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Ivory Thigpen
Ivory Thigpen (Democratic Party) was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 79. He assumed office on November 14, 2016. He left office on November 11, 2024.
Thigpen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 22. He lost in the Democratic primary runoff on June 25, 2024.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Thigpen was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Thigpen was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Thigpen 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 |
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| • Medical, Military, Public, and Municipal Affairs |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Overture Walker won election in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Overture Walker (D) | 98.5 | 41,207 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 609 | ||
| Total votes: 41,816 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Votour (Workers Party)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Overture Walker defeated Ivory Thigpen in the Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Overture Walker | 53.7 | 2,862 |
 | Ivory Thigpen | 46.3 | 2,472 | |
| Total votes: 5,334 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Ivory Thigpen and Overture Walker advanced to a runoff. They defeated Monica Elkins in the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ivory Thigpen | 42.9 | 3,208 |
| ✔ | | Overture Walker | 40.4 | 3,019 |
 | Monica Elkins | 16.8 | 1,254 | |
| Total votes: 7,481 | |||
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Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lee Blatt (R)
Convention
Convention for South Carolina State Senate District 22
Gary Votour advanced from the convention for South Carolina State Senate District 22 on March 16, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ |  | Gary Votour (Workers Party) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Thigpen in this election.
2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Ivory Thigpen defeated Melissa McFadden in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ivory Thigpen (D) | 74.5 | 10,105 |
 | Melissa McFadden (R) | 25.4 | 3,440 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 13,558 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ivory Thigpen advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Melissa McFadden advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79.
2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Ivory Thigpen defeated Victor Kocher in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ivory Thigpen (D) | 87.0 | 18,032 |
 | Victor Kocher (L) | 12.6 | 2,615 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 91 | ||
| Total votes: 20,738 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ivory Thigpen advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79.
2018
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Ivory Thigpen defeated Victor Kocher in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ivory Thigpen (D) | 87.8 | 13,307 |
| Victor Kocher (L) | 11.8 | 1,782 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 15,152 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Ivory Thigpen advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 on June 12, 2018.
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| ✔ | | Ivory Thigpen |
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2016
Elections for the South Carolina House of Representatives 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 Mia McLeod (D) did not seek re-election.
Ivory Thigpen defeated Donald Miles and Victor Kocher in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 general election.[1][2]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ivory Thigpen |
73.03% | 13,366 | |
| Republican | Donald Miles | 25.03% | 4,581 | |
| Libertarian | Victor Kocher | 1.93% | 354 | |
| Total Votes | 18,301 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Ivory Thigpen defeated Monica Elkins in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 Democratic primary runoff.[3]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 Democratic Primary Runoff, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ivory Thigpen |
63.88% | 1,275 | |
| Democratic | Monica Elkins | 36.12% | 721 | |
| Total Votes | 1,996 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Monica Elkins and Ivory Thigpen defeated Vannie Williams, Jr. in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Monica Elkins |
46.05% | 2,074 | |
| Democratic | Ivory Thigpen |
46.74% | 2,105 | |
| Democratic | Vannie Williams, Jr. | 7.22% | 325 | |
| Total Votes | 4,504 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Donald Miles ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 Republican primary.[6][7]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 79 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Donald Miles (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ivory Thigpen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Ivory Thigpen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ivory Thigpen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
In 2024, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9.
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2023
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In 2023, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 11.
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2022
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In 2022, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 12.
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2021
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In 2021, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 13.
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2020
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In 2020, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 25. The state Senate reconvened September to September 3. Both chambers reconvened September 15 to September 24.
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2019
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In 2019, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 21.
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2018
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In 2018, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 10.
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2017
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In 2017, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 through May 11.
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2016
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In 2016, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 through June 2.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate South Carolina State Senate District 22 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Republican and Democratic Primary Runoff," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
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| Preceded by - |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 79 2016-2024 |
Succeeded by Hamilton Grant (D) |
