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Lin Bennett
Lin Bennett (Republican Party) was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 114. She assumed office on November 14, 2016. She left office on November 14, 2022.
Bennett (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 114. She lost in the Republican primary on June 14, 2022.
Bennett was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Carolina. She was one of 50 delegates from South Carolina bound to support Donald Trump on the first ballot.[1][2] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Bennett was assigned to the following committees:
- Education and Public Works Committee, 1st vice chairman
2019-2020
Bennett 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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| • Education and Public Works |
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
2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114
Gary Brewer defeated Michelle Brandt in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gary Brewer (R) | 58.9 | 9,683 |
 | Michelle Brandt (D)  | 41.1 | 6,760 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 16,449 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Michelle Brandt advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114
Gary Brewer defeated incumbent Lin Bennett in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary Brewer | 54.0 | 1,802 |
 | Lin Bennett | 46.0 | 1,532 | |
| Total votes: 3,334 | |||
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2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114
Incumbent Lin Bennett defeated Ed Sutton and Brad Jayne in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lin Bennett (R) | 53.0 | 13,039 |
 | Ed Sutton (D) | 44.1 | 10,855 | |
 | Brad Jayne (Alliance Party of South Carolina) | 2.9 | 705 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 21 | ||
| Total votes: 24,620 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ed Sutton advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lin Bennett advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114.
Alliance Party of South Carolina convention
Alliance Party of South Carolina convention for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114
Brad Jayne advanced from the Alliance Party of South Carolina convention for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 on April 18, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Jayne (Alliance Party of South Carolina) |
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2018
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114
Incumbent Lin Bennett defeated Dan Jones and Melissa Couture in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lin Bennett (R) | 52.5 | 8,619 |
| Dan Jones (D) | 43.6 | 7,153 | ||
 | Melissa Couture (L) | 3.9 | 633 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 16,411 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114
Dan Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Dan Jones | |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114
Incumbent Lin Bennett advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Lin Bennett |
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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 Mary Tinkler (D) did not seek re-election.
Lin Bennett defeated Bob Aubin in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 general election.[3][4]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 114 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Lin Bennett |
60.72% | 11,576 | |
| Democratic | Bob Aubin | 39.28% | 7,487 | |
| Total Votes | 19,063 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Bob Aubin ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 114 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Bob Aubin (unopposed) | |
Lin Bennett ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 Republican primary.[7][8]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 114 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Lin Bennett (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lin Bennett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Lin Bennett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Bennett was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Carolina.
Delegate rules
In South Carolina, national delegates were selected at congressional district conventions and the South Carolina Republican State Convention. State party rules allocated each congressional district's three delegates to the presidential candidate who received the most votes in that district. At-large delegates were allocated to the winner of the statewide primary. All delegates were bound for the first ballot at the Republican National Convention.
South Carolina primary results
| South Carolina Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Donald Trump |
32.5% | 240,882 | 50 | |
| Marco Rubio | 22.5% | 166,565 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 22.3% | 165,417 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 7.8% | 58,056 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 7.6% | 56,410 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 7.2% | 53,551 | 0 | |
| Totals | 740,881 | 50 | ||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Delegate allocation
South Carolina had 50 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). South Carolina's district-level delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the vote in a given congressional district was allocated all three of that district's delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. South Carolina's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the greatest number of votes statewide received all 26 of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were pledged to support the candidate who won the South Carolina primary.[9][10]
Scorecards
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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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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
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Republican Party, "2016 National Convention Delegate/Alternate Election Results," May 7, 2016
- ↑ The Post and Courier, "No single candidate may end up with all of South Carolina’s delegates," February 19, 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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| Preceded by - |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 114 2016-2022 |
Succeeded by Gary Brewer (R) |
