of Leon Winn
Leon Winn
 
21.7
 
850

Total votes: 3,918
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Carter in this election.

2020

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 36

Incumbent Kevin Johnson defeated Leon Winn in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 36 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson (D)
 
57.4
 
25,183
Image of Leon Winn
Leon Winn (R)
 
42.5
 
18,611
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
44

Total votes: 43,838
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 36

Incumbent Kevin Johnson defeated Eleazer Carter in the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 36 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson
 
75.9
 
9,169
Eleazer Carter
 
24.1
 
2,911

Total votes: 12,080
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Leon Winn advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 36.

2012

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2012

Carter filed to run in the 2012 election for South Carolina State Senate District 36, but was removed from the ballot. He filed and was accepted as a Petition Candidate and was on the ballot for the November 6 general election where he was defeated.[1][2][3]

South Carolina State Senate, District 36, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKevin L. Johnson Incumbent 59.5% 25,637
     Republican Leon Winn 28.1% 12,111
     Democratic Eleazer Carter 2.6% 1,138
     Independent Shaun Kent 9.6% 4,136
     Other Write-Ins 0.1% 46
Total Votes 43,068

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Eleazer Carter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Eleazer Carter campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Carolina State Senate District 36Lost primary$5,300 $4,286
2020South Carolina State Senate District 36Lost primary$29,985 N/A**
Grand total$35,285 $4,286
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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