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Kevin Johnson (South Carolina)
Kevin Johnson (Democratic Party) was a member of the South Carolina State Senate, representing District 36. He assumed office in 2012. He left office on November 11, 2024.
Johnson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina State Senate to represent District 36. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Johnson received a B.S. from the University of South Carolina in 1982. He was chairman of Black River Healthcare Inc. from 1988 to 2004. Johnson was president of the South Carolina Conference of Black Mayors from 2004 to 2010. Johnson also served as the mayor of Manning, South Carolina.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Johnson was assigned to the following committees:
- Family and Veterans' Services Committee
- Finance Committee
- Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
- Medical Affairs Committee
- Transportation Committee
2021-2022
Johnson was assigned to the following committees:
- Family and Veterans' Services Committee
- Finance Committee
- Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee
- Medical Affairs Committee
- Transportation Committee
2019-2020
Johnson was assigned to the following committees:
- Finance Committee
- Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee
- Medical Affairs Committee
- Transportation Committee
- Family and Veterans' Services Committee
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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| • General |
| • Invitations |
| • Judiciary |
| • Labor, Commerce, and Industry |
| • Medical Affairs |
| • Transportation |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Johnson served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • General |
| • Invitations |
| • Judiciary |
| • Labor, Commerce and Industry |
| • Medical Affairs |
| • Transportation |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Johnson served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| • Corrections and Penology |
| • Fish, Game and Forestry |
| • Invitations |
| • Judiciary |
| • Labor, Commerce and Industry |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Johnson served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
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
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeffrey Zell (R)  | 50.6 | 25,609 |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Zell | 78.3 | 3,068 |
 | Leon Winn | 21.7 | 850 | |
| Total votes: 3,918 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Johnson 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Johnson (D) | 57.4 | 25,183 |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | 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.
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 Kevin Johnson defeated Leon Winn in the South Carolina State Senate District 36 general election.[1][2]
| South Carolina State Senate, District 36 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kevin Johnson Incumbent |
62.20% | 24,725 | |
| Republican | Leon Winn | 37.80% | 15,024 | |
| Total Votes | 39,749 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Incumbent Kevin Johnson ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 36 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| South Carolina State Senate, District 36 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Kevin Johnson Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Leon Winn ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 36 Republican primary.[5][6]
| South Carolina State Senate, District 36 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Leon Winn (unopposed) | |
2012
Johnson ran in the 2012 election for South Carolina State Senate District 36. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 12. Incumbent John Land (D) did not run for re-election. Johnson defeated Leon Winn (R), Eleazer Carter (D), and Shaun Kent (I) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[7][8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kevin 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 | |||
2011
Johnson defeated Walter Sanders (R) in the April 5, 2011 special election, winning by a 52.5% to 47.5% margin.[11]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kevin Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Kevin Johnson 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.
- 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.
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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2015
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In 2015, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 13 through June 4.
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2014
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In 2014, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 14 through June 6.
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2013
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In 2013, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 20.
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The Palmetto Liberty PAC Scorecard
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
Kevin Johnson received a score of 13% in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 95th out of all 124 South Carolina House of Representatives members.[13] His score was followed by representatives Walton McLeod (13%), James Merrill (13%), and Elizabeth Munnerlyn (13%).[14]
Personal
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Johnson and his wife, Gloria, have three children -- Kimberly, Kennth and Kyndra.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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 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
- ↑ SC Votes, "Primary Results" June 12, 2012
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official election results for 2012," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed April 26, 2012
- ↑ AP.org, "South Carolina State Senate and State House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ WISTV, "Johnson wins District 34 special election," April 6, 2011
- ↑ The Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "Voting Records," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed May 15, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
South Carolina State Senate District 36 2012-2024 |
Succeeded by Jeffrey Zell (R) |
| Preceded by - |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 64 2011-2012 |
Succeeded by - |
