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Thomas McElveen

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Thomas McElveen
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Prior offices
South Carolina State Senate District 35
Successor: Jeffrey Graham

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Thomas McElveen (Democratic Party) was a member of the South Carolina State Senate, representing District 35. He assumed office in 2012. He left office on November 11, 2024.

McElveen (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 35. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

In March 2024, McElveen announced he would not seek re-election to the South Carolina State Senate District 35.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

McElveen was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

McElveen was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

McElveen 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
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fish, Game, and Forestry
General
Judiciary
Transportation

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, McElveen 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

Thomas McElveen did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 35

Incumbent Thomas McElveen won election in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 35 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Thomas McElveen
Thomas McElveen (D)
 
96.2
 
36,210
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.8
 
1,433

Total votes: 37,643
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Thomas McElveen advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 35.

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 Thomas McElveen ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 35 general election.[2][3]

South Carolina State Senate, District 35 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Thomas McElveen Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 31,113
Total Votes 31,113
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission


Incumbent Thomas McElveen ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 35 Democratic primary.[4][5]

South Carolina State Senate, District 35 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Thomas McElveen Incumbent (unopposed)


2012

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2012

McElveen ran in the 2012 election for South Carolina State Senate District 35. He defeated E.B. Mac McLeod in the Democratic primary on June 12. Incumbent Phil Leventis (D) did not run for re-election. McElveen won in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7][8][9][10]

South Carolina State Senate, District 35, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngThomas McElveen Incumbent 54.8% 22,459
     Republican Tony Barwick 45.1% 18,498
     Other Write-Ins 0.1% 40
Total Votes 40,997
South Carolina State Senate District 35 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngThomas McElveen 68.8% 4,285
E B Mac McLeod 31.2% 1,941
Total Votes 6,226

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Thomas McElveen campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020South Carolina State Senate District 35Won general$30,828 N/A**
2016South Carolina State Senate, District 35Won $85,745 N/A**
Grand total$116,573 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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South Carolina State Senate District 35
2012-2024
Succeeded by
Jeffrey Graham (D)


Current members of the South Carolina State Senate
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Senate President:Thomas Alexander
Majority Leader:Shane Massey
Minority Leader:Brad Hutto
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Ed Sutton (D)
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Tom Young (R)
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Tom Davis (R)
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