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Democratic Party

Prior offices
South Carolina House of Representatives District 117
Successor: Jordan Pace
Predecessor: Bill Crosby
Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

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Birthplace
Sandusky, Ohio
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Krystle Matthews (Democratic Party) (formerly Krystle Simmons) was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 117. She assumed office on November 12, 2018. She left office on November 14, 2022.

Matthews (Democratic Party) (formerly Krystle Simmons) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent South Carolina. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Matthews (formerly Krystle Simmons) also ran for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 117. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Matthews completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Krystle Matthews was born in Sandusky, Ohio, and lives in Ladson, South Carolina.[1] Matthews' career experience includes working as an engineering planner with The Boeing Company.[1][2]

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.

2021-2022

Matthews was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Matthews was assigned to 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

2022

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate South Carolina

Incumbent Tim Scott defeated Krystle Matthews and Jesse Harper in the general election for U.S. Senate South Carolina on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tim Scott
Tim Scott (R)
 
62.9
 
1,066,274
Image of Krystle Matthews
Krystle Matthews (D) Candidate Connection
 
37.0
 
627,616
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Jesse Harper (Independent American Party) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
0
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1,812

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,695,702
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate South Carolina

Krystle Matthews defeated Catherine Fleming Bruce in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate South Carolina on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Krystle Matthews
Krystle Matthews Candidate Connection
 
55.8
 
25,300
Image of Catherine Fleming Bruce
Catherine Fleming Bruce Candidate Connection
 
44.2
 
20,064

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 45,364
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate South Carolina

Catherine Fleming Bruce and Krystle Matthews advanced to a runoff. They defeated Angela Geter in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate South Carolina on June 14, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Catherine Fleming Bruce
Catherine Fleming Bruce Candidate Connection
 
34.7
 
59,777
✔
Image of Krystle Matthews
Krystle Matthews Candidate Connection
 
33.2
 
57,278
Image of Angela Geter
Angela Geter Candidate Connection
 
32.1
 
55,281

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 172,336
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tim Scott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate South Carolina.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

State House

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117

Jordan Pace defeated incumbent Krystle Matthews in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jordan Pace
Jordan Pace (R)
 
63.5
 
8,515
Image of Krystle Matthews
Krystle Matthews (D)
 
36.4
 
4,874
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
10

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,399
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Krystle Matthews advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Jordan Pace advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117.

2020

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Krystle Matthews defeated Jordan Pace in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Krystle Matthews
Krystle Matthews (D)
 
52.6
 
8,902
Image of Jordan Pace
Jordan Pace (R)
 
47.3
 
7,998
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
16

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 16,916
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Krystle Matthews advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117

Jordan Pace defeated Bill Crosby in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jordan Pace
Jordan Pace
 
55.3
 
1,367
Image of Bill Crosby
Bill Crosby
 
44.7
 
1,103

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,470
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2018

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117

Krystle Matthews defeated incumbent Bill Crosby in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Krystle Matthews
Krystle Matthews (D)
 
53.5
 
5,577
Image of Bill Crosby
Bill Crosby (R)
 
46.4
 
4,842
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
15

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,434
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117

Krystle Matthews advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
✔
Image of Krystle Matthews
Krystle Matthews

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117

Incumbent Bill Crosby defeated Jordan Pace in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 117 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bill Crosby
Bill Crosby
 
55.9
 
1,081
Image of Jordan Pace
Jordan Pace
 
44.1
 
853

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 1,934
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Campaign themes

2022

U.S. Senate

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Krystle Matthews completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Matthews' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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A single mom of five, ranging in age between 8 and 18, she has been forging her own path her entire life. Matthews has served the communities of Ladson, North Charleston, and Goose Creek as state House representative of District 117 for the past four years , three of which while working full time at Boeing as an engineering planner out of her thirteen year tenure. Her legislative colleagues have entrusted her with leadership positions on several subcommittees, including the House medical affairs committee and House management and organization committee. She was recently elected vice chair of the Charleston County House legislative delegation - the first woman to serve in that position.
  • I ran for my first office in 2018, not knowing anyone in politics on either side. I knew that I wanted to represent working folks that may not have been groomed or versed in politics but were very much frustrated with the current political climate.
  • South Carolinians need someone who has been in the trenches: juggling life, work, and family. Matthews’s resilience and resolve to solving problems that affect working people’s lives, instead of doing the bare minimum, will help South Carolina turn the page from the past six years of opportunism and elitism.
  • It’s time to se you nd a real, working-class South Carolinian to D.C. to get the job done.
Environmental/Economic Justice

Fair Voting Rights
Education/Student Debt
Affordable Housing/Living Wage
Women’s Rights

Policing/ Justice Reform
Shirley Chisholm, because she was a woman of integrity, strong, caring and wise. She faced adversity in order to serve a purpose far greater than herself.
Shirley Chisholm unbought and unbossed
A backbone and the ability to read with comprehension.
To act on the best interest of the people they represent. To use all the information they are privileged to in order to make the most effective decision to the problem they are facing. To be open, honest, and reachable. To listen and share knowledge with others.
Cleaning hotel rooms, for the summer. I was a teenager.
Claire Huxtable
Unstoppable by Koryn Hawthorne
Infrastructure

Healthcare
The federal deficit
Immigration

K-12 Education
CITIZEN LEGISLATORS, NOT CAREER POLITICIANS
The Senate maintains several powers to itself: It consents to the ratification of treaties by a two-thirds supermajority vote and confirms the appointments of the President by a majority vote.

Congress also holds the sole power to declare war.
I do believe it’s beneficial to have previous experience in govt. I call it “the art of the dance”, the delicate balance between fight and compromise, the ability to think on your feet and often ten steps ahead.
I would vote to end the filibuster.
Expertise

Background

Purpose
Based on facts and reason, not on emotion and personal bias.
Open relationships where we can have dialogue and come to solutions for the whole, balancing out this tug of war we’ve come to know as politics.
Yes I do, we are not babies fighting over toys, we are complex humans with logic and reason, who understand that nothing is black and white, give and take are essential for resolutions.

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Campaign website

Matthews' campaign website stated the following:

“

01 Clean House

Everyone has the right to breathe fresh air and drink clean water, free from industrial poisons.


02 Modern House

Rural areas should be modernized in such a way it has the same resources as big cities. (Broadband, updated Libraries, etc.)


03 Healthy House

Universal health care must be a right ,not a privilege! so everyone has the chance to live a healthy life, and our government needs to act to protect the foundations of our health


04 Affordable House

Understanding a living wage is saying minimum wage should raise at an equivalent value to the cost of living.


05 Discipline House

Our moral compass of accountability should not be based on party lines nor personal relationships.


06 Teachable House

Without guaranteed access to a good education, there’s no such thing as equal opportunity. Our government must ensure that all Americans have the right to a free, quality, public education that begins at preschool and provides the skills and training required to succeed in a 21st-century economy.


07 Fair House

Equal Voting Rights (A healthy democracy depends on the broadest participation possible. Everyone must have an equal voice to demand justice from our government, and everyone must be able to vote with no discrimination and no barriers) The best way to restore confidence in our voting system is by setting a national standard. ”[3]

”
—Krystle Matthews' campaign website (2022)[4]

State House

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Krystle Matthews did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Krystle Matthews did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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2022

In 2022, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 12.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Carolina Legislature Online, "Representative Krystle N. Matthews," accessed June 25, 2022
    2. ↑ LinkedIn, "Krystle Matthews," accessed June 25, 2022
    3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    4. ↑ Matthews for Senate, “About,” accessed June 18, 2022

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    Bill Crosby (R)     		South Carolina House of Representatives District 117
    2018-2022    		 Succeeded by
    Jordan Pace (R)


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