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Gerald Malloy (South Carolina)

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Gerald Malloy
Image of Gerald Malloy
Prior offices
South Carolina State Senate District 29
Successor: J.D. Chaplin

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Law

University of South Carolina, 1988

Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Gerald Malloy (Democratic Party) was a member of the South Carolina State Senate, representing District 29. He assumed office in 2002. He left office on November 11, 2024.

Malloy (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 29. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Malloy earned his B.S. from the University of South Carolina in 1984 and his J.D. in 1988. Malloy has been a player representative for the National Football Association and the National Basketball Association. His career experience includes working as an attorney.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Malloy was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Malloy was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Malloy was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

South Carolina committee assignments, 2017
Banking and Insurance
Education
Invitations
Judiciary
Rules
Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Malloy served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Malloy served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Malloy served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Malloy served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 29

J.D. Chaplin defeated incumbent Gerald Malloy in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 29 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of J.D. Chaplin
J.D. Chaplin (R)
 
50.2
 
24,978
Image of Gerald Malloy
Gerald Malloy (D)
 
49.7
 
24,700
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
51

Total votes: 49,729
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gerald Malloy advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 29.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. J.D. Chaplin advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 29.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Malloy in this election.

2020

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 29

Incumbent Gerald Malloy defeated J.D. Chaplin in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 29 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gerald Malloy
Gerald Malloy (D)
 
53.7
 
22,877
Image of J.D. Chaplin
J.D. Chaplin (R)
 
46.2
 
19,693
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
60

Total votes: 42,630
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gerald Malloy advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 29.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 29

J.D. Chaplin defeated Ronald Page in the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 29 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of J.D. Chaplin
J.D. Chaplin
 
82.4
 
4,157
Ronald Page
 
17.6
 
887

Total votes: 5,044
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2016

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the South Carolina State Senate 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 Gerald Malloy ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 29 general election.[1][2]

South Carolina State Senate, District 29 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Gerald Malloy Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 28,519
Total Votes 28,519
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission


Incumbent Gerald Malloy ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 29 Democratic primary.[3][4]

South Carolina State Senate, District 29 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Gerald Malloy Incumbent (unopposed)


2012

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2012

Malloy ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 12 and in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5][6]

South Carolina State Senate, District 29, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGerald Malloy Incumbent 98.5% 30,472
     Other Write-Ins 1.5% 451
Total Votes 30,923

2008

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2008

Malloy won re-election for District 29 of the South Carolina State Senate with 26,257 votes, ahead of write-ins (208).[7]

He raised $156,243 for his campaign.[8]

South Carolina State Senate, District 29
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Gerald Malloy (D) 26,257
Write-ins 208

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Gerald Malloy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Gerald Malloy campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Carolina State Senate District 29Lost general$348,279 $562,008
2020South Carolina State Senate District 29Won general$272,562 N/A**
2016South Carolina State Senate, District 29Won $111,651 N/A**
2012South Carolina State Senate, District 29Won $58,431 N/A**
2008South Carolina State Senate, District 29Won $156,243 N/A**
2004South Carolina State Senate, District 29Won $215,779 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in South Carolina

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2024

In 2024, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


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2021


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2013


2012


2011

The Palmetto Liberty PAC Scorecard

See also: Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee's Legislative Scorecard (2012)

The Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, a conservative, pro-limited government think tank in South Carolina, releases its scorecard for South Carolina representatives and senators once a year. The scorecard gives each legislator a score based on how he or she voted in the two-year legislative term prior to the election on specific issues that the Palametto Liberty PAC thinks are anti-limited government. "Most of the votes shown on the score card are votes that we lost. Now we can identify the Legislators that caused us to lose these votes. These Legislators are the ones who need to be replaced if we are to achieve the vision of having the most free state in the nation."[12]

2012

Joel Lourie received a score of 6% in the 2012 score card, ranking 35th out of all 46 South Carolina Senate members.[13] His score was followed by those of Senators John Matthews (6%) and Floyd Nicholson (6%).[14]

Personal

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Malloy and his wife, Davita, have four children.

Awards

The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA) named Malloy as its “Legislator of the Year” on February 10, 2010. Serving as Chair of South Carolina’s Sentencing Reform Commission, Malloy pushed for reforms to help victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, including DNA Fingerprinting and the Reduction of Recidivism Act.[15]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
South Carolina State Senate District 29
2002-2024
Succeeded by
J.D. Chaplin (R)


Current members of the South Carolina State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Thomas Alexander
Majority Leader:Shane Massey
Minority Leader:Brad Hutto
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Rex Rice (R)
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Vacant
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Ed Sutton (D)
District 21
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Tom Young (R)
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District 46
Tom Davis (R)
Republican Party (33)
Democratic Party (12)
Vacancies (1)