Josh Kimbrell

Josh Kimbrell

Republican Party

Candidate, Governor of South Carolina

South Carolina State Senate District 11

Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

4

Predecessor

Glenn Reese

Compensation

Base salary

$10,400/year

Per diem

$231/day

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

North Greenville University, 2007

Personal

Birthplace

Spartanburg, S.C.

Contact

Official website

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Josh Kimbrell (Republican Party) is a member of the South Carolina State Senate, representing District 11. He assumed office on November 9, 2020. His current term ends on November 13, 2028.

Kimbrell (Republican Party) is running for election for Governor of South Carolina. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.^[source]

Biography

Josh Kimbrell was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Kimbrell earned a B.A. from North Greenville University in 2007.

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

Kimbrell was assigned to the following committees:

• Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
• Banking and Insurance Committee
• Family and Veterans' Services Committee
• Fish, Game, and Forestry Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee

2021-2022

Kimbrell was assigned to the following committees:

• Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
• Banking and Insurance Committee
• Corrections and Penology Committee
• Family and Veterans' Services Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee

Sponsored legislation

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

2026

See also: South Carolina gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Governor of South Carolina

Pamela Evette, Josh Kimbrell, Nancy Mace, Ralph Norman, and Alan Wilson are running in the general election for Governor of South Carolina on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Pamela Evette (R)
		Josh Kimbrell (R)
		Nancy Mace (R)
		Ralph Norman (R)
		Alan Wilson (R)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mullins McLeod (D)
• Thomas Ravenel (R)

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2024

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 11

Incumbent Josh Kimbrell defeated Angela Geter in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 11 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josh Kimbrell (R)	65.3	30,362
		Angela Geter (D)	34.6	16,118
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	51

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,531
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 11

Angela Geter defeated Sevi Alvarez in the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 11 on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angela Geter	72.1	1,063
	Submit photo	Sevi Alvarez	27.9	412

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,475
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Josh Kimbrell advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 11.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kimbrell in this election.

Pledges

Kimbrell signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

2020

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 11

Josh Kimbrell defeated incumbent Glenn Reese in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 11 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josh Kimbrell (R)	55.3	26,117
		Glenn Reese (D)	44.5	21,005
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	75

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,197
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Glenn Reese advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 11.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Josh Kimbrell advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 11.

2018

See also: South Carolina's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 4

William Timmons defeated Brandon Brown and Guy Furay in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Timmons (R)	59.6	145,321
		Brandon Brown (D)	36.6	89,182
		Guy Furay (American Party)	3.8	9,203
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	244

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 243,950
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House South Carolina District 4

Brandon Brown defeated Lee Turner in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House South Carolina District 4 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Brown	62.1	7,097
		Lee Turner	37.9	4,340

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 11,437
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House South Carolina District 4

William Timmons defeated Lee Bright in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House South Carolina District 4 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Timmons	54.3	37,096
		Lee Bright	45.7	31,236

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 68,332
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 4

Lee Turner and Brandon Brown advanced to a runoff. They defeated Eric Graben, Will Morin III, and J.T. Davis in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 4 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lee Turner	29.5	7,070
✔		Brandon Brown	28.5	6,833
	Submit photo	Eric Graben	25.7	6,174
		Will Morin III	9.1	2,192
		J.T. Davis	7.2	1,733

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 24,002
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Chastain (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 4

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 4 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lee Bright	25.0	16,742
✔		William Timmons	19.2	12,885
		Dan Hamilton	18.6	12,494
		Josh Kimbrell	11.1	7,465
	Submit photo	James Epley	8.0	5,386
		Stephen Brown	7.6	5,078
		Shannon Pierce	3.6	2,442
		Mark Burns	2.5	1,662
	Submit photo	Claude Schmid	2.1	1,415
	Submit photo	Dan Albert	0.8	510
	Submit photo	John Marshall Mosser	0.7	457
	Submit photo	Justin David Sanders	0.5	354
		Barry Bell	0.3	200

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 67,090
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jordan Brown (R)
• J. Alan Ruff (R)

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2020

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina State Senate District 11

Josh Kimbrell defeated incumbent Glenn Reese in the general election for South Carolina State Senate District 11 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josh Kimbrell (R)	55.3	26,117
		Glenn Reese (D)	44.5	21,005
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	75

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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Glenn Reese advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 11.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Josh Kimbrell advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 11.

Campaign finance summary

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Josh Kimbrell campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	South Carolina State Senate District 11	Won general	$62,009	$72,154
2020	South Carolina State Senate District 11	Won general	$92,876	N/A**
2018	U.S. House South Carolina District 4	Lost primary	$314,866	N/A**
Grand total			$469,751	$72,154
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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.

Scorecards

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2024

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In 2024, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9. Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Conservation Voters of South Carolina Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

2023

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In 2023, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 11. Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Conservation Voters of South Carolina Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2022

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In 2022, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 12. Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Conservation Voters of South Carolina Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Legislators are scored on business issues.

2021

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In 2021, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 13. Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Conservation Voters of South Carolina Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues. South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Legislators are scored on business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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Preceded by Glenn Reese (D)	South Carolina State Senate District 11 2020-Present	Succeeded by -

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Current members of the South Carolina State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Thomas Alexander

Majority Leader:Shane Massey

Minority Leader:Brad Hutto

Senators

District 1

Thomas Alexander (R)

District 2

Rex Rice (R)

District 3

Richard Cash (R)

District 4

Michael Gambrell (R)

District 5

Tom Corbin (R)

District 6

Jason Elliott (R)

District 7

Karl Allen (D)

District 8

Ross Turner (R)

District 9

Daniel Verdin (R)

District 10

Billy Garrett (R)

District 11

Josh Kimbrell (R)

District 12

Vacant

District 13

Shane Martin (R)

District 14

Harvey Peeler (R)

District 15

Wes Climer (R)

District 16

Michael Johnson (R)

District 17

Everett Stubbs (R)

District 18

Ronnie Cromer (R)

District 19

Tameika Isaac Devine (D)

District 20

Ed Sutton (D)

District 21

Darrell Jackson (D)

District 22

Overture Walker (D)

District 23

Carlisle Kennedy (R)

District 24

Tom Young (R)

District 25

Shane Massey (R)

District 26

Russell Ott (D)

District 27

Allen Blackmon (R)

District 28

Greg Hembree (R)

District 29

J.D. Chaplin (R)

District 30

Kent Williams (D)

District 31

Mike Reichenbach (R)

District 32

Ronnie Sabb (D)

District 33

Luke Rankin (R)

District 34

Stephen Goldfinch (R)

District 35

Jeffrey Graham (D)

District 36

Jeffrey Zell (R)

District 37

Lawrence Grooms (R)

District 38

Sean Bennett (R)

District 39

Tom Fernandez (R)

District 40

Brad Hutto (D)

District 41

Matthew Leber (R)

District 42

Deon Tedder (D)

District 43

George Campsen (R)

District 44

Brian Adams (R)

District 45

Margie Matthews (D)

District 46

Tom Davis (R)

Republican Party (33)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)